KIA beat KT Wiz 5-1 in an away game held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 9th and won five consecutive games.
KIA's new foreign pitcher Sanchez, who made his KBO league debut that day, dominated the game with 1 run and 10 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. After bending over as if the batter and runner would check to first base, he took a fixed posture and stole the timing, drawing fans' attention.
Sanchez is an ambitious replacement for KIA, which had been struggling throughout the first half due to Adonis Medina's slump. He met the club's expectations by winning four days after entering the country on the 5th.
Lee Eui-ri also returned to the first division after a 10-day break and revealed his presence with five scoreless innings against KT on the 8th. Except for the fourth inning, he sent a runner to the scoring position every inning, but he overcame the crisis with a strikeout. Lee Eui-ri, who suffered from poor control of the ball this season and struggled as the No. 1 player in the work league (62), defended well with two walks on the same day.
Na Sung-bum, who returned from the lineup, swung a blow. In the top of the seventh inning with a 3-1 lead over KT on the 8th, he shot a two-point arch against Park Young-hyun, the "second-ranked player in the hold," leading the team to victory. This is Archie's second consecutive at-bats home run after his consecutive at-bats home run on the 7th. After overcoming a calf muscle injury, he joined the team on the 23rd of last month, and has continued his streak of 18 hits, batting average of 0.353 11 points, 12 RBIs, 6 home runs, and bats in 12 games.The secret to KIA's five consecutive wins is the change in the starting lineup, which collapsed in June due to the last place in ERA (6.19). His 1.57 ERA, four wins and no losses in the last five games, is the lowest in the league. The team ranking, which fell to ninth place, also rose to sixth place.
Yang Hyun-jong and Yoon Young-chul ranked second in the SSG Landers in the middle of last week, followed by Sanchez and Lee Eui-ri playing well on the weekend, establishing a stable fourth starter. When Thomas Panoni, who has freed Sean Anderson, joins, the rotation of the five is completed. 스포츠토토
Kim Sun-woo, a commentator for MBC Sports Plus, said, "Pitching coach Seo Jae-eung and catcher Kim Tae-gun, who joined the team, should make Lee Eui-ri psychologically comfortable. Sanchez said, "Even if we analyze the opponent's power, the key is whether we can catch a batter with a slider," adding, "If the starting rotation is solid, KIA will be competitive enough in the second half of the all-time midfielder competition."