Ko Young-pyo, the side pitcher of kt wiz, is the secret weapon of the wizards’ corps that has transformed into a bullpen winning card in this year’s professional baseball Korean series.
KT coach Lee Kang-cheol said, “Going Young-pyo is a sure card that we must win soon.” He predicted, “I can’t play every day like Lee Young-hana of the Doosan Bears and Hong Kun-hee, so I think we need to schedule Koh Young-pyo’s appointment well.”
On the 15th, before the second game of the Korean Series against Doosan at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, director Lee said, “I feel very excited after winning my first win yesterday.”
KT defeated Doosan 4-2 the day before and won the historic Korean Series for the first time.
If they add 3 wins from the remaining 6 games, kt will win the regular league and Korean series for the first time since its foundation.
Manager Lee cautioned against Doosan’s batting line, saying, “I was able to prevent Doosan catcher Se-hyeok Park, who had a good hitting sense, to win the first game.”
In the second game, Doosan’s starting pitcher Choi Won-jun said, “He is a good high fastball pitcher and throws a good mix of changeup and slider.”
He continued, “I felt a little out of place in the playoffs against the Samsung Lions, but as we know Choi Won-jun’s strengths well, our batters will cope well.”
Manager Lee explained that he would use the bullpen according to the situation after observing the pitch of kt Sojang-jun, who throws a two-seam fastball and changeup well in the beginning to produce ground balls.
For So So Joon, like William Cuevas, the winning pitcher in the first game, he expected to minimize the number of runs by one point.
If Koh Young-pyo is on the pitch after Sook-Jun, it is safe to say that kt has won.
When asked which pitcher it was difficult to target, Lee Young-ha or Hong Kun-hee, the core of the Doosan bullpen, Lee responded by saying, “I felt that Lee Young-ha’s position was a little off.”
As in the first game, kt is the same as in the first game: Cho Yong-ho (left fielder) – Hwang Jae-kyun (3rd baseman) – Kang Baek-ho (first baseman) – Yu Han-jun (designated hitter) – Jared Hoing (right fielder) – Jang Seong-woo (catcher) – Bae Jeong-dae (center fielder) – Park Kyung-soo (2) Baseman) to Shim Woo-jun (shortstop) in the order of batting line.
/yunhap news
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