KT Wiz's foreign ace William Cuevas has won 10 consecutive games this season.

Cuevas led his team to a 4-1 victory in an away game against the KIA Tigers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 23rd, scoring one hit, three walks, and one run in eight ⅓ innings.

He almost achieved his 15th no-hitter of all time with 10 wins and no losses. I was two steps ahead of the milestone. Until the bottom of the ninth inning, he allowed only two walks and one hit by a pitch, and did not get any hits. After one out, he hit a triple by Kim Do-young, followed by a walk to Kim Sun-bin, then handed over the mound to closer Kim Jae-yoon and came down.

Cuevas, who won 10 games, ranked first in winning percentage with a 100% winning rate. Only Oh Bong-ok of the Samsung Lions (13 seungmu losses) and Kim Hyun-wook (10 seungmu losses) of the Samsung Lions in 2002 ranked first in the history of 100 percent. If Cuevas does not lose until the end of the season, he will become the first foreign 100% winning percentage king.

Cuevas also became the sixth foreign pitcher to win more than 10 games as a substitute. Previously, five players, including Galves (10 wins) of Samsung in 2001, Elvira (13 wins) of Samsung in 2002, Lotte Oxpring (13 wins) in 2013, Sosa (10 wins) of Nexen in 2014, and Brigham (10 wins) of Nexen in 2017, won double-digit wins as replacement players.

Cuevas caught two outs in the bottom of the first inning and suddenly shook. After catching leader Lee Chang-jin well with a left fielder fly and No. 2 Kim Do-young with a ground ball in front of the second baseman, he gave a hit ball to No. 3 Kim Sun-bin and suddenly allowed a straight walk to No. 4 Choi Hyung-woo.

KT manager Lee Kang-chul came to the mound to calm him down as he threw two balls in a row to Socrates No. 5. After a full count battle with Socrates, he grounded out in front of the first baseman.

From the second inning, he returned to Cuevas, the "unbeaten pitcher."

In the bottom of the second inning, Lee Woo-sung's fly to first baseman, Han Jun-su's fly to center, No. 7 Han Jun-su's fly to center, No. 8 Oh Sun-woo's strikeout to third baseman, No. 9 Kim Kyu-sung's foul fly to right fielder, No. 1 Lee Chang-jin's fly to center fielder, No. 2 Kim Do-young's fly to center fielder, No. 3 Kim Sun-bin's fly to shortstop, No. 4 Choi Hyung-woo's fly to ground out, No. 5 Socrates' fly to center fielder, No. 6 Lee Woo-sung's fly to center fielder in the bottom of the fifth inning, No. 7 Han Jun-su's strikeout, and No. 8 Oh Sun-woo's strikeout to make 13 consecutive hits. After finishing the game by the end of the fifth inning, KIA had zero hits on the electronic display during the cleaning time. Cuevas' achievement of a no-hitter began to be felt.

Lee Chang-jin, the leader, is out with a fly to right field with two outs. Now there are only two outcounts left in the milestone of no-hitters. In the match against Kim Do-young, the first-pitch cutter is a foul. The cutter went in low on the second pitch, and Kim Do-young responded properly. The ball, which looked like a home run, hit the net at the top of the fence and fell. Triple. Cuevas smiled handsomely as if she was sorry. Cuevas threw four consecutive balls to No. 3 Kim Sun-bin after a first-pitch strike and allowed a walk. 1 out, 1st and 3rd bases. The number of pitches became 112, and manager Lee Kang-chul eventually came up. All the infielders also came to the mound to encourage Cuevas, who has pitched well so far. Cuevas went down. Closer Kim Jae-yoon allowed the third baseman to score with an infield grounder to follow-up No. 4 Choi Hyung-woo, but later kept the victory without giving up additional points. Cuevas missed a no-hitter but secured his 10th win and remained undefeated to keep his team in second place.

Cuevas is not just a foreign ace in KT, but is called a "winning ace." This is because he is a pitcher who made KT the winner in 2021. Cuevas started the second game of the doubleheader against the NC Dinos on October 28 and threw 108 balls in seven innings, leading his team to a 5-2 victory with nine hits and two runs. KT, which had been competing for first place with the Samsung Lions until the end, lost to the Kiwoom Heroes on October 29, but won the final game of the season against SSG Landers on the 30th, tying Samsung with 76 wins, 9 draws and 59 losses. So, the next day, on October 31, he had to play the first place match separately in Daegu. KT, which had to move from Incheon and had no immediate starter, started Cuevas. It seemed almost like an adventure to hope for a win, giving up a pitcher who only rested only two days. Samsung, on the other hand, started Won Tae-in, who had enough rest.

But Cuevas performed a miracle. Cuevas, who continued to block one inning each, continued to take the mound in the second, third and fourth innings, eventually striking out as many as eight Samsung batters until the seventh inning, giving up only one hit and three walks, and KT won 1-0 and went straight to the Korean Series with the regular league title. Cuevas also started Game 1 in the Korean Series and led the first win, and KT easily won its first championship with four consecutive wins against the Doosan Bears.

Last year, KT eventually terminated its contract with Cuevas and recruited Wes Benjamin as he was unable to throw for a long time due to elbow pain in two games. Cuevas also helped Benjamin, who came to Korea, adapt by remaining in Suwon and rehabilitating. And by throwing in the minor leagues this year, he continued to appeal to KT that he was in good shape, allowing KT to quickly make a replacement decision when the coach pitched poorly.

It was the first time in my life that I had thrown a no-hitter this long." Cuevas said, "I think I pitched five or six innings of no-hit in Double A or Triple A. I have little memory," he said. "After the third inning, I saw the electronic board and knew it was a no-hit. I didn't pay attention then, but I paid attention in the 8th and 9th episodes."

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