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KT Wiz Sohn Joon (left) and Doosan Bears Chris Flexen (Photo = Yonhap News)
The probability that the winning team in the first leg of the Pro Baseball Playoff (PO) will advance to the Korean Series is approximately 80%. The team that caught the high probability was “defending champion” Doosan Bears.
On the afternoon of the 9th, Doosan won 3-2 in the first game against KT Wiz of the ‘2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ playoff held at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Doosan, who won 1 win in the first 3 wins out of 5 matches, lightened the burden of the second game.
Doosan Chris Plexen and KT Sohn Joon, who were in charge of the starters, played luxury pitchers from the beginning of the game.
Then Joon Sohn, who blankly concealed his emotions, attacked Doosan’s batters with a hard pitch. Flexen tightly tied the KT batter with a fastball that he pressed hard without hiding his expression.
So, Joon Sohn continued to fight undefeated until the sixth inning. However, in the seventh inning, he was in crisis walking from 2nd to 1st base. KT dropped starter Soo-Jun Small and put sovereignty in the bullpen, and struck out next hitter Oh Jae-won and passed the crisis.
There were eight games. Doosan had a chance to score 2nd, 1st, 3rd base against William Cuevas, who moved into the bullpen early in the eighth inning.
KT let go of the ropes and put Kim Jae-yoon in, but gave the lead with a run driven by Doosan’s successor, Kim Jae-hwan. Doosan hit 2-0 with an RBI from next hitter Heo Kyung-min.
KT also created an opportunity for 1 company 2, 3 base in the eighth. Sensing the crisis, Doosan lowered the flexen, which had a good fight, and put Lee Young-ha at the end.
Doosan, who sent next hitter Mel Lohas Jr. on a deliberate walk after a throw, hit Yuhan-jun with a tie and two RBIs at next base.
However, the ‘defending champion’ record came out in the ninth. Doosan broke the balance again with Kim In-tae’s timely one-run hit, which exploded from first third base made by Kim Jae-ho’s walk, great running back Lee Yoo-chan’s stolen base, and the sacrifice bow. by Oh Jae-won.
In the end, Doosan confirmed Lee Young-ha’s victory in the PO’s first leg with zero goals in the ninth inning.
Although Flexen did not record a win or a loss, he laid the groundwork for the team’s victory with seven shots, 4 hits, 2 walks, 11 strikeouts and 2 runs. On Day 4, after the first leg of the semifinals with the LG Twins, he struck out 11 consecutive games.
The double-digit strikeout in two consecutive postseason games is the first record ever.
KT’s new high school graduate So-Jun Sohn put up a brilliant fight with 6 shots, 3 hits, 1 walks, 4 strikeouts and no losses, but he couldn’t laugh at the team’s loss.
