KT Wiz‘s ‘magical baseball’ hit all the way to the semi-playoffs (quasi-PO).
KT defeated LG, ranked 3rd in the regular league, 3-2 in the first game of the professional baseball semi-PO held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 5th, and marked the first game with a victory.
KT, who won the 5th place match held for the first time in history and secured the final ticket to the postseason, won the wild card match against Doosan, ranked 4th in the regular season, for the first time in a row and achieved an ‘upset’ for the first time in history, and also won the first semi-PO game to advance to the 3rd postseason. went on a winning streak.
In the previous semi-PO, which was held with 3 wins out of 5, the probability that the team that won the first game until last year would advance to the playoffs (PO, 3 wins out of 5) is 73% (11 out of 15). KT, which finished second in last year’s Korean Series with 1 win and 4 losses to LG, also took the opportunity to relieve last year’s resentment in the ‘return match’ for the first time in a year.
KT coach Lee Kang-cheol’s ‘Jakdu Baseball’, which started at the end of the regular season, shone on this day as well. The ‘Go Young-pyo Selection Card’, which Coach Lee presented as a surprise starter, was a great success.
No one expected Go Young-pyo to start on this day. This is because Ko Young-pyo went on the mound in the 8th inning of the second game of the wild card game against Doosan on the 3rd and threw 14 pitches while facing three batters in one inning. In the 5th place match on the 1st, he pitched 18 pitches over 1 2/3 innings. However, Coach Lee selected Go Young-pyo as the starter after a day’s rest, and Go Young-pyo did not disappoint Coach Lee’s expectations.
Although it was a starting pitcher after a day’s rest, Go Young-pyo pitched perfectly, not allowing a single LG batter to get on base in the first three innings.
Ko Young-pyo hit a timely hit from Austin in the bottom of the 4th inning, leading 2-0, allowing the team to gradually catch up. However, in the ensuing crisis with 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd base, he fulfilled his duty as a starting pitcher by catching a ground ball in front of the pitcher by Kim Hyun-soo. Ko Young-pyo took charge of 4 innings that day and pitched well, allowing 3 hits and 1 run.
Afterwards, Kim Min-soo (2 innings), Son Dong-hyun (1st inning), Son So-jun (1st inning), and Park Young-hyun (1st inning), who took the mound, allowed 1 run in the remaining 5 innings.
In the batting lineup, the bat of Moon Sang-cheol, whom Manager Lee selected as a starter for the first time this postseason, delivered a decisive blow. Moon Sang-cheol, who started as the fifth hitter and first baseman, hit LG starting pitcher Dietrick Ens’ second-pitch body fastball with a short and simple swing in the top of the second inning when the score was tied 0-0, and hit a two-run home run that went over the left fence. The distance is 110m.
Trailing 2-1, with one out in the top of the 5th inning, Bae Jeong-dae’s double to left field, followed by Shim Woo-jun’s double to the left field line, earned him a valuable additional point.
LG took the opportunity in the bottom of the 6th inning, trailing 1-3, with one out and runners on first and third base thanks to Hong Chang-gi’s left-field double and Shin Min-jae’s walk. When the 4th batter, Moon Bo-kyung, was at bat, the 2nd point was scored due to an error by the KT defense. When first base runner Shin Min-jae attempted to steal second base, KT catcher Jang Seong-woo threw the ball to second base, but due to a ‘sign miss’, neither the shortstop nor the second baseman covered second base. LG had a chance to tie the game with one out and third base on base, but Moon Bo-kyung struck out and the follow-up batter, Oh Ji-hwan, also hit a grounder to second base, failing to balance the game.
In the final attack of the bottom of the 9th inning, with 2 outs and runners on first base, pinch runner Kim Dae-won stole second base and walked away, giving up the game in vain. On this day, LG’s main batting lineup consisting of Austin, Moon Bo-kyung, Oh Ji-hwan, and Kim Hyun-soo recorded only 2 hits in 15 at-bats.
KT coach Lee Kang-cheol, who had three straight postseason wins, said, “Starting pitcher Go Young-pyo did a good job of allowing one run in four innings. “The rest of the pitchers also pitched well and were able to win,” he said. “Moon Sang-cheol, who the batting coach said was good, was surprising, but he hit a home run from the beginning and got into the mood. “Scoring an extra point with a 2-1 lead also had a positive impact,” he said. LG coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, who suffered an unexpected blow, said, “I really wanted to win the first game. However, we were taken away by giving the first run, and we had a difficult game because we were unable to take advantage of appropriate scoring opportunities,” he said. “The central hitters need to hit well, but it feels like the timing is not right.” “I think this part will be important in the second game as well,” he said.
The second game between both teams will be held at the same location on the afternoon of the 6th. Sidearm pitcher Eom Sang-baek will start for KT, and Lim Chan-gyu will start for LG.
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