'Park Dong-won forward deployment' LG vs. 'Rojas-Kang Baek-ho forward deployment' KT
'Park Dong-won forward deployment' LG vs. 'Rojas-Kang Baek-ho forward deployment' KT
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In what could be a watershed moment for the semi-playoff (semi-PO) series between LG and KT in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), the managers of both teams have pulled out the batting order change card.
LG lined up Hong Chang-gi, Shin Min-jae, Austin Dean, Moon Bo-kyung, Park Dong-won, Oh Ji-hwan, Kim Hyun-soo, Park Hae-min, and Moon Sung-joo in the batting order for Game 3 of the Korean Baseball Organization's semifinals against kit wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea, today (Aug. 8).
Compared to the first and second games, Park Dong-won, who was the No. 7 hitter, batted in the center of the lineup as the No. 5 hitter, while Oh Ji-hwan and Kim Hyun-soo, who batted in the No. 5-6 spots, moved down one spot to the No. 6-7 spots.
The batting order was based on the fact that Park was batting .333 with three home runs in nine at-bats and a 1.000 OPS against KT starter Benjamin in Game 3, the only LG hitter to hit a home run in the regular season this year.
“In Suwon (which is smaller than Jamsil), we're going to play big-ball baseball,” said LG manager Yoon Kyung-yup, explaining why the batting order was slightly different from Game 1 and Game 2, ”and we need our strong No. 1-5 hitters to handle it.”
With the game still in the early going, Park Dong-won, 토토사이트 a strong No. 5 hitter, lived up to Yoon's expectations, blasting a leadoff home run off Benjamin in his first at-bat of the second inning.
KT's counterpart, Lee Kang-cheol, made more changes to his batting order than LG's to start the third game.
KT batted in the order of Rojas Jr, Kang Baek-ho, Jang Sung-woo, Oh Jae-il, Hwang Jae-gyun, Kim Sang-soo, Bae Jeong-dae, Shim Woo-joon, and Jeong Jun-young.
Lee batted Rojas at No. 2 and Kang Baek-ho at No. 4 in the first and second games, a gambit that put two of the team's best hitters at the top of the order.
Major league baseball also tends to bat their best hitters up front, with the LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani batting first and Betsu Mookie batting second.
The third game of the semi-finals is also a battle of tactics between LG and KT managers Yoon Kyung-yup and Lee Kang-cheol, who led their respective teams to the Korean Series championships. Historically, the winner of Game 3 has a 100% chance of advancing to the playoffs, so it will be interesting to see who will be the manager with the 100% chance.