As expected, he came back to life like a zombie. He once fell to No. 10 in the middle of the season, and finally rose to No. 5 after ranking 9th, 8th, 7th and 6th. Now he will play four games in a row against the defending champion.

The KT Wiz will face the LG Twins in an away game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 27th.

KT will play three consecutive away games against LG at Jamsil Stadium from July 27 to 29. It will then move to its home turf of Suwon from July 30 when the remaining games will start, and play one more game against LG. It will hold four consecutive games against the defending champion.

KT, which won the runner-up prize in the Korean Series after finishing the pennant race last year, was considered a strong candidate for the victory this season as well. However, the team failed to complete the race from the beginning of the season. Ko Young-pyo, the "native ace," left the team due to an elbow injury. After directly requesting a trade with the team, Park even left for Samsung. Cuevas rarely had a chance to win, and recorded four wins, seven losses and an ERA of 4.09 in the first half.

KT's ranking dropped to the bottom of the list on Apr. 21, the beginning of the season. It moved up the ranking to seventh on May 8, but failed to move up to the upper-middle level. Finally, it dropped back to ninth place on June 7, and remained in ninth place for about a month. Then, it jumped back to seventh place on July 3, and then back and forth from July 24 to sixth, and has maintained its position since the 22nd.

It is the same as last season. KT fell to the bottom of the league with a win-loss margin of "-14" (10 wins, two draws and 24 losses at the time on May 18, 2023). However, it posted a miraculous win rate of 15 wins and eight losses in June, 13 wins and six losses in July, and 19 wins and four losses in August to rank second. In terms of monthly performance this year, KT also showed sluggish performance with one win and seven losses in March. It then posted 11 wins and 13 losses and one loss in April, 13 wins and 10 losses in May, and 11 wins and 14 losses and one draw in June, respectively. Then, with 13 wins and six losses in July, the team ranked first in monthly win rate among the 10 KBO teams, showing an upward trajectory. However, the difference from last year's performance in August (10 wins and 11 losses).

There is still a long way to go. A fierce battle is expected. KT, which currently ranks fifth with 59 wins, 61 losses and two draws (0.492) is trailing sixth-ranked SSG (58 wins, 62 losses and 1 draw) and seventh-ranked Hanwha (56 wins, 60 losses and 2 draws). Still, KT is only looking up and running. It has only two games to go against fourth-ranked Doosan (62-60 wins, 2 draws). It has five games to go against third-ranked LG (63-55 losses and 2 draws). This season, KT has a total of 22 games to play, including four against LG and NC, three against Lotte and Kiwoom, two against Samsung, Doosan and SSG, and one against KIA and Hanwha.

KT will put foreign ace Wes Benjamin as its starting pitcher in today's game (27th). LG's starting pitcher is Lim Chan-kyu and Benjamin has 10-6 losses and an ERA of 3.98 this season. He won the game against Kiwoom in Suwon on the 21st, securing a double-digit win for two consecutive seasons. Benjamin, in particular, joined KT in the 2022 season and has shown extreme performance against LG. His overall performance in the three seasons against LG is 5 wins, 1 loss and an ERA of 1.48 in nine games. He pitched in three games against LG this season, too, and was very strong with one win and no loss with an ERA of 1.47.

How far will KT, which was finally ranked in the fall baseball rankings, go in the rest of the season.

BY: 토토사이트 추천