KIA Tigers Mario Sanchez started the match against KT Wiz in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 9th and won his debut game by recording 1 run (1 earned run), 5 hits (1 home run) and 10 strikeouts in 6⅓ innings. won 바카라
Before coming to Korea, Sanchez took the mound for 10 games (9 starts) of the Taiwanese Professional Baseball (CPBL) Tungyi Lions this season and recorded 62⅔ innings, 11 runs (10 earned), 12 strikeouts, 42 strikeouts, an average ERA of 1.44, WHIP (on-base allowed per inning), 0.926. did.
On this day, Sanchez received two appeals from KT manager Lee Kang-cheol. Defending in the bottom of the 4th, KT appealed to the referees for Sanchez’s double kicking, and third base umpire Choi Su-won warned Sanchez and Kia coach Kim Jong-guk not to double-kicking. Afterwards, Sanchez pitched without a double-kicking motion.
Another time at the end of the 6th inning, after Kim Sang-soo, second out and first baseman, went out with a hit, KT manager Lee Kang-cheol appealed to Sanchez for his unique containment move. When he started the pitching motion, he bent his left knee and made a check fake motion before entering the set position. First base runner Kim Sang-soo flinched. Sanchez then twisted to first base to check it out. Runners and batters were a little surprised. Next, he threw a check ball straight to first base without any fake action.
The three foreign players of KT Dugout had an in-depth talk about Sanchez’s pitching. Cuevas said of Sanchez’s pitching form, “I’ve learned that form in the past,” and Rojas and Benjamin said, “It’s unfamiliar in the KBO, but there are many unique forms abroad” and followed the check-in scene.
Sanchez, who had an amazing pitching form for foreign players, threw a total of 88 pitches. Four-seam fastball (43 pitches) – slider + sweeper (20 pitches) – cutter (12 pitches) – curve (6 pitches) – two-seam fastball (2 pitches) were mixed. The top speed was 147 km/h.
Sanchez met with reporters after the game and said, “I feel so good. I hope I can continue to throw like today.”