The autumn rain, which was soaked in moonbees on the 14th, may change the game of the playoff (PO, best out of five games) between Samsung and LG. I don’t know who will be disadvantaged under the current situation, but at least LG has a welcome rain. LG, which easily gave up the first round of PO after starting pitcher Choi Won-tae was hit hard, gave the team another day of rest.
Daegu, which had been drizzling since the morning of the 14th, began to get thicker in the afternoon. KBO, which tried to force the game in most rain, also failed to stop the smoke as the rain intensified. Eventually, the tarpaulin on the ground could not be removed and the game was decided at 4:47 p.m.
The playoff schedule has been pushed back by one day, but it has not yet been decided whether the first game of the Korean Series scheduled for the 21st will be pushed back. If the playoffs are completed within the fourth game, the first game will be held on the 21st as scheduled. However, if Game 5 of the playoffs, which has been pushed back by one day, is held on the 20th, it will be a rest day on the 21st and the first game will be held on the 22nd.먹튀검증
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop replaced his starting pitcher immediately after the second game was postponed due to rain. He used Detrick N.S. as the starting pitcher for the second game on Friday, but when he gained time for a day, he offered Son Joo-young’s card, which he originally planned to put on the mound as the starting pitcher for the third game on Wednesday.
From the perspective of LG and Yeom, this is the best starting pitcher he can offer. In the eighth year since his debut as a pro player this season, Son has displayed full potential and pitched 144.2 innings in 28 games, recording 9 wins and 10 losses and an ERA of 3.79. He played the most innings before this season, which will be remembered as a year of turning the tables on his life for the prospect of the next promising player, who played 26.2 innings in 2021. He added 0.2 innings to 144 innings, which is the prescribed innings, to rank in the ERA category. He was ranked eighth among all pitchers and second among all native pitchers after Won Tae-in (3.66 Samsung). Coincidentally, Won and Son are in the matchup for starting the second round of PO. In other words, they will have a showdown with each other over the title of the best native starting pitcher this season.
The momentum of the regular season continued in the fall baseball as well. In the semi-PO, Son was not the starting pitcher but the bullpen pitcher. In the second round of the semi-PO, he pitched in 5.1 innings after Choi Won-tae, who was substituted early by allowing three runs (two earned runs) in 2.2 innings. He only had two hits over a long inning. In addition, he had seven strikeouts and blocked KT’s batters from losing any points. In the fifth round of the semi-PO, he pitched in the bullpen session, allowing only one strikeout and four strikeouts. It was truly a golden performance for LG, which had no reliable bullpen pitchers except for Eliser Hernandez.
Unlike the semi-PO, which only used three starting pitchers, Yeom has decided to run four including Son Joo-young in addition to the existing ANS, Lim Chan-kyu and Choi Won-tae. Even before the playoffs began, he wanted to use Son as a starting card for the second round. If that happens, he will be able to at least play in the bullpen in the fifth round. However, as signs emerged that Son cannot physically start Game 2 on Wednesday, Yeom put forward the second and third games of the team.
Coach Yeom put forward Choi, who was guaranteed the most rest time among the starting players through the semi-PO, as the starting pitcher for the first round. This means that if the match continues into the fifth round, Choi will have to be released again. Contrary to expectations by Yeom, who said, “I pray that today will be a day when (Choi) Wontae gets scratched,” Choi was hurt by allowing seven hits and five runs in three innings in the first round.
The direct effect of being able to start the second game is that Son Joo-young is able to counterattack by playing “Samsung Killer,” who gave up only four runs (two earned runs) and posted a 1.04 ERA in three games against Samsung in the regular season, at a time when he was driven to one loss. In this season, he pitched relatively well with an ERA of 3.00 in 12 innings in two appearances against Samsung, but Son’s performance is much better. In addition, he is sluggish in this fall baseball with an ERA of 7.27 with seven runs (seven earned runs) in 8.2 innings in two games. Son is a much better pitcher in both his performance against Samsung in the regular season and his pitching and momentum in this fall baseball. Son Joo-young is the most suitable card to counterattack after one loss.
Son’s starting pitcher in Game 2 has one more butterfly effect. He might not use Choi Won-tae, who has always caused disappointment whenever he takes the mound in this fall, in Game 5, and even if he is a starter, he can be replaced early. As Game 5 will be held on Saturday, Son, who will start Game 2 on Saturday, can take a four-day rest before starting the game. In other words, the day off that rain gave Yeom a flower plaque.
Rain also has another effect. In addition, Hernandez, who is tired of taking the mound in all five semi-PO games, will be able to take one more day off. Currently, Hernandez is an alpha and omega player in LG’s bullpen, and can play up to two innings in the second game. The best scenario for LG is that Son Joo-young will win the second game with seven innings and Hernandez’s two innings.
Of course, Rain’s “butterfly effect” can only be achieved when Son Joo-young displays quality pitching or higher in the second game on Saturday, as expected by LG and Yeom. What kind of pitching will Son Joo-young make in the second game on Sunday? Like this, this is the second game where many stories will be made.