"Well, at least I'll be on time to shoot my new AnyCall commercial."
Korean cartoonist, Choi Hoon, puts the exclamation point on the Bears/Lions series.
I was out of town this weekend and didn't really have time to post a preview. Aaron at the EWC did a much better job than I would have anyway.
The Korea Times foreign correspondent wrote an article on yesterday's events. With the KT, I always get the feeling that the goal of the article isn't to inform the reader. The goal seems to be to write as little as possible and still get the byline.
The Joongang Daily should be the choice for Korean sports news. They give yesterday's events a more personal spin. While Aaron at the EWC gives an in-depth recap of yesterday's events.
"Where do you want it? In your ear or in the back?"
Doosan 5, SK 2
W - Matt Randel, L - Kim Kwang-hyeon, S - Lee Jae-woo
Doosan leads the series, 1-0
Well, there goes my prediction. Lesson learned? Don't predict a sweep when a team is coming off a 2-week layoff. SK wasn't nearly as sharp or prepared as I thought they'd be.
Kim Kwang-hyeon wasn't the dominant Kim Kwang-hyeon that almost won the KBO's pitching triple crown. His line was deceptively good. It doesn't sound that bad, but if you were watching, you would know that Kim wasn't very sharp yesterday. Kim lasted 5 2/3 innings(110 pitches, 60 strikes) while allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and 6(!) walks. He did manage to strike out 4 Bears.
Doosan's Matt Randel was the Good Matt Randel. He kept hitters off balance by changing speeds and mixing pitches. He lasted 5 1/3 innings(87 pitches, 50 strikes) allowing 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks with 4 K's.
The real story on the mound for Doosan was reliever Lee Jae-woo. Lee threw a 3 2/3 inning save! Who does that? Lee did surrender 1 run on 3 hits, but he pounded the strike zone(34 of 49 pitches were strikes) and kept recording outs. SK was never able to mount a serious threat against Lee.
SK drew first blood in the series in the 2nd inning. SK cleanup hitter and DH, Kim Jae-hyeon clubbed a solo homer over the center field wall for the first run of the series. Doosan would even the score in the 5th inning. Chae Sang-byeong would score on Lee Jang-wook's seeing-eye single up the middle. In the 6th, Doosan took it's first lead of the series. With runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs, Doosan warm body, Choi Joon-shik drilled a 3-1 pitch down the third base line for a double. Choi's double would make the score 3-1 and end Kim Kwang-hyeon's day. Doosan and SK would trade runs in the 7th. Doosan's Kim Hyeon-su delivered an RBI single in the top of the inning and SK's Jang Geun-woo hit an RBI double to make the score 4-2. In the top of the 9th, Doosan added an "Efff you!" run on a home run from Hong Seong-heun. I'm not an advocate for violence, but I would guess that at some point in this series, Hong is getting drilled. His celebration was a little, erm, excessive. There were a few too many fist pumps while rounding the bases.
The action continues tonight at 6pm in Incheon's beautiful Munhak Stadium. Chae Byeong-yong takes the mound for SK, while the embattled Kim Sun-woo gets the call for the Bears. Chae finished the season 10-2 with a 2.70 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. In 136 2/3 innings, Chae struck out 81 and walked 49. When we last saw Kim Sun-woo, he was struggling to make it through the 3rd inning against the Lions.
I was out of town this weekend and didn't really have time to post a preview. Aaron at the EWC did a much better job than I would have anyway.
The Korea Times foreign correspondent wrote an article on yesterday's events. With the KT, I always get the feeling that the goal of the article isn't to inform the reader. The goal seems to be to write as little as possible and still get the byline.
The Joongang Daily should be the choice for Korean sports news. They give yesterday's events a more personal spin. While Aaron at the EWC gives an in-depth recap of yesterday's events.
"Where do you want it? In your ear or in the back?"
Doosan 5, SK 2
W - Matt Randel, L - Kim Kwang-hyeon, S - Lee Jae-woo
Doosan leads the series, 1-0
Well, there goes my prediction. Lesson learned? Don't predict a sweep when a team is coming off a 2-week layoff. SK wasn't nearly as sharp or prepared as I thought they'd be.
Kim Kwang-hyeon wasn't the dominant Kim Kwang-hyeon that almost won the KBO's pitching triple crown. His line was deceptively good. It doesn't sound that bad, but if you were watching, you would know that Kim wasn't very sharp yesterday. Kim lasted 5 2/3 innings(110 pitches, 60 strikes) while allowing 3 runs on 5 hits and 6(!) walks. He did manage to strike out 4 Bears.
Doosan's Matt Randel was the Good Matt Randel. He kept hitters off balance by changing speeds and mixing pitches. He lasted 5 1/3 innings(87 pitches, 50 strikes) allowing 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks with 4 K's.
The real story on the mound for Doosan was reliever Lee Jae-woo. Lee threw a 3 2/3 inning save! Who does that? Lee did surrender 1 run on 3 hits, but he pounded the strike zone(34 of 49 pitches were strikes) and kept recording outs. SK was never able to mount a serious threat against Lee.
SK drew first blood in the series in the 2nd inning. SK cleanup hitter and DH, Kim Jae-hyeon clubbed a solo homer over the center field wall for the first run of the series. Doosan would even the score in the 5th inning. Chae Sang-byeong would score on Lee Jang-wook's seeing-eye single up the middle. In the 6th, Doosan took it's first lead of the series. With runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs, Doosan warm body, Choi Joon-shik drilled a 3-1 pitch down the third base line for a double. Choi's double would make the score 3-1 and end Kim Kwang-hyeon's day. Doosan and SK would trade runs in the 7th. Doosan's Kim Hyeon-su delivered an RBI single in the top of the inning and SK's Jang Geun-woo hit an RBI double to make the score 4-2. In the top of the 9th, Doosan added an "Efff you!" run on a home run from Hong Seong-heun. I'm not an advocate for violence, but I would guess that at some point in this series, Hong is getting drilled. His celebration was a little, erm, excessive. There were a few too many fist pumps while rounding the bases.
The action continues tonight at 6pm in Incheon's beautiful Munhak Stadium. Chae Byeong-yong takes the mound for SK, while the embattled Kim Sun-woo gets the call for the Bears. Chae finished the season 10-2 with a 2.70 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. In 136 2/3 innings, Chae struck out 81 and walked 49. When we last saw Kim Sun-woo, he was struggling to make it through the 3rd inning against the Lions.
1 comment:
It seems like deja-vu of last year (minus Riosu) all over again. Doosan get plenty of batters in scoring position but don't seem to connect when it matters and SK never look like coming back.
If someone does drill Hong Seung-hun then it's likely to be a bench-clearer. I thought SK were deliberately playing dirty last year when Doosan were looking in command.
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