Kwak Bin smiled broadly after perfect pitching for the Doosan Bears in crisis...'Fourth place again'

Sep 08, 2024

with a big smile after 6 innings of perfect pitching for one run

Kwak Bin smiled broadly after perfect pitching for the Doosan Bears in crisis...'Fourth place again'

Starting Kwak Bin

Indigenous Aces on the mound to save a team that has lost five games in a row

Starting Kwak Bin caught two rabbits, including the team's losing streak and retaking the fourth place. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com

Korean ace Kwak Bin smiled broadly after breaking his team's losing streak with a perfect pitch of one run in six innings. Kwak Bin, who had a poor ERA of 7 points for the month in August. Kwak Big, who pitched perfectly in his first start game in September, came down from the mound with a big smile.

The game between KT Wiz and Doosan Bears in the KBO League at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 7th. Before the game, Doosan had lost five consecutive games, marking fifth place with a 0.5-game gap with fourth-place KT and 1.5-game gap with sixth-place Hanwha.

Doosan visited Suwon after taking two days off after the match against Daegu Samsung on the 4th. An important game that had to break the losing streak. Kwak Bin, who started for the first time in six days, smiled broadly after showing good pitching to break his team's losing streak.

Starting pitcher Kwak Bin, who started in a good mood with Yang Eui-ji's solo shot after two outs in the top of the first inning, gave up a walk to Kim Min-hyuk after one out in the bottom of the first inning, but he finished the first inning by quickly clearing Jang Sung-woo and Kang Baek-ho.

When kt starter Cuevas shook in the top of the third inning, Doosan fielders persisted. After leadoff hitter Jung Soo-bin's double, Huh Kyung-min and Yang Eui-ji created a bases-loaded chance with a hit ball. Kim Jae-hwan, who entered the bases loaded with no outs, drew a walk. Later, third baseman Huh Kyung-min homered taking advantage of the wild pitch during Yang Seok-hwan's at-bat, and when a sacrifice fly came out during Kang Seung-ho's at-bat, third baseman Yang Eui-ji dug home after the tag-up and succeeded in scoring three more runs in the third inning alone.

Won Sang-hyun, who took the mound after starting Cuevas in the fourth inning, also failed to block Doosan's batters. Doosan's offense, which scored four more points, continued in the fifth inning. After taking a chance to score with two outs and runners on the first and second bases against KT's third pitcher Son Dong-hyun, Yang Eui-ji cut through the left-center and brought all the runners home.

Two hits, four RBIs and three runs, including a solo shot in the first inning, Yang Eui-ji

Doosan fielders who gave starter Kwak Bin 10 points until the fifth inning. Kwak Bin focused on the batter and the game every inning without being conscious of the difference in scores. The timely hit by Rojas with two outs and runners on the first and second bases in the fifth inning was the only run Kwak Bin allowed on the day. Kwak Bin, who also took the mound in the sixth inning, gave up a walk to leadoff hitter Jang Sung-woo, but later finished the inning by turning all three batters, Kang Baek-ho, Oh Jae-il and Bae Jeong-dae.

Kwak Bin, who recorded four hits, three outs, four strikeouts and one run in six innings, succeeded in breaking the team's losing streak with 12 wins of the season. Starting Kwak Bin, who saved the team in a moment of crisis, continued his strong performance this season with four wins and a 1.76 ERA in five games against KT.

After the game, Kwak Bin said in an interview with Su-hoon, `I'm happy to break the losing streak. I was able to prepare a lot while taking the mound in six days. The strength of the ball was good today, too. Due to the recent increase in hit rate, the result was good in today's game by throwing a lot of curves. I think I can give 90 out of 100 for today's throwing curve. We have shown poor performances in recent games, but we will try to win a lot of the remaining games in the future."