There was a reason for the Doosan Bears' confidence. Doosan won the first edition of the autumn baseball game against the Jamsil rival lg Twins in seven years with a stable pitch and a hot blow.
Doosan won 4-0 in the first game of the 2020 professional baseball postseason semi-playoff at Jamsil Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 4th. Winners -- Losers' chances of making the playoffs in Game 1 in 29 semi-playoffs in professional baseball history are 86.2% (25 times). In 16 semi-playoffs, which were held in two-game winning streaks in three games this year, the final winner of the first-game Winners & Losers is 100%. That's how much Doosan has preoccupied the advantage: Now, if you win just one of the two remaining Kyonggi, you'll be put in the playoffs.
On the other hand, lg must walk everything from the second game, which was organized into the same plAce on the 5th; Tyler Wilson's shoulder, who was named lg Cole Hamels, became heavier.
The Doosan team was full of confidence from the time before Kyonggi, and Kim Tae-hyung and the players were aware of lg as a "roof match" but expressed relaxed expression, saying, "Let's do what we did." It is Doosan who has already won 9 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in the regular league this season. This atmosphere made Cole Hamels Chris Flexen's shoulder light as well.
Flexen dominated Kyonggi and became a winner by spraying a stretch of fastball; he pitched 106 balls in six innings, powering to strike out 11. Hit allowed in this gap, only four; he threw 68 fastballs on the entire pitch, creating 50 strikes.
Meanwhile, Doosan's power line has been shaking the lg mound, targeting rookie Lee Min-ho, who has no experience in autumn baseball. Doosan leadoff Hur Kyoung-min Hit and Hit a pitch from Lee Min-ho in the first at-bat in the first inning. Follow-up Hitter Jose Fernandez then Hit a two-run homer in the second game against Lee Min-ho. Fernandez Hit the final with this homer to become Kyonggi's MVP; Lee Min-ho threw just three balls and lost two points.
I didn't follow my luck with Lee Min-ho. In the fourth inning, the Doosan 9th batter Oh Jae-won, who climbed high from the first and third bases crisis to the right middle, fell to the fence and fell. In this gap, Doosan third baseman Park Se-hyuk dug into the home and scored 3-0. Lee Min-ho was forced to throw the ball back to fit the follow-up Hitter Hur Kyoung-min. Lee Min-ho allowed three runs and lost five Hits (1 picker) two walks in 313 innings.
In the bottom of Doosan's sixth inning, Oh Jae-won Hit a timely Hit in the middle of the left to score 4-0 and effectively split the game; the lg batting failed to make up for the mound collapse. He rarely advanced to first base, making it a chance to score, and reached second base for the first time in the fifth inning, sending veteran Park Yong-taik to the pinch but it was a blunder. Park Yong-taik was caught with a second baseman groundout by a strike on the first pitch.
“It was a good situation,” Kim said after winning the first game. “I was worried about Flexen’s pitch, but I threw it better than I thought. “The batters also ran away (opening points) at an important moment and became a good Kyonggi,” he said. “If Raul Alcantara throws well in the second game and catches the victory, we will play all our best and win.”
On the other hand, Dustin The Putney School, who was Doosan's Ace as a poet, appeared and received cheers from fans. The Putney School had a career 102 wins and 51 losses and an Earned run average of 3.59 until retiring from KT Wiz in 2018 after going through Doosan in 2011-2017. Doosan won the Korean Series in 2015 with The Putney School.
Starting host Doosan wins 4-0 over lg