“We will play baseball like KT.”
The KT Wiz, coached by Lee Kang-cheol, are finding their groove. They have won four straight games and have had three consecutive winning seasons. 16 wins, 26 losses, and 2 ties. Tied for ninth place with the Hanwha Eagles. Half a game behind the eighth-place Kiwoom Heroes (19 wins, 28 losses) and a game and a half behind the seventh-place Samsung Lions (18 wins, 25 losses).
After suffering more losses than wins at the start of the season, including a nine-game losing streak and a six-game losing streak amid a string of injuries to key players, KT is now poised for a rebound.
Uhm Sang-baek, who was sidelined with an elbow injury early in the season, has also been adding strength to the KT mound. He has pitched 11 innings of one-run ball in his last two games. In particular, against Suwon Kiwoom on May 25, he pitched six innings of four-hit ball with one walk and four strikeouts to earn his third win of the season. With his performance against Kiwoom, he improved his record to 3-0 with a 2.92 ERA.
“My elbow doesn’t hurt anymore, so I’m throwing comfortably. I’ve gotten used to it,” he laughed.
After a slow start in April due to injury, Uhm went 1-1 with a 0.53 ERA in three appearances. However, his first two games in May were not good. He gave up five runs in four innings against Hanwha on May 7 and five runs in five innings against the Lotte Giants in Suwon on May 13. 메이저사이트
He said, “It’s all my fault. Against Hanwha, the weather was bad and it was a day game. I had a lot of ‘should I or shouldn’t I’ moments. I don’t think I was in good shape afterward.”
The team and Uhm Sang-baek are rebounding. The breakthrough is in sight.
Uhm said, “We have to rebound now. We have to play baseball like KT. We are finally playing the baseball we played last year and the year before. We’ve found some stabilization. It’s important for the starters to pitch well and the bullpen to shut them down,” he said.
“Jae-Sung is holding up well now that Hyung-Jun is gone. “Personally, I want to play a full season without getting sick, and I’m determined to make sure I don’t fall apart,” he said.