Lee Sung-yong hailed the victory of ace Kim Kwang-hyun

SSG Landers manager Lee Sung-yong hailed the victory of ace Kim Kwang-hyun (36).

“I think (Kim) Kwang-hyun pitched well even in the worst situation,” Lee said in an interview before the game against the Lotte Giants in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Wednesday. Anyway, he became a winning pitcher.”

Kwang-hyun Kim earned his seventh win of the season in his last start on April 30, allowing five runs (four earned) on eight hits, two walks and one hit batter over five innings with five strikeouts and five walks. He was shaky, giving up a lot of runs, but he pitched five shutout innings to earn his sixth win in as many games.

“I think he’ll get better in the future because he ended up getting the win,” said Lee, who added, ”I was really hesitant to make a change. There were a few times when I thought about making a change, but I thought, ‘Let’s go all the way,’ and Kwang-hyun did a good job. I was thinking about making a substitution from the fourth inning, but after the fourth inning, I decided to go for the fifth inning. Coach Song Shin-young guided me well and gave me a lot of advice in the data part, so I think yesterday’s win will give Kwang Hyun a lot of confidence, and I think he won in the worst possible situation.”

Won-seok Oh has been hit hard in the second half of the season with a headshot ejection and a rainout, resulting in a 3-1 record with a 4.91 ERA in 7⅓ innings.

“The most unfortunate thing was the headshot ejection against KIA. I think it would have been okay if it wasn’t for that. In the end, 파워볼실시간 starting pitchers are important whether they are good or bad, but winning or not winning seems to have a big impact on their psychological stability. Still, (Oh) Won-seok continues to pitch well, so I think we can get a win sooner rather than later,” said Lee, who is looking forward to Oh’s performance.

“There is only one key left,” Lee said of foreign pitcher Roenis Elias, adding, ”He’s been preparing hard and he has good stuff. But I wish he would pay more attention to his pitching patterns. He’s a left-hander who throws 150 kilometers per hour, and I wish he would think more about how to maximize that good fastball. Won-seok, Kwang-hyun and (Song) Young-jin are feeling the effect of the pattern a lot now. It’s not enough to have a fastball anymore. It’s different now. The best changeup for ABS (automatic ball judgment system) is a curveball. I think the probability is higher if you throw that type of pitch,” he said of Elias’ pattern change.