Landers ace Anderson nearing full health after bout with stomach flu: manager

SSG Landers manager Lee Sung-yong said Saturday his ace Drew Anderson is nearly back to full health after a recent bout with stomach flu. In fact, Lee said Anderson will be ready to pitch Sunday if the scheduled Game 2 of the first-round series in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) against the Samsung Lions is postponed Saturday due to rain. Anderson, who finished second overall in the KBO with 245 strikeouts and third with a 2.25 ERA this season, wasn't able to start the opening game of this best-of-five series Thursday after coming down with stomach problems earlier in the week. "He had a pretty good bullpen session yesterday, and I've been told he's in good form now," Lee said in his media availability at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, about 30 kilometers west of Seoul. "He has lost about 3 kilograms because he hasn't been eating well." Mother Nature has wreaked havoc on the KBO postseason schedule. Game 2 was already moved back from Friday to Saturday, and Saturday's game is expected to begin under threatening skies. If it proceeds as scheduled, Anderson will start Game 3 oWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times