Will the ‘Miracle Team’ KT Wiz pull off another upset?
KT’s stunning victories continue. KT won 6-0 against the NC Dinos at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. It was a ‘one-shot, one-kill’ game. They didn’t miss a single chance.
On the day, KT held NC starter Kyle Hart to four hits, two walks, nine strikeouts and no runs until the sixth inning. Uhm Sang-baek was equally impressive with six innings of one-hit ball, eight strikeouts and three walks, but he was unable to capitalize, and the score remained 0-0.
In the bottom of the seventh inning. KT started to break down the NC bullpen. Against Lim Jung-ho, three consecutive batters hit with a Kim Min-hyuk triple, Shim Woo-joon singled, and Kim Sang-soo singled, and then against Ryu Jin-wook, four consecutive batters hit with Mel Rojas Jr, Kang Baek-ho, Moon Sang-chul, and Jang Sung-woo singled. KT pounded the NC mound for six runs in the top of the seventh inning alone, and won by a final score of 6-0.
An incredible six-game winning streak. KT was 0-8 against the Kiwoom Heroes in Gocheok on the 18th of this month, but scored a whopping 12 runs in the 8th, 9th, and 10th innings to come from behind to win 12-8. For opponent Kiwoom, it was a shocking defeat that robbed them of a close victory, but for KT, it was a miraculous upset that confirmed the power of cohesion.
With their winning streak growing,
KT is the most feared team in the league these days. 카지노사이트 추천 The record confirms it. With a 9-2 record in 11 games in July, KT has a winning percentage of 0.818 and is second in the league in monthly winning percentage. It is the team with the best pace behind the first-place KIA Tigers (0.833). After a sagging June, which was supposed to be the start of a rebound, KT has been racking up wins at an incredible pace since July. The team, which was ranked 9th as of June 30, has also moved up one spot.
It was ranked 8th and is now ranked 7th. They are now within reach of the mid-table. With a 6th-7th place matchup against 6th-ranked NC this week, the gap between the two teams is down to just half a game as they take the first of a three-game weekend series.
Naturally, the gap between them and the top teams has also shrunk.
The race for the top spot has been so tight this season that there hasn’t been a dramatic rise in the standings within a few games, but KT, which is 0.5 games out of sixth place, is also only one game behind fifth-place SSG. They’re also 2.5 games behind fourth-place Doosan, which isn’t too hard to catch.
Benjamin and Cuevas have regained their strength after the break, and the starting rotation has been stabilized by the addition of Ko Young-pyo, who has been used less frequently as a substitute. On top of that, free agent Uhm Sang-baek’s recent pitching has been nothing short of amazing. The bullpen has also been largely free of its inherent insecurities, with closer Park Young-hyun closing the back door with shaky but unbreakable pitching.
It will be interesting to see if KT’s miracle from last place to second place last year will happen again this year, but it is clear that they have transformed into one of the scariest teams in the league right now.