KT’s ‘magic’ that defeated ‘natural enemy’ Kwak Bin in one inning… Cuevas pitched 6 perfect innings [와일드카드 결정전]

KT Cuevas is fighting in the first game of the wild card decision against Doosan held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd. Cuevas became the winning pitcher after pitching 6 scoreless innings. News 1

“We are a team of wizards. “Now it’s time for No. 5 to beat No. 4.”

KT Wiz coach Lee Kang-cheol said this ahead of the first game of the wild card decision against Doosan held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd.

Director Lee’s words have become half reality. KT, who won the last postseason ticket thanks to Rojas’ comeback-winning 3-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning in the first-ever 5th place match against SSG a day ago, dominated Doosan in offense and defense and won a complete 4-0 victory that day. If KT catches the second wild card game, which will be held at the same venue from 2 p.m. on the 3rd, it will be able to advance to the semi-playoffs (quasi-PO) as a 5th place team for the first time in history.

Since the wild card system was introduced in the KBO League in 2015, there has never been a case where the 5th place defeated the 4th place to advance to the semi-PO until last year. The 4th place team only needs to win one of the two games to advance to the semi-PO, but the 5th place team must win two games in a row. Since all games are held at the 4th place team’s home stadium, the 5th place team is at an absolute disadvantage.

<img src="https://dimg.donga.com/wps/NEWS/IMAGE/2024/10/02/130146951.1.jpg" alt="On the afternoon of the 2nd, in the first game of the postseason (PS) wild card game between KT Wiz and Doosan Bears in the professional baseball ‘2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League’ held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, in the top of the first inning, KT’s attack was on 1st and 2nd base without a hit, when Jang Seong-woo hit. Second base runner Minhyuk Kim is sprinting toward home. News 1″/>

On the afternoon of the 2nd, in the first game of the postseason (PS) wild card game between KT Wiz and Doosan Bears in the professional baseball ‘2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League’ held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, in the top of the first inning, KT’s attack was on 1st and 2nd base without a hit, when Jang Seong-woo hit. Second base runner Minhyuk Kim is sprinting toward home. News 1

However, KT won with magical baseball that day and continued its challenge to set the first-ever record.

KT batters defeated Doosan’s native ace Kwak Bin, who had reigned as their ‘natural enemy’ this season, in one inning. Kwak Bin, who was tied for most wins with Samsung’s Won Tae-in with 15 wins (9 losses) this year, was stronger against KT with 5 wins and no losses in 6 games, with an ERA of 1.51.

However, it was completely different on the ‘Autumn Stage’. It all started in the top of the first inning when leadoff hitter Kim Min-hyuk walked. With no outs on first and second base due to second hitter Rojas’ left-field hit, Seong-Woo Jang scored the first run with a timely hit to the left of left field. Kang Baek-ho, the 4th batter who came to bat with no outs on second and third base due to Doosan’s error, scored an additional point with a timely hit to right. Oh Jae-il, the fifth batter, also hit Kwak Bin with a timely hit to the right field.

Jae-gyun Hwang struck out on second and third bases with one out on Oh Yun-seok’s sacrifice bunt, and the chance seemed lost, but No. 8 hitter Bae Jeong-dae hit another timely hit to score the fourth run. If second base runner Oh Jae-il, who rushed home, had not been hit by Doosan center fielder Soo-bin Su’s accurate throw home, he would have scored 5 runs in the first inning alone.

The KT team, which won the first game of the postseason (PS) wild card match between KT Wiz and Doosan Bears in the professional baseball ‘2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League’ held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 2nd, is greeting the fans. News 1

On the KT mound, ‘big game feature’ Cuevas’ good pitching shone.

Cuevas, who had faltered in the regular season with 7 wins, 12 losses, and an ERA of 4.10, took on the role as a starting pitcher and pitched brilliantly in 6 innings, allowing 4 hits, no walks, 9 strikeouts, and no runs.

Cuevas has previously pitched well in important games where the team’s fate was at stake. After becoming the winning pitcher in the game against NC in 2021, Cuevas took the mound in the first-place game against Samsung with just two days off and pitched 7 scoreless innings, leading the team straight to the Korean Series. Last year, he pitched in the 2nd game of the PO against NC, and after a three-day break, he started the 4th game of the PO and became the winning pitcher. Cuevas, who pitched in 6 postseason games until last year and recorded 3 wins, 1 loss, and an ERA of 2.87, earned his fourth postseason victory and was also selected as Daily MVP.

In the first game of the 2024 KBO League Wild Card game between KT Wiz and Doosan Bears held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd, Doosan starting pitcher Kwak Bin is kicked early in the top of the second inning. Newsis

For Doosan, it was disappointing that Kwak Bin, whom they trusted, was kicked out after just one inning. The disappointment was even greater because the Doosan team, which started in the second inning, did not give up any additional runs until the ninth inning.

The absence of catcher Yang Eui-ji, who was unable to bat due to a collarbone injury, also had an impact. Doosan had several chances, including 1st and 2nd bases with no outs in the 1st inning and 1st and 3rd bases with 1 outs in the 6th inning, but failed to score and ultimately suffered a loss.

The second game of the wild card decision between the two teams with no place to retreat will be held at the same venue at 2pm on the 3rd. KT announced Benjamin and Doosan Choi Seung-yong as starting pitchers.

Reporter Lee Heon-jae [email protected]
Reporter Kang Hong-gu [email protected]

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2024-10-04 15:47:03