You can't be in fifth place. You had to win the game with your life...Where did Doosan's power come from when it was a five-game winning streak
Sep 08, 2024
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The KBO League ranking fight is hotter as it goes to the last minute. With the regular season championship leaning toward the KIA Tigers, the competition for autumn baseball is too fierce.
First of all, up to the third-place LG Twins is in a stable position. There are two tickets left for the fourth and fifth places, and there are six teams of candidates. From the fourth-place Doosan Bears to the ninth-place NC Dinos, it is hard to predict which team will go up and fall. The two teams have only 4.5 games on the road. NC, which has been on the rise recently, is also shouting "There will be no abandonment of fall baseball."
Meanwhile, the game between Doosan and KT Wiz in Suwon on the 7th was important. Doosan, which once had a leading battle, fell to fifth place due to five consecutive losses of shock, and it was facing a situation where its advance to the postseason could be in vain.
In the meantime, KT has crept up to fourth place, and if it won the showdown on the 7th, it could spread the ride to 1.5 games.
There was no advantage for Doosan. It was an away game with the worst atmosphere due to consecutive losses. Also, the opponent was Es Cuevas. Ahead of this game, he had recorded five consecutive quality starts. On the contrary, Doosan starter Kwak Bin has not been on a good pace since August.
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First of all, the primary goal of the fall baseball competitors is to finish in the top five. However, potential teams are in fourth place and have no choice but to be greedy. The fourth and fifth places are the difference between the sky and the ground. The two teams are going to the wild card game, but they don't start on the same line.
The wild-card game begins with one win to the fourth-place team. And up to two games will be played at the home of the fourth-place team. It is too difficult for the fifth-place team to set up. Since the system was first created in 2015, there has not been a single fifth-place team upset in nine series. Only two times have the fifth-place team won the first round. In the end, the second game was a victory for the fourth place team. This is a combination of the psychological pressure of the fifth-place team to win two consecutive games and the factors that the fifth-place team, which did its best in the first game, could not use its strength in the second game.
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Therefore, from Doosan's point of view, the last pride of not being fifth, even if it was difficult to be third, would have consolidated the strength of the team. This is because you have to show your progress even one step, so you can increase the probability of going to the next stage. Yang Eui-ji, the main gun, said "I think fall baseball will go without fail. That's why I want to go higher than last year and give joy to my fans."
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