Every year, every PS uses a different pitcher, and this year's PO Game 4 was no different.
Cuevas starts on 3 days' rest and still wins despite being down by 8 runs.
Manager Lee Kang-cheol applauds
Game 4 of the 2023 KBO League Playoffs (PO) between the KT Wiz and NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park in Changwon, Gyeongnam, on Wednesday afternoon.
KT head coach Lee Kang-cheol applauds his players after the team's 11-2 victory over NC to level the playoff race.
KT WIZ manager Lee Kang-cheol is a competitor. He believes that in a game that needs to be won, it must be won.
When he needs to win, he uses unconventional pitchers. Especially in fall baseball, he doesn't back down from his philosophy.
In 2021, Lee started foreign pitcher William Cuevas on two days' rest after his last start against the Samsung Lions in the first-place game of the regular season.
Last year, he used Wes Benjamin out of the bullpen in the wild-card game against the Kia Tigers after starting the final home game of the regular season and getting two days of rest.
He then rested Benjamin for three days before starting him again in the second round of the semi-finals against the Kiwoom Heroes.
Some have called Lee's use of pitchers "unorthodox".
However, Lee's bold use of pitchers has always yielded solid results.
In 2021, KT finished first in the regular season behind Cuevas and eventually won its first integrated title since its inception.
Last year, they advanced to the semifinals behind Benjamin.
kt turns the tide in the PO
Game 4 of the 2023 KBO League Playoffs (PO) between the KT Wiz and NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park in Changwon, Gyeongnam, on Wednesday afternoon.
KT head coach Lee Kang-cheol and players celebrate after the 11-2 victory over NC to level the playoff series.
KT manager Lee Kang-cheol's toxic baseball continues this fall.
After Cuevas faltered in the first round of the playoffs (PO) against the NC Dinos, Lee pulled him after 75 pitches and reintroduced him to the lineup for Game 4 of the PO four days later.
Despite concerns from those around him, Cuevas took the mound on just three days' rest and shut down the NC lineup.
In a cliffhanger game with a 1-2 record, Cuevas was up to the task, throwing six innings of one-hit ball with no walks and three strikeouts.
KT took an 8-0 lead into the sixth inning, but Lee Kang-cheol kept pushing NC and gave them no room for an upset.
He brought in reliever Son Dong-hyun for the seventh inning and pitched one more inning.
Some may have questioned the wisdom of wasting a pitcher with a big lead, but Lee stuck to his philosophy.
Playing "hard-hitting baseball," KT pulled away from the brink of a second straight PO and evened the series at 2-2.
KT plans to play 'baseball like there's no tomorrow' in the 5th game of the NC and PO at Katie Wise Park in Suwon.
That's how KT has always played fall baseball. 카지노사이트