"When Ko Young-pyo said he would do it, the answer came out." Director Lee Kang-chul, I want to catch the first game so badly
Oct 05, 2024
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KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul explained why he selected Ko Young-pyo as a starter in the first round of the semi-playoff against the LG Twins.
KT will play the first semi-playoff game against LG at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. KT actually started the fall baseball from the final two consecutive games of the season against the Kiwoom Heroes. Until the Doosan Bears wild card game against SSG Landers on the tiebreaker. I played games without tomorrow.
Since he had to win, Ko Young-pyo was put in the middle. Ko Young-pyo threw 48 pitches in five innings in Kiwoom's final match on the 28th of last month. And he threw 18 pitches in the first ⅔ inning against SSG on the 1st and 14 pitches in the first inning of the second wild-card game against Doosan on the 3rd.
But he took a day off and started. I couldn't help it. As explained above, Pimar's starting rotation was twisted in the game. Um Sang-baek threw the SSG match on the 1st and rested only for 3 days. Coach Lee even thought about Um Sang-baek or Joey-hyun's first game on the 3rd. So during the wild-card game, it could be a series that starts by giving LG 'handy'." It was because he couldn't decide on the selection of the first game.
However, with Ko Young-pyo's appearance, everything was solved. Coach Lee hoped Ko Young-pyo of Game 1 would make the game. I've been playing really well lately. Eom Sang-baek said he could also take the mound, but Ko Young-pyo also said he was okay. Now the rotation has become normal in the order of Ko Young-pyo, Um Sang-baek, Cuevas, and Benjamin. When Ko Young-pyo said he would do it for me, I got the answer", he explained.
Director Lee said, `I'm not going to overdo it for now. If Ko Young-pyo blocks the beginning well, he will try to play as a must-win group after that. Ko Young-pyo explained, "We have to take five days off and prepare for Game 5." The calculation is that if you take the lead after pitching three to four innings, the bullpen will be fully operated.
Manager Lee said "When I looked at Doosan, I didn't feel the batters' hitting. I really want to catch the first game before the LG players' sense of hitting comes up. "I want to win two games in Jamsil."
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