Lotte won the game against KT at Suwon Stadium on the 10th for the first time in a long time. It won 2-0.
There were four out of 104 games in which Lotte Giants did not give a single point this season. Most of the four games were marked by starting pitchers’ good pitching. The starting pitcher dominated the mood of early and mid-game, continuing his scoreless streak until the end of the game. Then, Charlie Barnes (see photo) took the mound in two of the four games. Barnes led the team’s victory against KT on the day.메이저사이트
Barnes took the mound as a starter and blocked KT’s batters with seven scoreless innings. On Thursday, he gave up only four hits and three walks to KT’s batters, who beat Lotte’s mound with 16 hits and 10 runs. He struck out six and kept the mound as long as possible. Barnes won his seventh game (two losses) this season.
Barnes is in his third KBO league season this year. Having continued double-digit wins by recording 12 wins (12) in his first year in 2022 and 11 wins (10 losses) last year, Barnes is displaying career-high performance this year.
As of Thursday, he has seven wins, two losses and a 2.87 ERA in 17 games. Barnes, who had 7.73 strikeouts per game in 2022 and 7.77 in 2023, boasts a much better strikeout production ability this year with 10.89. He has recorded quality starts in 13 of 17 games, boasting his appearance as an inning player, which is the basic aspect of starting pitchers.
It is regrettable that he left the team in May due to an injury. Barnes was out of action in late May due to micro-damage to his left adductor muscle. Even before leaving, he was ranked first at the time with 11 games, 3-2 with a 3.55 ERA and 79 strikeouts. Barnes only returned to action against SSG on July 10, well over a month ago. Since returning, he has posted a solid pitching record of 1.80 with four wins and no losses in six games. Although his team is in the bottom half of the league, Barnes’ performance is at the top of the league.
In June, Lotte could have attempted to advance to the top five teams by ranking first in monthly win rate with 14 wins, one draw and nine losses, but in July, the team posted a win rate of 0.300, the lowest among the 10 teams, disappeared again. As of Tuesday, Lotte ranks ninth. The gap with KT, which ranks fifth, is not far away from four games, but it is not easy to close the gap. Even though it has Barnes, an outstanding foreign pitcher, it is regrettable that it cannot match the team’s performance.
Barnes personally had motivation for this season. Barnes tried to challenge himself to advance to the Major League after the end of last season, but it was not easy. And when he signed a contract with Lotte, he aimed for the next opportunity.
He has displayed good performance enough to enable him to re-enter the Mays League this season. His performance is better than that of Brooks Raley, who returned to the U.S. Major League after playing for five seasons since the 2015 season. He displayed faster and more powerful sliders this season to attract strikeouts, and improved his ability to induce strikeouts.
Barnes is expected to continue pitching well until the end of this season in order to achieve his dream. Besides Barnes, Lotte Giants catcher Aaron Wilkerson and batter Victor Reyes were all foreigners this year. If such a combination of foreign players fails to advance to the fall baseball league, it may be regrettable.