“I just pitch my pitch”.
KT Wiz right-hander Uhm Sang-baek, 27, reached the 10-win plateau for the second time in his career. On July 7, he started against the Kia Tigers of the 2024 KBO Baseball World Series at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field and pitched six innings of six-hit ball with four walks and two strikeouts. He pitched a complete game in a 13-2 victory and improved to 10-0 on the season.
The matchup with Kim Do-young was an interesting one. With the bases loaded in the top of the first inning, he threw a first-pitch slider that induced a grounder to second base for a double play. In the fourth inning, with the bases loaded, he hit a line drive to the side of the pitcher. The pitch was fast and I couldn't make the catch. He was disappointed. In the fifth inning, with the bases loaded and a full count, he struck out swinging on a fastball high in the zone.
Kim was 2-for-21 with two homers and nine RBIs in three years before the game. Including today, he's 3-for-24, 1-for-2, but he remains a nemesis and a killer. “When I face Do-Young, I don't know where to put him, I just try to throw my pitches. I always get good results when I throw like that. It's good for me, but it's bad for him. That's why I think I catch it well,” he said, explaining his strong pitching.
In the fourth inning, he had the bases loaded with two outs, but he got Kim Sun-bin to fly out to right field to end the threat. In the sixth inning, he faced two hits and had runners on first and second, 파워볼실시간 but he pitched confidently and got Park Jung-woo to ground out to second base to end the inning. The team's bats pounded out 22 hits on the day, scoring 13 runs in the process to secure a comfortable 10-run victory.
It was a clean sweep of the 10 runs in three innings against Hanwha on the previous day. “We didn't really think about 10 wins today, but it feels good to get 10 early. The batters scored a lot of runs for us. I felt comfortable on the mound. The 10 runs against Hanwha had a lot to do with the weather. It was too hot. It was too hot to play baseball. I did a great job today,” he laughed.
After a sluggish start to the season, the team has been on a steep upward curve since July. “I think they've adjusted to the ABS. Everyone was panicking. We had to find a breakthrough after the embarrassment at the beginning of the season, so we had to find a way to do this and that, and the results improved a lot.”
“I think the victory is enough for today and anything that comes after is a bonus. I will play with that mindset. I'm not greedy for a win. It's been two or three years since I've been in the military and started a game, even if it's not as much as a starter. Honestly, I'd like to add a changeup, I don't have a changeup (curve) with a big angle. I thought I should make it every year, but it didn't work out. I'm going to ask Kim a lot about it,” he said.
