Doosan Bears foreigner Pitcher Chris Flexen and lg Twins' Lee Min-ho will face off in the starting match.
Doosan and lg will play the first leg of the 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO semi-playoff (two-game winning system) at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th.
Ahead of the inability to back down, Doosan heralded Flexen as Cole Hamels. Flexen has scored 116.2 innings this season, marking an 8-4 loss and an Earned run average 3.01. Before lg, he played in 1Kyonggi and recorded 4.50 Earned run averages (three runs in six innings).
Flexen was injured midway through the season and did not fill the regular innings, but he was able to score only one run in 4Kyonggi 26.2 innings at the end of the regular league. Doosan plans to preempt the first game of the playoffs, which has been in good condition recently.
Against this backdrop, lg pulled out a rookie Pitcher Lee Min-ho card. Lee Min-ho pitched 97.2 innings this season, going 4-4 with an Earned run average of 3.69. Fastball in the second half of 140km and slider in the early 140km proved his competitiveness on the professional stage.
Lee Min-ho was especially strong in the 14 innings of the Doosan match with an Earned run average of 2.57. lg revealed its belief by deciding Lee Min-ho as Cole Hamels in the first leg.
Meanwhile, Doosan has dominated the two teams this year with 9 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses.