“Oddly enough, a lot of games I pitch, the losing streak is broken. I think it’s my role.”

Whenever the Lotte Giants are in a losing streak, the ‘glasses ace’ appears. Can he lead a comeback?

Lotte earned a hard-fought 2-0 victory over the KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on April 16. They broke a four-game losing streak that had been going on since the LG Twins in Busan on the 10th.

Park Se-woong “Ace of Glasses” and Hwang Seong-bin “Ma Huang” shared the valuable victory. Once again, Lotte’s bats were limited to just two runs on six hits, two fours, and two errors in the opposing infield, despite reaching base a total of 10 times. However, the bullpen, starting with Park Se-woong and continuing with Kim Sang-soo, Kim Sang-mir, and Kim Won-joong, held the KT bats scoreless.

KT countered with Rojas (right fielder), Kim Min-hyuk (left fielder), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Moon Sang-cheol (first base), Jang Jang-woo (catcher), Cheon Sung-ho (second base), Hwang Jae-gyun (third base), Shin Bong-ki (shortstop), and Kim Byung-joon (center field).

Lotte started Park Se-woong, while KT started Cuevas, the only survivor from last year’s starting five. The game was as desperate for KT as it was for Lotte, which had lost four straight.

Yoo Kang-nam, who hit a home run in the last game, Han Dong-hee, who is about to enlist in the military, and Noh Jin-hyuk, who returned to the first team 17 days after bombing out of the second team, were all unable to get their bats going. In particular, Noh’s well-hit line drive to left-center field in the top of the eighth inning was blocked by a diving catch by KT center fielder Rojas, while Han Dong-hee failed to hit in two big scoring chances.

It was the returning Ma Hwang who opened the scoring for KT with a single through the KT infield. Hwang Sung-bin, who returned from a hamstring injury, 안전놀이터 made a substitute appearance against KT on the 14th to adjust his condition.

He batted leadoff on this day. Lotte coach Kim Tae-hyung has been struggling with a table-setter.

Hwang led off the first inning with a walk against KT starter Cuevas, advanced to third on a throwing error and a wild pitch, and scored on Reyes’ sacrifice fly to center field. Hwang scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch.

In the third inning, the offense connected. Lee Hak-joo led off with a single, and Hwang Sung-bin put runners on first and second with a wild pitch. Go Seung-min followed with an RBI single to center field.

Lotte was unable to capitalize on the ensuing runners on first and third. But Park Se-woong was the starter for Lotte on this day.

It’s the role of an ace to extend winning streaks and break losing streaks when needed. Park follows in the footsteps of Choi Dong-won and Yeom Jong-seok, the “glasses aces” who represented Lotte’s history.

Park himself is familiar with Lotte’s nickname of “streak stopper”. “Strangely enough, the losing streak often ends on the day I pitch,” he told reporters. I always do my best,” he told the press.

It was a game in which he made his presence felt. Park faced three absolute crises with two runners on base and no outs, but he did not allow a single run.

In the bottom of the first inning, a wild pitch and a walk put runners on first and second. But he got out of the jam by striking out KT’s Kang Baek-ho, who has emerged as one of the league’s most feared hitters these days. He then got Moon Sang-chul to fly out to first base and Jang Sung-woo to ground out.

In the bottom of the second,

Chun Sung-ho reached on an error by first baseman Noh Jin-hyuk and Hwang Jae-gyun singled to put runners on first and third. However, Shin got Shin Bon-ki to fly out to center field, and on the next KT double steal, Kim Byung-joon struck out and Hwang Jae-gyun stole second for a double play. KT got Cheon Sung-ho safe at home, but three outs had already been recorded.

Park Se-woong struck out the side in the third and fourth innings to settle down. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Hwang Jae-gyun singled and Shin Bon-ki walked to put runners on first and second with nobody out, but Park calmly fielded a grounder from pinch-hitter Cho Myung-ho and struck out Rojas to end the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, Kang Baek-ho singled with one out in a 10-pitch at-bat, but Hwang Sung-bin made a super catch on a well-hit line drive to the fence by KT No. 4 hitter Moon Sang-chul. The final batter, Jang Jang-woo, was also struck out. Park’s ERA dropped into the triple digits (3.99). 파워볼게임 His fastball (39 pitches) topped out at 149 mph and his slider (40 pitches) topped out at 141 mph.

The Lotte bullpen, which has struggled of late, also lived up to its manager’s expectations. Kim Sang-soo in the seventh, Jeon Mir in the eighth, and Kim Won-joong in the ninth closed out the game.

KT starter Cuevas also earned cheers from KT fans for his seven innings of two-run relief, but his performance was overshadowed by the team’s loss.