Flexen, once again named first-round pick Pitcher, will face a starting lineup with a 2Kyonggi high school graduate in the postseason.
kt, the second-ranked player in the regular season, will play the first playoff game against Doosan in the 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBOUEFA Champions League postseason at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th.
The postseason is delayed due to the aftermath of Corona 19, which will also disrupt the postseason schedule, which will move to Goche Dome, which is not affected by the weather, from the playoffs to the Korea series.
The starting Pitchers, which both team coaches have taken out, are kt Mini standard and Doosan Flexen.
For Flexen, it is an expected card early on. Flexen was the winner of the first game of the semi-playoff against LG in the first game, and he became a winner with a scoreless four hits in six innings with a fastball of more than 150km.
He was also very strong against kt in the regular season, and Flexen appeared in 2Kyonggi against kt, showing perfect results of two runs in 10 innings (Earned run average 0.90).
On the other hand, kt coach Lee Kang-chul took out the high school graduate Mini standard card as a Pitcher to play in the first game.
Mini standard has 13 wins and 6 losses this season, and has been rated as having virtually a Rookie with an Earned run average of 3.86. Nevertheless, it is surprising that the first round of the game was overtaken by foreign ace Despayne.
However, Lee Kang-chul put weight on the variable of 'unexpectation'. In addition, Despaine did not have much fun in Doosan, and Mini standard with Strong Heart is expected to play a bigger role.
In the history of the KBOUEFA Champions League playoffs, only Lotte Yong Jong-seok in 1992 and Doosan Kim Myung-jae in 2005 won the first postseason start.
If you look for a closer case, you can also say SK Kwang-hyun Kim, who played in the fourth round of the 2007 Korea Series. At that time, Kwang-hyun Kim announced the start of the legend with a scoreless 7.1 innings against Daniel Rios, who was in the top Pitcher rank of the year despite being a high school graduate.
It is also of interest whether Mini standard's card will work against Flexen. Earlier, Flexen had a complete victory in the first game of the semi-playoff against LG with a high school graduate Lee Min-ho.
Lee Min-ho also expected to play a surprise performance as a starter like Kwang-hyun Kim, but he only scored 3.1 innings and failed to cause a Rookie rebellion by collapsing with three hits and three runs.
If Flexen again has a confrontational advantage with the Mini standard, it is not enough to literally give the title 'Rookie killer'.
Doosan was in the first round of the semi-PO as scheduled, and Flexen kt was awarded a surprise start by high school graduate Mini standard