KT Wiz won a fierce pitching battle against the Doosan Bears and won three consecutive victories.
KT won 1-0 against Doosan in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 15th.
3rd place KT, who won 3 consecutive wins, marked the season with 54 wins, 2 draws and 45 losses. On the other hand, 5th place Doosan, who suffered three consecutive losses, became 49 wins, 1 draw and 48 losses.
The game on this day unfolded as a pitching battle between starters William Cuevas (KT) and Raul Alcantara (Doosan).
Cuevas had 2 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts, and no runs in 7 innings, and Alcantara also had a tight game until the 7th inning with 4 hits, 4 hits, 6 strikeouts, and no runs in 7 innings.
At the end of the 4th inning, Doosan faced a crisis with 1 out and 3rd base due to Su-bin Su’s surprise bunt hit and Cuevas’ error in check, but when Jose Rojas grounded to 1st base, KT 1st baseman Oh Yoon-seok’s bold home match, Su-bin Su was out and blew a chance.
KT also tried to score with a double stolen base in the 2nd, 1st and 3rd base chances at the beginning of the 6th inning, but Doosan saw through and threw the chance in vain.
The ‘March of 0’ ended only after both pitchers went down the mound.
After two outs in the top of the 8th inning, KT scored a hit for pitcher Park Chi-guk, who changed the assignment. In this situation, the opponent right fielder Kim In-tae made a catch error and headed to second base.먹튀검증
Here, Kim Min-hyeok hit a hit that fell in front of the center fielder. Doosan center fielder Jeong Su-bin attempted a sliding catch, but fell back, and second base runner Bae Jeong-dae stepped home. Kim Min-hyeok went around third base and went home, but was out.
The flow seemed to be cut off, but KT kept this one point to the end. In the 8th inning, Park Young-hyeon took the mound and blocked one inning cleanly, and in the 9th inning, Kim Jae-yoon was responsible for the finish.
Cuevas took the 6th win (undefeated) of the season, and Kim Jae-yoon harvested the 20th save (3 wins and 2 losses) of the season.
Kim Jae-yoon stepped on the 20-save high for four consecutive years from 2020. 6th record in KBO league history.
Doosan Park Chi-guk, who scored the winning goal, suffered the first loss of the season (4 wins and 2 saves).