KT→Hanwha→Doosan·KIA…
KT→Hanwha→Doosan·KIA… Relay winning streak, unpredictable game
The KBO League rankings predict an all-time chaotic battle. All matchups are hard to predict.
Last week, shouts of Doosan Bears, KIA Tigers, bears and tigers shook the KBO League. Doosan has won eight consecutive games in five years and a month since June 2018, and KIA has also won five consecutive games against SSG Landers, one of the second division of the league, and KT Wiz, who regained "power." 스포츠토토
Still, LG Twins (49 wins, 2 draws, 29 losses) and SSG (46 wins, 1 draw, 31 losses) remain in the second round of the league. Doosan rose to third place with eight consecutive wins, but the gap with second-place SSG was five games.
This configuration is not yet under threat. However, these two teams can be included in the lower ranks at any time. SSG lost two consecutive games to KIA last week. LG, which has rarely lost consecutive games this season, also gave up the first and second games in three consecutive away games against the current ninth-ranked Hanwha Eagles early last month.
Mid- to low-ranking teams also suddenly fall into consecutive losses after rising more than five to six consecutive games.
KT, which had been struggling with many injuries to its main players early this season, recovered its strength from June and recovered its winning rate gap, which was once minus 14, to minus 3. However, he recently lost four consecutive games. After winning more than three consecutive games, he has lost three consecutive games only since June.
The same goes for Kiwoom Heroes. After Lee Jung-hoo's batting sense revived, his offense revived, and from the second week of June to the last week (June 6-July 1), he recorded 14 wins, 2 draws, and 7 losses, ranking third in the overall winning rate (0.667) during this period. However, he has recently lost four consecutive games and is slowing down. A month has passed since the end of May.
The ninth-ranked Hanwha Eagles also won eight consecutive games from the 22nd to the 1st of last month. It was a big achievement in 6,593 days. Under Choi Won-ho's system, 'winning baseball' is gradually being realized. He lost consecutive games against the Samsung Lions on the 2nd, but has since continued his winning streak with 2 wins and 2 losses in 4 games.
The NC Dinos, which had been firmly in third place, was shaken by 12 losses (3 wins) in 15 games from the fourth week of June (June 20-25) to last week (July 3-9). It fell from third to fifth. Main batter Park Kun-woo recently left the team due to work-life balance problems, and Park Min-woo was excluded from the first-tier entry due to right shoulder pain on the 10th ahead of the second week of July.
It is true that the Lotte Giants have also lost the momentum to hit the sky until May. Except for the lowest-ranked Samsung match, there has been no consecutive victory in the past three weeks. The goal is to manage the recent three consecutive wins against NC in the first half.
Samsung's main player Koo Ja-wook returned from injury, but Oh Jae-il left due to hamstring damage and was not properly equipped. The victory in the two games over the weekend was the least formative game against NC. It will face KIA, which is currently the hottest in the heat, in the last three consecutive games of the first half.
The gap between No. 1 (SSG, 57 wins, 3 draws and 26 losses) and No. 10 (Hanwha, 25 wins, 1 draw and 59 losses) in the first half of last year is 32.5 games. As of the 10th, the gap between No. 1 LG and No. 10 Samsung (30 wins and 48 losses) is 19 games. As the power gap narrows, the pattern of biting and biting is expected to continue. Winning the regular season in 2023 is expected to be a stable range only when it exceeds 85 wins.