'Is Cuevas not working after 6 days off?' Kim Hyun-soo → Park Hae-min's back-to-back home run explosion
Oct 09, 2024
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LG took the lead with two home runs in the top of the second inning in Game 4 of the semi-playoff against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 9th.
LG attack in the top of the second inning when the score was tied 0-0. KT's starting pitcher was William Cuevas, who took the mound after a break on the 6th. Cuevas took six days off after pitching in the first game of the wild card game against the Doosan Bears on the 2nd and played in the fourth game of the day.
In the order of starting, Cuevas should have played in Game 3 and Wes Benjamin in Game 4, but head coach Lee Kang-chul gave a strong Benjamin to LG first and gave Cuevas more rest.
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Kim Hyun-soo, who remained silent without a hit in the first and second games, had his first hit of the series (one hit in three at-bats) in Game 3, and in Game 4, he hit a home run from his first at-bat to score the first run.
It wasn't the end here. The next batter, Park Hae-min, also hit a home run. Park Hae-min hit Cuevas' 149-kilometer fastball to cross the right fence. It was a back-to-back home run. LG combined for its 28th career postseason and eighth back-to-back home run in semi-playoff history.
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