Pitchers are collapsing amid the heat wave covering the entire country.
The professional baseball game between Kiwoom Heroes and Doosan Bears in Jamsil and the game between LG Twins and Lotte Giants in Ulsan scheduled for the 4th were canceled due to the heat wave, and the game in Daejeon was not held due to sudden heavy rain before the game.
In Changwon and Daegu, they forced the game in the sweltering heat, but the aces they had trusted collapsed from the start.
KT Wiz’s foreign ace William Cuevas started in the game against NC Dinos in Changwon, but was replaced after allowing 3 hits and 2 walks in the first inning and 4 runs.
There were no specific injuries, but KT manager 한국을 Lee Kang-cheol judged that Cuevas’ condition was not optimal and put in Jo I-hyeon instead of Cuevas in the bottom of the second inning when the score was 2-4.
This is the first time that Cuevas, who has been playing in the KBO League since 2019, has been replaced after pitching only one inning.
While the pitchers were struggling in the heat on the mound, the batters swung their bats fiercely.
NC scored 6 runs with 6 hits in the bottom of the 3rd inning, including back-to-back home runs by Matt Davidson and Kwon Hee-dong, and took a 10-4 lead into the 4th inning.