Lotte Wilkerson
Lotte Giants’ foreign pitcher Aaron Wilkerson became the protagonist of the first shutout of the season.
Lotte won 6-0 in a visiting game against the KIA Tigers in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 4th, thanks to starter Wilkerson’s 9 strikeouts and 5 hits and no runs in 9 innings.
Wilkerson, who recorded 108 pitches until the 9th inning, did not allow a single walk and achieved a shutout win without any walks.
It has been two years since KT Wiz’s Ko Young-pyo achieved a shutout win in the KBO League against Lotte on June 11, 2022.
With Wilkerson dominating the mound, Lotte’s batting lineup was on fire from the beginning. 파워볼사이트
After one out in the top of the first inning, Lotte scored the first run with consecutive hits by Dong-hee Yoon and Seung-min Ko, followed by a sacrifice fly by Victor Reyes.
In the second inning, with no outs on first and second base, Yoo Kang-nam hit a three-run home run over the left-center fence to take a 4-0 lead.
In the continued attack, Yoon Dong-hee’s timely hit added 1 point and the team ran away with a 5-0 lead.
In the 8th inning, Son Ho-young scored a solo arch to the left.
Lotte had 13 hits, and all of its starting batters recorded hits.
KIA sidearm pitcher Im Ki-young made his first start in 20 months, but became the losing pitcher after allowing 5 runs on 9 hits in 4⅓ innings. 한국야동