It’s strange. KT Wiz’s William Cuevas, the winner of the KBO League last season, failed to win against LG once again.노래방알바
Cuevas started the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League game against the LG Twins at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 8th. Prior to the game, Cuevas had won four games and lost five with a 2.62 ERA in 13 games. He pitched well, but his luck did not match. He was the first in the league with 85 strikeouts and the second in ERA.
Since April 10 against the NC Dinos in Changwon (six innings of six hits, one homer, four strikeouts and two runs allowed), the team has been on a quality start (less than three earned runs allowed in six innings) for 10 consecutive games. Four of these 10 games have been quality start plus (less than three earned runs allowed in seven innings). In addition, he has been in charge of more than six innings without missing a single game since the game against the Suwon Samsung Lions (five innings of three hits, one homer, two walks and one run allowed) on March 23.
However, Cuevas has gotten smaller in every match against LG. He played in eight games against LG with three losses and an 8.53-run average. He also showed sluggish performance with an 11.45 ERA last season. Compared to his 1.79 ERA with 10 wins and no losses in 14 games against the Hanwha Eagles, he is the strongest team in the opponent team’s record. Among the nine teams, LG is the only team that has no win.
His team was on the verge of losing four games in a row, and Cuevas is displaying stable pitching performance. KT manager Lee Kang-chul also stressed that the team needs to secure victory on the day Cuevas comes out with no starting resources available.
Again, however, Cuevas failed to overcome LG’s barrier. He allowed eight hits, one homer, three strikeouts and seven runs in five innings, three walks and three walks. He lost the game as a pitcher. He has not had a quality start in 11 consecutive games, nor has he won his first LG match in his career. Cuevas, who had 49 wins (28 losses) in 113 KBO league games, sought but failed to win the game.
Starting in the first inning, Hong gave up a walk, and due to an error by the first baseman, a runner with no outs and a runner on second base, and an RBI double by Moon Sung-joo came out. Kim Hyun-soo’s grounder and Austin Dean’s timely hit were then made.
The second inning ended with a three-and-out inning, but Cuevas allowed Kim Hyun-soo to make a timely RBI single after getting a triple by Moon Sung-joo after one out in the third inning. In the fourth inning, he gave a two-run home run to Park Dong-won, a timely hit to Kim Hyun-soo, and an RBI sacrifice fly to Park Dong-won in the fifth inning.
Cuevas’ seven runs in a game is his most in a single game since he allowed 10 hits, two homers, two walks, four strikeouts and 10 runs in 4.2 innings against the Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes on May 5, 2021.
In addition, the season’s ERA rose from 2.62 to 3.19, and the ERA against LG also increased from 8.53 to 9.00.
KT lost 2:8 to LG amid Cuevas’ slump on the day, falling to a five-game losing streak. KT, which ranked third in May, has slumped to ninth in recent 10 games with two wins and eight losses. It is now trailing the lowest-ranked Kiwoom Heroes by half a game.