'Rain's Big Foreign Match': 36 wins in ML vs. 0 wins in ML'Inning Eater's 10 wins
Aug 11, 2024
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The match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions, which was scheduled to be held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th, was canceled due to heavy rain 30 minutes before the start of the game.
KIA's Kim Ki-hoon and Samsung's Denny Reyes were selected on the day.
Temporary starter Kim Ki-hoon's start was canceled, and Eric Lauer, a new left-hander who was originally scheduled to make his debut on the 11th, will take the mound. As Reyes takes the mound on the 11th, an interesting showdown between Lauer and Reyes will take place in Bitgoeul.
It is incomparable in terms of experience.
Lauer, ranked 25th in the first round of the Major League Draft, is a big-name pitcher with 36 wins (37 losses) and 4.30 wins in the big leagues. Just two years ago, he had 11 wins (7 losses, 3.69) in 2022. Although his speed dropped by about 5km due to an elbow injury that year, he is still a huge left-handed fireballer by KBO standards.
He is the ace who will lead KIA to the championship and recruited him as a winning card. I have high interest and expectations for my debut.
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He has only lost two games without winning in nine big league games. The ERA is 6.26, which is not spectacular.
Reyes, who joined Samsung this season, was not very impressive at the beginning of the KBO league season.
He managed to hold on, but he wasn't the type to play long innings. "There are too many balls. You have to throw at least six innings" has changed dramatically since mid-June with the advice of catcher Kang Min-ho.
Since the match against NC on June 16, he has played more than six innings in seven out of eight games. Five of them are quality starts. All of the last three games have been on a roll with quality starts.
It was a Finnes feature style with excellent control and throwing various pitches, but the speed of his pitches has been getting faster recently. Throwing fast balls up to 140km in the second half made it more difficult for opposing batters to target.
Reyes is 9-4 with a 3.68 ERA in 22 games. Eleven games, or half of them, are quality starts. Samsung's propaganda background is that it is consistently guarding the starting rotation with Connor.
Samsung manager Park Jin-man praised "The situation continues to pace steadily until the second half of 140km" and "The sacrifice of foreign players who have been consistently maintaining the rotation so far without any problems is a great strength as a whole."
Big League debut with 36 wins. Will an experienced player with 0 big league wins stop it. It is the end of the week where both teams cannot retreat, so the prediction of the result is more interesting.
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