Catcher Jang Jang-woo showed off his long bat to lead the team to victory.
KT won 7-6 against Lotte at Suwon Stadium on Tuesday. With the win, KT completed a three-game sweep of the midweek series.
It was a game with a lot of home runs. There were seven home runs in total, two of which were hit by Jang Sung-woo.
Starting as the No. 4 catcher, Jang Jang-woo showed his 'touch' from his first at-bat. Jang took a six-pitch 145-kilometer fastball from Lotte starter Kim Jin-wook over the center field fence. Following Moon Sang-chul, who hit a home run earlier in the at-bat, Jang became the seventh player in the club's history to hit back-to-back home runs.
In his second at-bat, he set a personal record for consecutive at-bats. In the fourth inning, Jang took Kim Jin-wook's first-pitch fastball over the center field fence again. It was his eighth home run of the season.
It is the fifth time he has hit a home run in consecutive at-bats. The 22nd of the season and the 1192nd of his career. Jang Jang-woo's home run cut the KT lead to 4-3.
KT then scored a run in the sixth inning to tie the game again. Despite giving up two home runs to Lotte in the ninth inning, KT was able to hold on 토토 for a 7-6 victory.
After the game, Jang Sung-woo said, "I feel like I've been hitting well lately, even when I'm out, I'm seeing good quality pitches in play overall. Plus, the balls are getting a little further in the wind, and we're getting a little lucky, so we're getting good results."
On the back-to-back home runs, he said, "In my first at-bat, I was focused on making contact, and the ball just got away. At first impact, I was late and I thought it was an out," he said.
"For the second home run, I decided to be aggressive and aggressive with the pitch I was looking for from the plate, and I didn't miss the pitch, which led to the back-to-back home runs."
Jang also partnered with starting pitcher William Cuevas, who combined for four runs in six innings. "He pitched aggressively today, and even though we had a lot of left-handed hitters, his changeup was working really well, so he was able to get his ratios up and get them to sign," he said.
"However, I can see that his stamina is starting to deteriorate a little bit during the game because he's been throwing non-stop. My fastball had some ups and downs, and my sweepers were a little flat. But I think that will be fixed soon," he encouraged.
