KT manager Lee Kang-cheol “Inserted Pil Seung-jo after Ko Young-pyo... Kim Sang-soo will return soon”

KT manager Lee Kang-cheol “Inserted Pil Seung-jo after Ko Young-pyo... Kim Sang-soo will return soon”

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After a miraculous three-game sweep in baseball's first-ever best-of-five and best-of-two wild-card tournaments, KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-cheol is now preparing for the shortened season with a sigh of relief.

“We played three games in a row with no tomorrow, so we took it one day at a time,” Lee said ahead of the first game of the semifinals against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Friday. ‘Now that we have two games and one day off, we'll play our ’big card' and try to make it as close as possible if our starting pitcher, Ko Young-pyo, does a good job.”

Lee promised that if Ko Young-pyo can keep the game close for about three innings, he will bring in his pitching staff one after another.

It's also a good card for KT, as if Go dominates LG batters with his relief, they can run their normal starting rotation with him in mind for Game 5 of the semifinals.

KT will go into the semifinals with four starting pitchers - Ko Young-pyo, 메이저사이트 Uhm Sang-baek, William Cuevas, and Wes Benjamin.

“We played the wild card game in our team colors,” said Lee, who was pleased with the power of his starting pitching, saying, ”The starting pitchers pitched well and played baseball minus the runs.”

Lee started right-handed slugger Moon Sang-chul, who was strong against LG's left-handed starter Dietrich Enns, at first base in the No. 5 spot.

He also said that if Kim Sang-soo's physical condition is fine, he will start him as the starting second baseman from Game 2.

“We didn't score any extra runs in the wild-card game, but we had seven or eight hits,” Lee said, adding, ”We just didn't convert them into runs, but we'll be better with Kim Sang-soo in the lineup. The mood of the batting lineup is fine.”