The LG Twins and Doosan Bears of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) will face off on Tuesday at Jamsil Stadium. LG took a commanding 16-7 victory over Doosan on the previous day, April 19, to take a 5-4 lead in the series.
LG will start Kelly on the mound on the 20th. This could be Kelly’s last game as LG is looking to replace its foreign pitchers.
Manager Cha Myung-seok left for the U.S. on Sept. 17 to make the final push for a foreign pitcher. “I heard that there was a first-round pitcher, so I went to see him, and since there was only one, the decision will be made quickly,” said Yoon Kyung-yup.
Kelly is 5-8 with a 4.51 ERA in 19 appearances this season. Kelly, who had won 10 or more games in five straight years before last year, has seen a decline in velocity and command since last year.
He struggled in March and April of this year, going 1-4 with a 5.09 ERA in seven starts, and then went 1-2 with a 6.55 ERA in four starts in May, ranking last in the league in ERA at the end of May.
Kelly has stabilized in his last five starts, going 2-1 with a 2.61 ERA.
On June 25, he threw a one-hit shutout at Samsung Electronics before his perfect game was broken up in the ninth inning. However, 메이저사이트 his fastball is not as fast as it used to be, and he needs to be a first-line pitcher for the postseason.
Enns, a left-hander with a fastball that sits over 150 mph, has been improving since June, going 4-1 with a 2.79 ERA in eight starts. He’s been utilizing his high fastball and increasing his arm angle to improve his cutter and slider.
“I think the decision will be made by the end of the week,” manager Yoon Kyung-yup said on the 19th about the foreign replacement. If the foreign pitcher, whom manager Cha Myung-seok personally checked out, decides to come to Korea, he will be replaced. He is being considered as a right-handed pitcher from the big leagues.
Kelly, who has a 73-46 record in six seasons since 2019, is 13-7 with a 2.77 ERA in 22 career starts against Doosan. This season, he is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two appearances against Doosan. He pitched 13 innings and allowed three unearned runs. It will be interesting to see if he can reap the rewards of his last win.