Min-seok knew he had to take it up a notch for the playoffs. The double-bag head dress seemed only natural. Meanwhile, his friend Ki-hoon wishes he hadn't given away his last beer.
Can I just say that I am thrilled Lotte is in the playoffs. The fans alone will make their playoff run(or lack there of) memorable. Naver has a full gallery here. It's worth checking out. I could have done an entire post on this.
Aaron at the EWC takes time off from watching teenagers play with balls to give last night's action a few paragraphs.
Lotte 7, Doosan 2
W - Cho Jeong-hoon, L - Lim Tae-hoon
Lotte has a 1-0 series lead in the best of 5 series.
The two teams were scoreless through 3 innings. Very tense. Both teams finally broke through in the 4th inning. Lotte scored on an RBI single from DH Hong Seong-heun and Doosan tied the game with a solo blast from left fielder Kim Hyeon-su. Kim looks much better than he did in last year's Korean Series. If I remember correctly he hit into 87 rally killing double plays against SK last year. I might be mistaken. Doosan starting pitcher CJ Nitkowski left the game in the top of the 4th inning with a shoulder injury of some sort. I'm still waiting on an injury report detailing the severity. It's probably safe to say he's out for the series, but stranger things have happened. It's too bad really. CJ was having a great outing. He allowed only 3 hits and struck out 4 during his 3+ innings of work.
Lotte 7, Doosan 2
W - Cho Jeong-hoon, L - Lim Tae-hoon
Lotte has a 1-0 series lead in the best of 5 series.
The two teams were scoreless through 3 innings. Very tense. Both teams finally broke through in the 4th inning. Lotte scored on an RBI single from DH Hong Seong-heun and Doosan tied the game with a solo blast from left fielder Kim Hyeon-su. Kim looks much better than he did in last year's Korean Series. If I remember correctly he hit into 87 rally killing double plays against SK last year. I might be mistaken. Doosan starting pitcher CJ Nitkowski left the game in the top of the 4th inning with a shoulder injury of some sort. I'm still waiting on an injury report detailing the severity. It's probably safe to say he's out for the series, but stranger things have happened. It's too bad really. CJ was having a great outing. He allowed only 3 hits and struck out 4 during his 3+ innings of work.
Lotte broke the 1-1 tie in the 6th inning thanks to a Lim Tae-hoon wild pitch. Lim threw a 59 ft. fastball that bounced away from the catcher and allowed center fielder Lee Seung-hwa to scamper home. Lotte busted the game open in the 8th inning with a 2-run rally. Lotte 2nd baseman Cho Seong-hwan hit an off-the-wall triple to score left fielder Kim Ju-chan from 2nd. Cho would score on a base hit from 1st baseman Lee Dae-ho. Lotte tacked on 3 more in the 9th and the game was essentially over.
Lotte starter Cho Jeong-hoon gave Lotte exactly what they needed. He gave them a quality start and kept Manager Jerry Royster from needing to go to his bullpen early. Cho tossed 7 2/3 innings(103 pitches, 71 strikes) of 2-run baseball. He gave up 5 hits, 1 walk and 1 hit batsman while striking out 7.
Game 2 starts at 6pm tonight Korean standard time. Doosan relief pitcher Geum Min-cheol(7-2, 4.43 ERA, 1.51 WHIP in 83 1/3 innings) will be asked to start for Doosan. While Jang Won-joon(13-8, 4.15 ERA, 1.58 WHIP in 162 2/3 innings) rumbles to the bump for Lotte. Geum! Jang! Doosan! Lotte! Catch the KBO on KBS! DA da da!
2 comments:
Lotte played hard in game 3 but basically what happened was Doosan showed its fangs. Doosan played the way they did when they dominate.. Hyun-soo hitting and a lot of strategy.. I'm really rooting for the Giants but I think Lotte needs to approach game three tomorrow pragmatically and with the hustle they've showed all season.. Lotte's still the underdogs and they can't go into game 3 thinking it's the end of their semi-miracle season.. if you remember they were last place early mid season. at the same time, they need to control their the other side of that emotion, where they do know what they've achieved and trying to milk that for what it's worth.. pragmatism and hustle will win on Friday.
Also, both pitchers seem to be quality, I don't really know the Doosan pitcher for game 3 well off hand but I remember Song Seung-joon absolutely dominating in games this season.. Song bringing that A game and Lotte with their game face on and Lotte will take game 3..
^^^ above i meant they played hard in game 2 of course..
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