KIA Tigers foreign pitcher Mario Sanchez. It has been almost a month since I stepped on Korean soil. Sanchez, who became a winning pitcher with 5 hits (one home run) and 10 strikeouts and 1 run in 6⅓ innings against Suwon KT Wiz on the 9th, won his 2nd victory with 9 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts and 3 runs in 5 innings against Changwon NC Dinos on the 26th. 토토사이트 He made the KIA bench nod with a pitch that drew batters’ bats while minimizing walks by actively targeting the strike zone. An unusual set position that binds the first baseman is also valid. For KIA, who had been suffering from a slump in foreign starting pitchers throughout the first half, Sanchez’s pitch in three games was enough to sprout new hope.
However, Sanchez’s appearance against NC, his third appearance, was different from before. Sanchez, who was cruising with two hits and one walk against 12 batters until the third inning, was shaken sharply after one out in the fourth inning. After allowing a base due to a fielder’s error, he was on the verge of a full base after consecutive hits. Since then, he has selected two batters and blocked them with a fly ball, but he allowed three runs in the fifth inning with three consecutive hits with two outs and runners on first and third bases. After throwing a total of 109 balls, he filled the final out count and came down the mound to meet the winning requirements.
Sanchez took the mound after a four-day break. A change in the starting rotation was inevitable as the match against Doosan in Gwangju was canceled due to rain for two consecutive days from the 22nd to the 23rd. The KIA bench chose the match against NC as a place to return to the 50% winning rate, and chose to put Sanchez on the mound instead of Yang Hyun-jong, the existing rotation, following Thomas Panoni on the 25th. Sanchez had never taken the mound after a four-day break when he played in the Taiwanese professional baseball league (CPBL), but the faith of the KIA bench Sanchez built in the previous two games was that great. Although Sanchez was shaken, he was able to meet the requirement for winning three runs as the batters exploded early.
In the previous two games, Sanchez has shown a clear decline in ball power in the game since the 80th pitch. In the match against NC, this was even more prominent, perhaps due to the aftermath of the four-day break.
It is also worth referring to the tendencies of Taiwanese and other domestic hitters. In CPBL, which is an extreme batting pitcher, it was easy to draw batters’ bats with Sanchez’s active attack zone or sweepers. However, KBO League hitters, who are used to picking out balls, seem to be gradually looking for a way to attack the ball with Sanchez’s sweep in mind.
In the end, in addition to the previous pitching analysis, the key is at what point Sanchez will build up his unwavering physical strength in the game after the 80th pitch. In Taiwan, which is hotter than Korea, Sanchez played 62⅔ innings in 10 games (9 starts, 8 wins and 1 loss). KIA manager Kim Jong-kook said that Sanchez’s four-day break will be limited to the NC match. Attention is drawn to Sanchez’s return after a five-day break.