KT, 8 consecutive wins against Kiwoom Cuevas, who signed with PitchCom, pitches 6 innings without giving up a run

Shim Woo-jun returns to the starting lineup after 645 days and hits a timely hit

Cuevas struggles

KT Wiz once again proved that they are the natural enemy of Kiwoom Heroes and achieved 4 consecutive wins.

KT won 9-2 against Kiwoom in an away game held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 17th in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League.

KT, ranked 7th in the league, has 43 wins, 2 draws, and 46 losses and is aiming to advance to the upper-middle ranks. This is their 8th consecutive win after 1 loss against Kiwoom this season.

KT took the lead easily in the first and second innings with the leadoff batter getting on base and scoring.

Mel Rojas Jr. yanked the second pitch of the first inning, a curveball from Kiwoom starter Enmanuel de Geisus, and sent it over the left field fence.

Rojas, who hit his first ‘first-inning leadoff home run’, tied with Jamie Romak for third place (155) in the KBO League’s all-time foreign home runs.

The top scorer in this category is Tyrone Woods (174), who played for the Doosan Bears from 1998 to 2002, and the second is Jay Davis (167, 1999 to 2002, 2004 to 2006), who played for the Hanwha Eagles.

KT ran away with a 2-0 lead in the second inning with a walk by Hwang Jae-gyun and a left-center RBI double by Bae Jeong-dae.

KT took the white flag by scoring 3 runs in the 5th inning and 4 runs in the 6th inning.

For Kiwoom, it was painful when second baseman Kim Hye-seong hit a double play grounder by Kang Baek-ho in the top of the fifth with one out and a runner on first base.

KT, which had runners on 1st and 3rd base due to Kim Hye-seong’s error, added three more runs with Kim Sang-su’s right-center triple and Moon Sang-cheol’s left-field RBI hit.

In the 6th episode, the performance of Woojun Shim, who was selected for the first time in 645 days due to military service, stood out.

Shim Woo-jun hit a center-field RBI single with runners on first and second base and stole second base. He advanced to third base on a subsequent ground ball and scored on Rojas’ left-field hit.

Kang Baek-ho hit a two-run arch over the left-center field wall to increase the score to 9-0.

After that, Kiwoom only managed to score two points.

KT starter William Cuevas pitched well for 6 innings, allowing 3 hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts, and 1 run (unearned).

Cuevas, who had been struggling with 3 losses (no wins) and an ERA of 10.13 in the last 5 games, became the winning pitcher for the first time in a month and a half since the game against the KIA Tigers on the 2nd of last month (7 scoreless innings).

On this day, Cuevas used a transmitter instead of a receiver using Pitchcom and sent a signal directly to catcher Kang Hyun-woo. 안전놀이터

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