William Cuevas (33, KT Wiz) will start the 4th game of the playoffs (PO) after resting for only 3 days.
This is a card of remorse presented by KT coach Lee Kang-cheol (57), who is trying to drag the PO game to the 5th game.
NC Dinos selected Young-gun Song Myeong-ki (23) as the starter for Game 4.
NC, which has confirmed its advancement to the Korean Series (KS) at its home Changwon NC Park and wants to nominate 'ace' Eric Peddy (30) as the KS first-line starter, desperately needs Song Myung-ki's good pitching. 온라인카지노사이트
NC and KT will play the 4th PO match at Changwon NC Park on the 3rd.
KT, who lost both PO games 1 and 2 at home in Suwon, took a breather by winning 3-0 in game 3 at Changwon NC Park on the 2nd.
Before the game, Coach Lee was confident, “If we win today, we can take the lead in the battle for the starting pitcher in Game 4.”
The pitcher that Coach Lee selected as the starter for Game 4 was Cuevas.
Cuevas started in the first game of PO on October 30th and suffered a loss by allowing 6 hits (1 home run) and 7 runs (4 earned runs) in 3 innings.
Cuevas, who ranked first in winning percentage with 12 wins and no losses in the regular season, suffered his first loss in 2023 in the team's first game of the fall season.
After four days, William Cuevas had a chance to get revenge.
In the first PO game, Cuevas threw 75 balls.
Under normal circumstances, pitching after a three-day break may be seen as ‘unreasonable’.
However, in the postseason, ace pitchers are forced to take the mound after three days of rest.
Cuevas also had more dramatic moments.
He started in the game against NC on October 28, 2021, threw 108 balls, rested only two days, and then took the mound in the regular season first place match against the Samsung Lions on October 31 and pitched a miraculous fight of 7 scoreless innings.
KT expects a ‘miraculous fight’ from Cuevas in 2023.
In the first PO game, Cuevas was targeted by Son A-seop (2 hits in 3 at-bats), Park Min-woo (2 hits, 1 hit), Park Geon-woo (2 hits, 1 hit), and Oh Young-soo (2 hits, 1 home run).
Coach Lee Kang-cheol believes that Cuevas will not be defeated twice.
Coach Lee said, “As soon as Game 2 ended, without hesitation, I told Cuevas to prepare to pitch in Game 4.”
Song Myung-ki started in the second semi-PO game against SSG Landers on October 22 and struggled, allowing 2 hits, 1 home run, and 2 runs in 3 innings.
In this year's regular season, Song Myung-ki received an unsatisfactory report card with 4 wins, 9 losses, and an ERA of 4.83 while working as a starter and bullpen.
His performance against KT in the regular season was 3 games, 1 loss, and an average ERA of 4.76.
However, Song Myung-ki holds in his heart the thrilling memory of starting Game 4 of the 2020 Korean Series, when NC won its first championship since its founding, and winning the game with 2 hits and 5 runs in 5 innings.
This year, at KT, Kim Sang-soo (2 hits in 4 at-bats), Park Byeong-ho (2 hits in 5 at-bats), Moon Sang-cheol (2 hits in 6 at-bats), and Oh Yoon-seok (2 hits in 2 at-bats) did well in targeting Song Myung-gi.