The reasons are different, but the situation is the same. Key foreign pitchers end up missing games.
The NC Dinos have taken a two-game lead in the semifinals against the SSG Landers. NC won Games 1 and 2 in Incheon on the 22nd and 23rd, leaving them just one win away from qualifying for the playoffs. The two teams will travel to Changwon on the 25th to continue the series. If NC wins Game 3, it’s over, and if SSG wins, the series continues.
However, both teams have a variable. The health of their key foreign pitchers. 온라인카지노NC will be without their “20-win pitcher” and “super ace” Eric Peddie for Game 3.
Peddie suffered a forearm contusion in his last start of the regular season against the KIA Tigers on April 16. While the injury is not serious, he needed time to recover and did not pitch in Games 1 and 2 of the wild-card decider and semifinals.
He was initially expected to start Game 3. He traveled with the team to Incheon, and even pitched out of the bullpen on the 22nd. He threw a total of 19 pitches to check his condition. In an interview before Game 2, Kang said, “There’s nowhere to go back. In the third game, Pedi must go out unconditionally.”
On the 23rd, SSG and NC played the second game of the Semi-Po at SSG Landers Field in Incheon. SSG coach Kim Won-hyung appeals the umpire’s decision in the eighth inning.
However, things changed in just a few hours. Pedi felt discomfort in his elbow. After finishing the second game with a victory, coach Kang Myung-hyun said, “I was confident in the pre-interview that Pedi would play in the third game, but after training today, he said he felt uncomfortable and uneasy. I went to the hospital for a checkup, and he was diagnosed with simple impingement syndrome (elbow). I don’t think I’ll be able to play the third game. I’ll think about the fourth and fifth games. We’ll see how it goes and make a decision. My doctor is important. I apologize for being a liar,” he said.
As expected, Tanner Tully was called up to play in Game 3 after Pedi was ruled out due to illness. It’s a big change for NC, who want to end the series in Game 3.
SSG has a similar problem. Kirk McCarty’s status. Originally, coach Kim Won-hyung did not plan to include McCarty in the semi-playoff roster after he was sidelined with an oblique muscle injury.
The second game of the Semi-Po between NC and SSG at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 23rd. NC won 7-3. Coach Kang Myung-hwa applauds. Incheon=Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com/2023.10.23/
However, McCarty’s condition improved, and the player himself expressed his willingness to play, so he was included in the roster to utilize the bullpen. However, McCarty did not appear in the first and second games. Whenever he was asked about McCarty, Kim’s face showed his frustration.
After pitching on the 22nd, McCarty said he felt “tight in his side”. He felt discomfort again in the same area that had been causing him pain. That’s why he didn’t pitch in the bullpen in Game 2.
When asked about McCarty after Game 2, manager Kim Won-hyung said, “He’ll be available for Game 3, but we’ll have to see how he feels once he gets down to Changwon.”
In a worst-case scenario, neither Peddy nor McCarty would be able to pitch a single game in the semifinal series. The team that makes the playoffs will get a second chance, but the team that doesn’t will be in a tricky situation.
Ace risk. It’s not just these two teams. KT, who finished second, had a long break, giving Benjamin time to recover from fatigue and arm pain. They’ll be back in the playoffs.
But LG, which finished first in the regular season and went straight to the Korean Series, was unable to recover from the loss of Flutko, who went down with a pelvic bruise. After a disagreement between the player and the club over his physical condition, the team decided to part ways.