A victory fairy more than Benjamin, 100% victory when taking the mound "Always so happy"

"It was my goal to win every time I took the mound. I'm always so happy that it worked out well."

Cuevas made his 12th start of the season against the Lotte Giants in the "2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League" held at Sajik Stadium on the 27th.

From the beginning of the game, Cuevas overwhelmed the opponent's batters. At the bottom of the first and second innings, he ended with a full retirement, signaling a smooth start. After that, he sent out a runner in every inning at the bottom of the third and fifth innings, but he wisely finished the inning with his unique crisis management skills.

Of course, there were also runs. There was a somewhat unfortunate situation in the bottom of the sixth inning when the team was leading 2-0. Jung Hoon's missed ball flew high in the sky with two outs and runners on first base. Right fielder Ahn Chi-young quickly rushed and flew, but failed to catch, and in the meantime, he gave up a goal to the first baseman to make it 2-1.

Cuevas immediately regained his stability in the next inning, and finished the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings without losing a point to finish the mound. His final performance was six hits, one walk, six strikeouts and one run in eight innings. He led the team to a 2-1 victory and won eight games (0 losses) of the season.

Cuevas, who met after the game, did not hide his smile at his victory and his team's three-game sweep over the weekend. In particular, he was delighted that he took the mound this year and won all 12 games. "It was my goal to win every time I took the mound. "I'm always so happy that it came true," he said.

Cuevas joined the team as a substitute foreign player in the middle of the season, replacing Boschleser. Previously, he played in the KBO League as a member of KT, so it did not take much time to adapt. It immediately penetrates and plays an axis of kt starting baseball. Although the sample is small, it is one step higher than Wes Benjamin (0.722 winning rate), who is called the team's "winning fairy."

Cuevas said, "I played in Mexico and the U.S. while I was not in Korea last year (after being released), and I want to say thank you to my teams." I think I'm showing a good performance now because I've learned a lot. He said, "I learned the movement of the lower body and the back pelvis well," adding, "It was good to find the bad thing right away when the bad pitch came out."

Kt and Cuevas are full of good memories with each other. He accompanied Cuevas for three seasons from the 2019 season, when he took his first step in the KBO League, and won his first integrated championship in the 2021 season. Last year, he was unable to join the team until the end of the season due to injury, but he joined the team again this year and is contributing to the upward trend.

Cuevas said, "In fact, when I played in the U.S., many scouts from KBO teams came. I never said 'I only want kt (return)', but kt is really a family team to me. "Also, I always say this because I have a lot of colleagues that I really like, and I know that Tim really likes me, but I'm really happy and grateful to be back," he replied. 스포츠토토

Cuevas has won all five starts in August, including the game, and is emerging as a strong candidate for the monthly MVP award with a .50 ERA in 36 innings. In response, he said, "I'm not thinking about the MVP in August, but I'll be really happy if I get it." "Also, I hope there will be many good results like this next month," he said.