Ups and downs were still there, but a foe is a foe…Samsung Widener kept the lead with 106 balls against KIA Hacktasun .

Samsung Lions foreign pitcher Taylor Widener proved to be strong again against the KIA Tigers. Widener pitched six innings against KIA at Lions Park in Daegu on Wednesday, allowing four runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts. He totaled 106 pitches.카지노사이트

Widener has pitched in both games against KIA this season and earned the win. In 12 innings pitched, he allowed three runs (four earned) for a 2.25 ERA. On June 17, while still with the NC Dinos, he picked up the win against KIA with six innings of three-run ball, and on June 18, when he switched to Samsung, he was solid with six innings of five-hit ball, four walks and seven strikeouts.

Samsung starting pitcher Widener pitches during the game between KIA and Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Wednesday.
But looking beyond Kia, the overall picture has been a bit more up and down. Widener, who was claimed off waivers from NC and moved to Samsung, went 1-2 in four games. In his first appearance after the transfer, he took the loss against SSG last month with four runs in 6⅔ innings, and on August 18, he pitched well against KIA to secure the win. On August 25, he took the loss against Kiwoom, giving up 11 hits (one home run) in 4⅔ innings, before bouncing back with 5⅓ innings of two-run ball against Lotte on August 6.

Samsung manager Park Jin-man said of Widener’s ups and downs, “He probably knows it himself. He knows what he pitched before, so he’ll know what to do this time, and he’ll be a little more focused.”

After Widener reached on an error by the shortstop in the top of the first inning, the outfield came to the rescue. In the bottom of the inning, Oh Jae-il took the pressure off Widener’s shoulders with a grand slam.

Samsung’s starting pitcher Widener pitches during the game between KIA and Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Wednesday.
Widener gave up an unearned run in the top of the second inning when he dropped the ball behind the plate while attempting a double play with runners on first and third. The KIA bats came up with a sacrifice bunt and both runners came home. In the top of the fifth, with the score at 5-2, Kim Do-young and Kim Sun-bin were hit by back-to-back singles. However, with runners on first and second, Socrates struck out the side to end the threat.

Widener returned to the mound in the top of the sixth and gave up a single to Kim Tae-gun. However, he struck out Choi Won-jun to get the final out. The KIA bats, which were batting 3-for-2 in the month of September, battled back and scored a run, but were unable to get Widener out of the game early.