'There is no 0% chance before KT magic' Upset for the first time ever, miraculous quasi-PO...Doosan performs at WC for the second consecutive year 'Tears'

Oct 03, 2024

Rojas, who scored during the second wild card game between KT and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 3rd, and KT Kang Baek-ho's first RBI timely hit with one out and third base in the top of the 6th inning, is sharing his joy. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.03/

The 0% chance was useless in front of KT Wiz magic. KT has created a miracle. I'm going to the semi-playoff.

In Game 2 of the wild card game against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 3rd, KT won 1-0 thanks to starter Benjamin's seven scoreless innings and Kang Baek-ho's winning hit in the sixth inning.

KT has rewritten the history of the KBO League, which opened its miraculous opening with a 4-0 victory in the first game held a day earlier. The wild-card game has a huge advantage for the fourth-place team. Both games will be held at the home of the fourth-place team, and the fourth-place team will win if they win one of the two games. Since the introduction of the wild card system in 2015, there has not been a single case in which the fifth-place team has elevated the fourth-place team in the nine series. Only two of them won the first game. As such, the fifth-ranked team is under tremendous pressure for a short-term game. However, KT has lost the 0 percent chance.

It was a blood-drying contest. A single-wood bridge match that neither team can back down. It was an all-out war.

The second wild card game between KT and Doosan held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 3rd. Doosan Bears' starting pitcher Choi Seung-yong. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter songs@sportschosun.com/2024.10.03/

Starting pitchers from both teams showed tremendous concentration. In particular, Doosan's Choi Seung-yong's good pitching was remarkable. He only had a 6.00 ERA with two wins and one hold in 12 regular-season games. However, it was important that those two wins came as starters at the end of the regular season and won two consecutive games. He clearly opened his eyes in these two games. Coach Lee Seung-yeop had prevented Choi Seung-yong from starting the second game regardless of who the opponent was in the wild card final. That's how good the momentum has been recently.

And he pitched tremendously to meet the expectations. He allowed only one hit until the fourth inning against KT's slugging line and pitched a scoreless game.

Benjamin was also formidable. He overwhelmed Doosan's batters with perfect ball control and control from the start of the game, perhaps inspired by his teammate Cuevas' hard pitching the previous day.

In the second wild card game between KT and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 3rd, when KT Rojas hit an infield ground ball in the top of the first inning and was declared out for obstruction of defense on the first base, manager Lee Kang-chul is protesting by not sending the follow-up hitter Jang Sung-woo to the plate. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.03/

There was no score, but many impressive scenes were produced. KT Rojas hit an infield hit in the top of the first inning and went to second base due to an opponent's error, and Doosan applied for a three-foot violation video review, saying Rojas interfered with first baseman Yang Seok-hwan's catch. Rojas' body hit Yang Seok-hwan's glove. The decision was overturned to out, and KT manager Lee Kang-chul made an unspoken complaint by withdrawing the next batter, Jang Sung-woo, from the batter's box.

And both teams had a moment of desperation in the fifth inning. In Doosan, Choi Seung-yong's pitching, which had been throwing well, began to decline rapidly. Oh Yoon-seok and Bae Jeong-dae had consecutive hits. He pitched all-out from the beginning, and the ball was seen falling out of his hand. With two outs, Doosan Bench made the decision to make Choi Seung-yong and put Lee Young-ha and Lee Byung-hun in a row to overcome the crisis.

The game between the Doosan Bears and KT Wiz in the second round of the wild card decision at Jamsil Stadium on the 3rd. Doosan coach Park Jung-bae, Choi Seung-yong and Kim Ki-yeon are talking. Jamsil=Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.10.03/

KT also almost lost the first run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Yang Seok-hwan went to second base following a hit. Here, Huh Kyung-min's left-handed hit broke out. Doosan's third base coach Goto turned Yang Seok-hwan, and KT left fielder Rojas vigorously sprayed the ball home. out by a hair's breadth. It was a crucial scene. KT put Moon Sang-chul as a pinch hitter in the previous inning and moved Rojas to left field in place of Kim Min-hyuk, which became a stroke of God.

The second wild card game between KT and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 3rd, and KT left fielder Rojas at the bottom of the 5th inning with one out and a runner on first base, is delighted after second baseman Yang Seok-hwan caught it at home when Doosan Hur Kyung-min made a timely hit. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.03/

And the balance collapsed in the top of the sixth. As soon as Rojas, who was excited about the defense, appeared in the lead, he drew a left-handed double from Lee Byung-hun. Jang Sung-woo sent Rojas to third base by sensibly hitting right field. And here came Kang Baek-ho's timely hit in the final. The infield was on forward defense. Doosan catcher Kim Ki-yeon sat completely out of the advantageous count and induced a catch, but Lee Byung-hun's ball came into the zone and got caught by Kang Baek-ho's bat.

The game between the Doosan Bears and KT Wiz in the second round of the wild card decision at Jamsil Stadium on the 3rd. KT Kang Baek-ho is cheering after hitting a timely hit in the top of the sixth inning with one out and runners on third base. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.10.03/

a subsequent pitching battle. Doosan, which has no tomorrow, threw a winning move again in the top of the seventh inning. Kim Taek-yeon was put in early because he thought it would be difficult for the game to lose one more point in the crisis with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. Kim Taek-yeon roared by striking out Rojas, and the atmosphere of the game changed like that.

However, Benjamin blocked the bottom of the seventh inning without shaking, and KT kept a valuable run by putting up Ko Young-pyo in the eighth inning and Park Young-hyun in the ninth inning.

KT Benjamin, who finished pitching in the bottom of the seventh inning and the second wild card game between KT and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 3rd, is cheering. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.03/

Benjamin was the leading contributor to the victory with three hits and six strikeouts in seven innings. Kang Baek-ho also kept his pride as the fourth hitter by recording multiple hits, including the final hit.

KT, which made it to the semi-playoff, will meet LG, who faced off in the Korean Series last season. Doosan continued its bad luck kneeling in the wild card game for the second consecutive year.

awesome@sportschosun.com

'There is no 0% chance before KT magic' Upset for the first time ever, miraculous quasi-PO...Doosan performs at WC for the second consecutive year 'Tears'

Sports