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KT pitcher Wiz Soo-Jun Sohn (19) and Doosan Bears pitcher Chris Plexen (26) will meet in the first leg of the playoffs.
According to KBO on the 9th, kt, who finished second in the regular season at 6:30 p.m., and Doosan, who passed the semifinal in third place, will play the first PO game at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul. The tiebreaker is played with a base of five to three wins.
As a starting point for the first game, kt introduced a new high school graduate, So-Jun Sohn. Sohn Joon Sohn showed stable pitching with a 13-6 loss and a 3.86 ERA this regular season, and he showed a strong appearance against Doosan, for which he was chosen as a starter.
Sohn Joon Sohn made 6 appearances against Doosan this season and posted a 2.51 ERA with a 3-1 loss. However, since this is the first postseason of his life, the key is how stable the pitching will be in a great game.
In this regard, kt coach Lee Kang-cheol said: “Soh Hyung-jun was the strongest against Doosan and according to the data, he never gave more than 3 points against Doosan. When speaking to the team’s power division, 99% recommended So-Jun Sohn as the first starter of the game. “
Doosan played Chris Flexen as the first leg starter in the playoffs after the close playoffs.
Previously, in the first match of the semifinal against LG, Flexen outscored the rivals with a fast ball at a top speed of 155 km per hour and a large camber curve. In particular, the fact that he has shown a strong face against kt this regular season is the reason for the selection.
Flexen started in two games against kt and showed a perfect pitch with a 0.90 ERA and two runs in 10 innings (1 ERA). His batting average was just 0.171, with 15 strikeouts in 10 innings.
Doosan’s coach Kim Tae-hyung said, “Plexen’s condition is fine” and “It’s not like he threw a lot of balls because he took a break from injury in the middle of the season.”
Also, he said, “I’m a rookie, but I feel like a veteran,” and said, “I have good control of strength and weakness, and I seem to know when to run away and when to stay.”
On the other hand, two new high school pitchers won the first postseason game, including Jong-seok Yeom (Lotte Giants) in the first leg of the 1992 semifinals and Myung-je Kim (Doosan Bears) in Game 3 of the 2005 playoffs.
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