LG Ens and KT Cuevas, Designated for the Opening Game of Professional Baseball, Have Completed their Preparations

Left-handed pitcher Dietrick Ens (LG Twins) and right-hander William Cuevas (KT Wiz), who were virtually designated as starting pitchers for the opening game of the professional baseball regular season to be held on the 23rd, finished their preparations by pitching well and giving up no runs.

Ens started in an exhibition game against Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 16th and gave up 3 hits and 3 walks over 6 innings, but did not allow a score with 4 strikeouts.

Ens, who increased the number of pitches to 77 a week before the opening, appeared twice in the exhibition game and gave up 2 earned runs in 10 innings.

Ens, who gave up consecutive walks after two outs in the first inning, hit Won-seok Lee with a fly ball to right field. 파워볼사이트 추천

In the 3rd inning, he had consecutive hits and was on 1st and 3rd base with 1 out, but shortstop Kim Hwi-jip hit a double play to end the inning.

His fastball control was good, but his control of breaking balls such as curves was not yet on track.

Ens is expected to face Ryu Hyun-jin in the opening game against the Hanwha Eagles on the 23rd.

LG defeated Kiwoom 3-1.

LG, who gave up a solo home run to Kiwoom pinch hitter Byeon Sang-kwon in the top of the 8th inning when the game was 0-0, scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning with Moon Seong-joo’s timely hit to the right, a push hit to the body, and Kim Hyun-jong’s sacrifice fly.

LG’s new closer Yoo Young-chan easily blocked one inning and earned his third save.

Kiwoom will play an evaluation game against the Los Angeles Dodgers of the American Professional Baseball League at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 17th, and LG will play an evaluation game against the San Diego Padres on the 18th.

Cuevas fought back against the KIA Tigers at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, allowing 2 hits and no runs in 5 innings.

He threw only 65 pitches and struck out two.

After two outs in the fourth inning, Cuevas hit a double to right-center field from Na Seong-beom and an infield hit from Socrates Brito, but caught Lee Chang-jin with a grounder to shortstop.

Cuevas also appeared twice in exhibition games and finished his actual appearances with one run allowed in nine innings.

Cuevas is scheduled to start in the opening game against the Samsung Lions on the 23rd.

KT won 5-4, pushing KIA into a quagmire of four consecutive losses.

KT’s main gun, Mel Rojas Jr., hit his 2nd and 3rd home runs the previous day, and on this day, in the first inning, he sacrificed KIA starter Yoon Young-cheol and drew a three-point arch.

Also, in the 3rd inning, he hit a sacrifice fly and scored 4 RBIs in this game alone.

KIA, which was trailing 2-5, chased down in the bottom of the 9th inning with 2 RBIs and a timely hit by pinch hitter Han Jun-su, but there were no more timely hits.

KT rookie Won Sang-hyun took the baton from William Cuevas and showed his potential by pitching 3⅓ innings, striking out 5 and allowing 2 runs.

Doosan Bears beat SSG Landers 2-1 in Incheon, winning all six exhibition games.

Kim Dong-ju, who pushed Young-ha Lee out to the bullpen and took over as the starter, won the game with outstanding results, allowing 1 hit and no runs in 5 innings.

Doosan’s No. 4 hitter Kim Jae-hwan, who redefined batting at the ’Kang Jeong-ho School’ in the U.S. in the winter, scored the game-winning hit with a 2-RBI single on second and third bases with one out and one out in the first inning.

In Daegu, the Samsung Lions defeated the NC Dinos 3-2.

Samsung took the lead in the first inning with Oh Jae-il’s hit to right, and went up 3-0 in the third inning with Koo Ja-wook’s two-run home run in an exhibition game.

NC scored one run each in the top of the 6th inning with Matt Davidson’s 1-run home run in the middle of the inning and Kim Taek-woo’s double to left center in the 9th.

NC foreign pitcher Kyle Hart struck out 6 batters and allowed 4 hits and 3 runs in 5 innings.

Hanwha Eagles beat the Lotte Giants 8-2 in their away game in Busan with 17 hits, including Ha Joo-seok’s 3-run home run and Lim Jong-chan’s 1-run home run.