Suwon Ponce 'Again' KKKKK, Hanwha → Samsung → Doosan 'Nothing' failed! KT also tied with consecutive wins → LG for first place again

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The second Cody Ponce was none other than in Suwon. KT Wiz Caleb Boschley (33) showed another scoreless strikeout show, leading to three consecutive starts and consecutive team wins.

KT defeated the Doosan Bears 6-1 in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season home game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 12th.

With this, KT overcame the nightmare of a four-hour overtime battle two days ago and confirmed the winning series with two consecutive wins. With 9 wins and 4 losses, he tied for first place with the LG Twins, who beat SSG Landers on the same day.

Su Hoon was definitely the starting pitcher Boschley. Boschley became the winning pitcher for three consecutive games with four hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts in six innings. Boschley, who made his KBO debut against the Hanwha Eagles, secured his first victory with seven strikeouts in five innings. He then faced the Samsung Lions and Doosan at home. Boschley, who won his second game with two strikeouts in six innings last Sunday, gave his home fans a happy weekend with a victory this week as well.

On the same day, Boschley threw a total of 103 pitches, including 41 two-seam fastballs, 32 sweepers, 11 change-up pitches, 10 curves, 7 cutters, and 2 four-seam fastballs, making 11 swings and misses. The maximum speed was only 148 kilometers per hour, but he cooked Doosan batters with luxury control that uniformly entered the strike zone.

He showed his overwhelming ball power from the beginning. Boschley struck out Park Chan-ho in the first inning with a pitch that dropped one ball at a time. He struck out Kim Min-seok with a high fastball and Park Jun-soon with a swing and miss.

He allowed Yang Seok-hwan to hit for the first time in the second inning. However, he turned Ahn Jae-seok into a fly ball to left field after two pitches. In the third inning, another strikeout poured out. He continued to put five of the seven opposing balls against Yoon Joon-ho into the strike zone, eventually drawing a swing and miss.

Jung Soo-bin was stuck with a two-seam fastball at the bottom of the strike zone in a full count. For right-handed hitters, the sweeper was effective. Boschley, who gained an advantageous ball count with three sweepers to Park Chan-ho, once again induced a swing and miss with a two-seam fastball that fell low.

At least the sixth inning was a crisis. With two outs, Park Joon-soon pushed a low curve outside and sent it to the right-center outfield. When Yang Eui-ji also walked straight, pitching coach Je Chun-mo visited the mound. After stabilizing, Boschley threw a series of sweepers to Dodds Cameron and grounded out with a two-seam fastball to complete the scoreless game.

Last year, Ponce led Hanwha to its first Korean Series in 19 years by winning 33 games with Ryan Weiss. He is called a player who realized the power of foreign pitchers for the first time in a long time. As a result, this season, when Ponce left for the Major League, attention was focused on which pitcher would show the performance that would follow. There were many expected pitchers, but in the beginning, Boschley seems to be leading with a 0 ERA in three games.

KT's batters also helped Boschley win his third consecutive start. In the bottom of the third inning, leadoff hitter Han Seung-taek got on base with a double on the left-field line. Han Seung-taek headed to third base when Lee Kang-min grounded out, and Choi Won-joon scored the first run with a fly ball to left field. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Huh Kyung-min and Kim Sang-soo made consecutive hits to second and third bases with no outs, and Lee Kang-min's throw to the opponent's home failed to score an additional point. Choi Won-joon's deep infield hit made it 3-0.

This year's catchphrase worked once again. In the bottom of the sixth inning, leadoff hitter Ahn Hyun-min headed to second base with a wild pitch following a walk. Jang Sung-woo hit a timely RBI single to left. Following Huh Kyung-min's double on the left-field line, Han Seung-taek sealed it with a two-run timely hit to the right. Doosan only made up for one point with Yang Eui-ji's timely hit in the eighth inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases, and lost two consecutive games.

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