‘Odds rate 100%’ Cuevas 8 innings 1 run + Hwang Jae-gyun final stroke, sweeping 3 consecutive series against kt Lotte… Lotte loses 7 consecutive times to Na Kyun-an 9K
KT Wiz achieved 3 consecutive sweeps against the Lotte Giants thanks to starter William Cuevas, who played well with 1 run in 8 innings.
kt won 2-1 against the Lotte Giants in the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at Sajik Stadium on the 27th. With this victory, they swept all three weekend matches and recorded a season record of 62 wins, 2 draws and 47 losses.
On this day, kt Kim Min-hyeok (designated hitter) – Ahn Chi-yeong (right fielder) – Hwang Jae-kyun (3rd baseman) – Jang Seong-woo (catcher) – Anthony Alford (left fielder) – Oh Yoon-seok (1st baseman) – Shin Bon-ki (shortstop) – Park Kyung-soo (2nd baseman) – Bae Jeong-dae (center fielder) and starting pitcher Cuevas came out.
On the other hand, Lotte is Ahn Kwon-soo (center fielder) – Jeong-hoon (1st baseman) – Lee Jung-hoon (designated hitter) – Ahn Chi-hong (2nd baseman) – Jeon Jun-woo (left fielder) – Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder) – Yoo Kang-nam (catcher) – Park Seung-wook (3rd baseman) – Noh Jin-hyeok ( shortstop) and starting pitcher Na Kyun-an.
▲ Shin Bong-ki scored an extra point against his home team with a sacrifice fly. ⓒkt Wiz
◆Veterans’ onslaught towards their home team, kt ahead in the beginning of the game
At the beginning of the game, kt succeeded in taking the lead and scoring extra points. And in the process, veterans such as Hwang Jae-gyun and Shin Bong-ki poured an onslaught toward their parent team Lotte.
After 2 outs in the top of the 3rd inning, kt Ahn Chi-young hit a double through the left middle to make 2 outs and 2nd base. Afterwards, Hwang Jae-gyun hit a timely 1 RBI and scored the first run at 1-0.
Continuing the momentum, after one shot in the top of the 4th inning, Oh Yoon-seok hit a triple that cut through the middle of the right and went to the base, and Shin Bong-gi made a sacrifice fly and ran away 2-0.
◆What is defeat? ‘Odds ratio 100%’ Cuevas’ fierce momentum, swallowed Lotte for 6 consecutive losses
Cuevas led the team to victory in all 11 games he appeared in this year. Personally, he did his part as an ace with 7 wins.
Cuevas, who does not know defeat, overwhelmed Lotte’s batting line. He perfectly blocked the opponent’s batting line at the beginning of the game, giving up his first hit after one out in the bottom of the third inning. There was also a crisis. After giving Park Seung-wook his first hit, he allowed a stolen base to become 1 out and 2 base, but he escaped the crisis by blocking follow-up batters Noh Jin-hyuk and Ahn Kwon-soo.안전놀이터
In the bottom of the 4th inning, lead batter Jeong Hoon and lead batter Jeon Jun-woo in the top of the 5th inning got a left-handed hit and sent out a runner, but both induced double plays to end the inning. At the end of the 4th inning, An Chi-Hong was treated as a double hit at 1 out and 1 base, and at the end of the 5th inning, Jeon Jun-woo, who started tag-up play with 2 base when Yoon Dong-hee’s center fielder floated ball, was shot by the batting team and caught an outcount.
◆Chi-Young Ahn’s body, but the ball fell backwards, and kt’s first run
kt made the first run in the bottom of the 6th inning, turning the halfway point of the game. After lead hitter Park Seung-wook’s heavy hit, he caught both Noh Jin-hyeok and Ahn Kwon-soo with outfield fly balls and seemed to catch a breath, but an unfortunate situation followed. Jung-hoon’s hit ball flew high in the outfield, and right fielder Ahn Chi-young dashed and attempted a diving catch, but failed to catch it and threw the ball backwards. In the meantime, he gave up a run to the runner on first base and was chased 2-1.
◆Until the 8th inning, Pearl Pearl Cuevas’ counterattack→Guardian Kim Jae-yoon’s perfect connection
Cuevas, who threw 85 pitches until the end of the 7th inning, went on the mound at the end of the 8th inning and blocked it with no runs, completing a tie record for the most innings this season.
Cuevas continued to overwhelm Lotte’s batting line as if his strength had not diminished. After one out, Noh Jin-hyeok was allowed to walk, but pinch hitter Kim Min-seok (looking strikeout) and Jung-hoon (shortstop grounder) were dealt with to get out of the crisis with his own hands.
Kim Jae-yoon, who came out as the closer, kept the team’s victory by neatly blocking the bottom of the 9th inning. This is his 24th save of the season.
For kt, Cuevas, who started the game, recorded 6 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts and 1 run in 8 innings, winning 8 wins (0 losses) for the season.
In the other lineup, Hwang Jae-gyun hit the winning run, while Jang Seong-woo and Oh Yoon-seok energized the offense with multi-hits.
On the other hand, Lotte starter Na Gyun-an fought hard with 6 hits, 4 walks, 9 strikeouts and 2 runs in 7 innings, but suffered 6 losses (6 wins) in the season due to a slump in the batting line. The team hit 6 hits, but managed only 1 run and fell into a 7-game losing streak.