lg Lee Min-ho vs Samsung Lions Allow run Dong faces off with first high school graduate of the season
lg and Samsung Lions announced Lee Min-ho and Allow run Dong as Cole Hamels in the 11th game between the 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League team at Samsung Lions Lions Park in Daegu on the 26th. Both are rookie pitchers who have made their high school debut in The Graduate and this season's professional debut.
Lee Min-ho is a right-handed pitcher who has been named the first place by lg and has been named The Graduate. He has been able to secure a professional position this season with a sharp slider in a fastball approaching 150km. He is also considered a candidate for the Rookie of the Year with a 4-2 ERA and a 2.97 ERA in 11Kyonggi. He is still adjusting to the professional stage by climbing the mound as a team's fifth starter agent alternately with Chung Chan-heon.
Allow run Dong, a former Yugoshi, was named by the Samsung Lions in the second round of the rookie draft. On May 28, he won the victory against Lotte Mart Giants with five scoreless innings in his debut match, and on June 3, lg won three innings in five innings. He became the main character of the record. However, he has not added a victory since then and is 2-1 with a 5.13 ERA in 7Kyonggi this season.
The two pitchers, who ate a meal last year in the youth team, play for the first time in the professional. Lee Min-ho, who challenges 3Kyonggi to win consecutive games, can not back down all right run Dong who will take the first mound in a long time. Especially, as a rookie of the same age, pride is also hanging.
It is also the Kyonggi, who is on the mound in great responsibility. lg has lost three consecutive games and has fallen to fourth place. The Samsung Lions, who are in eighth place, should also create a rebound atmosphere after the momentum of victory the day before. The role of Cole Hamels Lee Min-ho, Allow run Dong is important.
It's a rare sight for high school freshman pitchers to start in the same Kyonggi: An interesting Kyonggi, whether to see it once a year. Since 2010, it is the fourth high school graduate starter.
On September 8 last year, Lotte Mart Giants Seo-joon One and Hanhwa Eagles Kim Yi-hwan played in Daejeon. Seo-joon won the game with five scoreless innings and a victory pitcher, and Kim Yi-hwan lost two runs in 323 innings.
On September 20, 2018, Samsung Lions Yang Chang-seop and Nexen (now Help) Heroes Ahn Woo-jin confronted each other at Gocheok Dome. The result was Ahn Woo-jin's victory, which was a victory in five innings. Yang Chang-seop was a loser even after he succeeded in quality start with three runs in 623 innings.
To find that previous record, it must be dated back to 2010: the Doosan Bears and the Kinghgi of Hanhwa in Daejeon on August 29, 2010. At the time, Doosan Lee Jae-hak (current NC) had three runs in five innings and Hanhwa Ahn Seung-min had three runs in 513 innings.
There is a variable called typhoon in the confrontation between Lee Min-ho and Allow run Dong because rain is forecast in the southern part of the country due to the influence of typhoon Bobby in the north. If the confrontation is concluded, it will be an interesting Kyonggi enough to attract the attention of baseball fans.
After 2010, we will face each other in the selection of new high school graduates
September 8, 2019 Daejeon
Lotte Mart Seo-joon One (five scoreless innings win) vs Hanhwa Kim I-hwan (323 innings two runs lost) / Lotte Mart 12 - 0 win
20 September 2018 Gocheok
Samsung Lions Yang Chang-seop (623 innings three runs lost) vs Nexen Ahn Woo-jin (5 innings without a run / Nexen 3 - 2 wins
August 29, 2010 Daejeon
Doosan Lee Jae-hak (5 innings and three runs) vs Hanhwa Ahn Seung-min (513 innings, three runs, two earned) / Doosan 9 - three wins
Last year, Lotte Mart Seo-joon One - Hanhwa Kim Yi-hwan