Finishing 110 innings → Face in 90 innings with two must-win groups...The dizzying shame brought by Binta, it's time for KT's batters to explode
Finishing 110 innings → Face in 90 innings with two must-win groups...The dizzying shame brought by Binta, it's time for KT's batters to explode
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KT Wiz performed well with four wins and one loss last week. Its ranking, which used to be in the mid-range, also jumped to the third place. It is power of pitching power. However, without support from the batters, it could be in jeopardy in the long-term race.
The secret of his victory lies in his pitching ability. Last week, KT ranked second in the league with an earned run average of 3.00. The starting pitchers posted an earned run average of 2.00. Ko Young-pyo gave up a splendid start to the game against NC Dinos on Sunday by winning by allowing one run and 10K in seven innings. Enmanuel de Hayesus only gave one run in three innings due to his injury on Sunday, but the bullpen blocked him from allowing six scoreless innings, and thus his team won the game. Oh scored three runs with no outs in six innings, making his first game with no outs and his first quality start since moving to KT. However, his team failed to display stellar performance and ended up losing the game. William Cuevas and So Hyung-joon won their first game of the season by allowing one run in six innings and one run in five innings, respectively.
The game between the NC Dinos and KT Wiz of the "2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" at Suwon KT Wiz Park in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of April 9, 2025. KT Son Dong-hyun took the mound in a hurry due to the injury of starter Heyesus at first base with no outs in the top of the fourth inning, but is showing good pitching./My Daily
As there were many winning games, there were also frequent appearances in the must-win group. Last week, Park took the mound in four ⅔ and recorded four saves without allowing a single goal in four innings. Son won three games without allowing a single goal in four innings, Kim Min-soo allowed four runs and three holds in two ⅓ innings in four games, and Won Sang-hyun allowed three runs (two earned runs) and two holds in three innings in two games.토토사이트
The number of pitchers taken by the KT Wiz is quite unusual. Park Young-hyun (13 innings) ranks first in relief innings, Kim Min-soo (11 ⅔ innings) ranks third, and Son Dong-hyun (11 innings) ranks fifth. Won Sang-hyun is also tied for ninth. Except for KT, only Hanwha (Kim Jong-soo 10 ⅔ and Cho Dong-wook 10 ⅓) has two players listed in the top 10.
If the team wins more games, it will be a must-win team. Then, how about No. 1 LG and No. 2 SSG? Noh Kyung-eun (9 ⅓ innings, tying for 14th) and Cho Byung-hyun (8th ⅔ innings, tying for 18th) are the only SSG players in the top 20. Lee Ji-gang (8th ⅔ innings, tying for 18th) is the only LG player listed.
It is a phenomenon caused by KT's poor batting average. KT's team batting average (0.238) is ninth in the league and eighth in the league with its OPS (0.655). The team is tied for the lowest with SSG in scoring (59). KT has played two more games than SSG, so the actual bottom is KT. The starting team's good pitching has no choice but to take the lead or face the middle of the first match, and the must-win group has no choice but to take the mound. Still, the batters are not exploding, so they are taking the mound until the end.
The must-winner has a steep pitching pace in innings. According to Statistics Korea, Park Young-hyun has shown a 110.1 innings pace in 93 games. Kim Min-soo recorded 94.9 innings in 110 games and Son 93.2 innings in 93 games. Wonsang, a rookie in the second year, recorded 84.7 innings in 85 games.
Of course, it was only a temporary record at the beginning of the season. The pace of 110 to 90 innings is not realistic. Naturally, the pace will slow down. However, if the team continues to score low, frequent pitching by the winning team is inevitable.
Fortunately, the main hitter is showing signs of recovery. Jang had four hits, one homer, seven RBIs, and a batting average of 0.364 OPS of 1.074. Kang also had five hits, one homer, four RBIs, and a batting average of 0.263 OPS of 0.807. Jang Joon-won, who is receiving an opportunity as a shortstop, is also swinging a batting average of 0.357 OPS of 0.857 with five hits in 14 at-bats and three RBIs.
The season is long. We have played 17 of 144 games now. If the current trend continues, the team will inevitably suffer from overload. Now the batters have to explode.