Taking the ball six days after winning his first postseason game in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), Samsung Lions ace Denyi Reyes delivered an even better performance Saturday to send his club to the Korean Series for the first time in nine years.
Reyes threw seven shutout innings as the Lions eked out a 1-0 win over the LG Twins at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul to win their best-of-five series in four games.
The Lions, No. 2 seed, will now take on the top-seeded Kia Tigers in the Korean Series, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Tigers’ home of Gwangju, some 270 kilometers south of Seoul.
Reyes was the winning pitcher in the Lions’ 10-4 victory in Game 1 on Sunday, when he held the Twins to three runs — one earned — over 6 2/3 innings. 스포츠토토사이트 He struck out only one but also gave up just four hits.
On Saturday, Reyes earned his second win of the series after keeping the Twins bats in check by mixing in six different types of pitches. Once again, he did not have a high strikeout total, fanning just two batters, but limited the Twins to three singles.
With two victories and a miniscule ERA of 0.66, Reyes was voted the series MVP. He collected 42 of 55 votes from media.
Reyes threw a season-high 110 pitches on Saturday — 39 four-seam fastballs, 23 cutters, 22 changeups, 19 sliders, six sinkers and one curveball.