What happened after April 2nd...BB/9 7.71 → 2.70&5G Back-to-back QS, transforming into the league's strongest 5th starter
What happened after April 2nd...BB/9 7.71 → 2.70&5G Back-to-back QS, transforming into the league's strongest 5th starter
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KT Wiz's Oh Won-seok won the victory with a great pitch. Since April 2, 180% has become a different player.메이저사이트
Oh Won-seok started in a home game against the Kiwoom Heroes of the 2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd and became the winning pitcher with four hits, three walks and five strikeouts in six innings.
He is the strongest five starters in the league. He has posted four wins, two losses and an earned run average of 2.52 in this season. He ranks second in the batting average of 0.188, tied for fourth in multiple wins, eighth in the on-base allowed per inning (WHIP·1.07), 10th in ERA, and 12th in the WAR·1.05 in the win-win contribution against substitute players.
The team overwhelmed Kiwoom's batters. On the previous day, Kiwoom sank Go Young-pyo by hitting 17 hits in a long and short period. However, the team ended up with only four hits in front of Oh. Oh won all four chances to score.
He allowed a walk to Song after the first inning with one out. Song stole second base at bat in Ruben Cardinez. At the risk of losing a point, Oh struck out Cardinez and threw a fly ball to the center field. In the second inning, he allowed two strikeouts and a ground ball to the second base to garner three outs. He allowed a walk to Lee after the third inning with one out, but ended the inning with two infield flies. He completed the second three-out inning in the fourth inning.
He displayed high-quality game management skills. He gave a hit to Oh Sun-jin in the fifth inning, and had a leadoff hit for the first time. He induced Song to hit a ground ball to the shortstop, and traded between the first and second basemen. At Kim Jae-hyun's at-bat, Song attempted to steal a base. Oh Won-seok read it correctly and checked it to the first base, and Song was tagged out to the second basemen. Kim Jae-hyun's hit and Lee Hyung-jong's walk put him on the first and second bases with one out. He handled Lee Yong-kyu with a fly ball to the center field, and did not lose a point.
Oh Won-seok, who caught leadoff hitter Song Sung-moon with a fly ball to left field, had a critical hit by Cardinals. He struck out Choi Joo-hwan with a swing and miss. He gave up a sharp hit to shortstop. Shortstop Kwon Dong-jin threw himself to end the game. He threw the ball to the first base, but Kim Dong-hun was quick to hit the ball. Good defense allowed Oh to block the first and third bases with one out. The inning ended with second baseman Chun Sung-ho handling a grounder after a game between Oh Sun-jin and Oh's glove. The batter also gave a whopping nine points, and Oh won lightly.
In the beginning of the season, Oh repeatedly pitched similarly to the past. In his debut match with KT on March 27, he won the game by allowing no more than five innings. He gave up as many as six outs but stopped the number of hits to two. On April 2, when he took the mound for the second time, Oh was substituted early as he allowed five hits (one homer) and five runs in four ⅓ innings. He allowed seven strikeouts but five walks were critical.
Since then, his ball control has improved beyond recognition. He became the losing pitcher by allowing three runs in six innings against the NC Dinosaurs on Sunday, but played his first walk and no outs in this season. He garnered two wins in this season by allowing one hit and three walks in six innings against the Kia Tigers on Sunday. He had a showdown with Kim Kwang-hyun at the game against the SSG on Sunday, and won the game by allowing two hits, two walks and eight strikeouts in six innings. He lost the game against the Hanwha Eagles on Sunday, but displayed impressive performance by allowing one walk and two runs and one earned run in six innings.
The ratio of walks per nine innings (BB/9) significantly improved. Through April 2, Oh's BB/9 was 7.71, which was the most significant. His performance was the worst in the league during the period, and his five games plummeted to 2.70. A quality start for five consecutive games is a bonus.
Despite his aggressive pitching, his ball power still remains. Fewer walks mean that he is actively targeting the strike zone. Naturally, batters also take more swings. In some cases, prospective players, who had been struggling with walks, were shaken by the increased number of hits while putting the ball in the strike zone. Oh recorded a batting average of 0.219 through April 2, and later posted an even better performance of 0.178. The strikeout rate per nine innings is also the same from 9.64 to 8.40.
Earlier, manager Lee Kang-chul said, "The movement was big during the wind-up. I only throw in the set position without wind-up after consulting with the pitching coach. The amount of hand raised has decreased. Wouldn't the ball control have improved due to the reduced fluctuations? The balance seemed comfortable. My arms moved comfortably, and unnecessary movements have decreased."
Oh Won-seok, a promising player in his lifetime, has begun to break his shell. Oh performed well in the early days of the season but continued to collapse in the second half of the season. Will he be able to shake off the exhausting slump in the second half of this season with his new pitching form.