'Moon Sang-cheol and Ko Young-pyo's card hit again'Lee Kang-cheol Magic' has a 100% winning rate. Hernandez won 3-2 against LG in 2 innings
Oct 05, 2024
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KT Wiz's rise is relentless. Following the dramatic come-from-behind victory in the fifth-place match, the first wild card victory for the fifth-place team, and the first round of the semi-PO, it is causing a stir.
KT won the first game of the semi-playoff against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th by 3-2 by keeping the winning team solid with Moon Sang-chul's first two-run shot.
In 33 semi-POs, 29 times in the first round, the winning team advanced to the playoffs. The winning team in the first round has an 87.9% chance of advancing to the PO. Among them, there were a total of 15 semi-POs in the best of five games played in a single season, of which 11 were the first-round winning teams, with a 73.3% chance of advancing.
Since 2015, when the postseason was played in the current wild-card game, the winning team has risen nine times out of nine until last year. 100% chance of advancement. Among them, the winning team of the wild card match was 5 times and the third-place team was 4 times, and the goddess of victory raised her hand to the winning team in the first round regardless of the ranking.
It can be seen that KT has opened the door to PO.
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LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, `I had a lot of worries about Moon Sung-joo"I thought twice or six times. However, the power analysis team and the hitting coach gave me the opinion of No. 9, so I thought it wasn't a bad card, so I beat my idea and put Seongju on No. 9. Whether the card leads well to the top batting line is likely to be the key to the lineup. If it goes well, it's a big inning."
KT made the starting lineup with Kim Min-hyuk (left fielder), Rohas (right fielder), Jang Sung-woo (possession), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Moon Sang-cheol (first baseman), Oh Yoon-seok (second baseman), Hwang Jae-gyun (third baseman), Bae Jung-dae (middle fielder) and Shim Woo-jun (striker).
LG announced that left-handed Detrick Ens as the starter on the day, using right-handed hitter Moon Sang-chul, not Oh Jae-il, as the first baseman.
KT manager Lee Kang-chul "Yesterday, we decided early to put Moon Sang-chul instead of Oh Jae-il."Moon Sang-chul was not in good condition, but he recently got better, and he said he was fine, and the batting coach said he was looking forward to it."
In the first inning, both teams ended up with three outs and it was a pitching match, but KT fired a first shot in the top of the second inning. After the lead Kang Baek-ho hit a right-center hit, Moon Sang-chul hit a two-run home run over the left fence.
He kicked a 151km high fastball from 1B for the second pitch, and left fielder Moon Sung-joo went behind and eventually stopped and watched the ball go over. 2-0.
Ko Young-pyo pitched perfectly with only 29 balls until the third inning. He caught six infield ground balls alone, and he struck out two and did not get a single ball to the outfield.
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Kim Hyun-soo's at-bat. When the ball hit the third pitch in the 2S, Oh Ji-hwan, the first baseman, ran to second base. Oh Ji-hwan didn't run fast as if he was intentionally trying to be intimidated. However, there was no player going to the base cover at second base. If a hit is made with runners on the second and third bases with two outs, it is possible to come from behind. However, Kim's missed hit was caught by pitcher Ko Young-pyo and was thrown to the first base to be out.
KT had an extra point chance in the top of the fifth inning. After one out, the 8th allocation team hit a double that fell to the left. It was KT's first chance to score. And Shim Woo-joon's hit became an RBI double over the height of the third baseman. KT's atmosphere rose again as eight and nine consecutive doubles scored additional points. Kim Min-hyuk then hit a good ball, but he flew in front of shortstop Oh Ji-hwan and was caught on a line drive. And before second baseman Shim Woo-joon returns to second base, the ball connects to second baseman Shin Min-jae and double out.
KT lowered Ko Young-pyo in the bottom of the fifth inning and raised its second pitcher Kim Min-soo. This is a scheduled scenario. Ko Young-pyo pitched five innings against Kiwoom on September 28, took two days off, took the mound as a relief pitcher in the fifth-place match against SSG on the 1st, took one ⅔ off, and threw one inning in the second wild-card match against Doosan on the 3rd, so he could not throw long innings on the day. Coach Lee Kang-chul also said before the game that if he throws about 3 innings well, he plans to put in a must-win team to prevent it.
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LG has also started the bullpen now. Set-up man Kim Jin-sung came up. Kim Jin-sung won the match against Moon Sang-chul, who hit his first at-bat home run. A ground ball to the front of the third baseman came out, making it a double play leading to second base-1 base.
LG scored a chase in the bottom of the sixth inning. Shin Min-jae's walk made the first and second bases with no outs on the lead Hong Chang-ki's double on the left-field line. Austin stepped down with a fly to right field after hitting a huge foul home run, and Hong Chang-ki, a runner on second base, ran to third base to become a first and third base with one out.
The situation occurred during Moon Bo-kyung's at-bat on the 4th. In the 1B1S, Shin Min-jae tried to steal second base and catcher Jang Sung-woo sprayed the ball to second base, but neither the second baseman nor the shortstop came to second base to receive the ball, making the ball fly to center field as it was 'middle hit'. Hong Chang-ki homered and became 2-3 and Shin Min-jae ran to third base to become a tie chance for third base with one out.
However, Moon Bo-kyung struck out and Oh Ji-hwan grounded out in front of the second base, failing to tie the game.
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KT had a big extra point opportunity in the top of the eighth inning. LG put Hernandez in the top of the eighth inning and went all out, but Kim Min-hyuk hit a triple when he hit the right fence after one out. However, Rojas struck out swinging after a full count match, and Jang Sung-woo was also struck out swinging and could not escape.
KT's bullpen was solid even though it failed to score additional points. At the bottom of the eighth inning, Cho Hyung-joon came up and allowed Shin Min-jae to hit infield, but he blocked it without allowing a run. At the end of the ninth inning, closing pitcher Park Young-hyun ended the victory.
LG had the last chance after one out in the bottom of the ninth inning when Oh Ji-hwan walked, but the game ended when Kim Hyun-soo was caught on a fly to center field and Kim Dae-won failed to steal second base.
LG made Hernandez throw for two innings in an all-out war, but the lineup that they believed in the end failed to explode and gave up the first game without overturning the one-run gap.
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