Ending Park Hae-min, LG escapes from 3rd consecutive loss…
4 consecutive wins KT, chasing the leader
Kiwoom explodes with 6 points in the top of the 12th inning…
KIA defeats NC Peddy, wins 5 games in a row,
Lotte defeats Hanwha, escapes 7 games in a row…
Hanwha is in a 7-game losing streak
LG Twins
The LG Twins, the leaders who had been faltering recently,
struggled to escape their three-game losing streak. 온라인카지노
In the home game against the Doosan Bears in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium on the 31st,
LG won 3-2 with Park Hae-min hitting a dramatic walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th overtime.
LG Twins, which broke away from a three-game losing streak,
continued its lead toward a direct ticket to the Korean Series.
In a game where Casey Kelly and Kwak Bin competed for the starting spot, Doosan took the lead until the end.
With two outs in the top of the sixth inning, Doosan scored first with Kim Jae-hwan’s timely hit to left
after Ang Seok-hwan hit a double down the left field line.
8th Inning
In the top of the 8th inning, following back-to-back hits by Kim Jae-ho and Jose Rojas,
Yang Seok-hwan hit a sacrifice fly to take a 2-0 lead.
LG, which was being dragged, succeeded in tying the game in the bottom of the 8th inning.
After one out, Austin Dean hit a left-field solo home run against Doosan’s third pitcher Hong Geon-hee to make up for one run.
In the continued attack, LG took advantage of first and third bases with successive hits
by Moon Bo-kyung and Oh Ji-hwan, and made it 2-2 with Park Dong-won’s infield ground ball.
LG, who had pushed the game into extra innings,
had Oh Ji-hwan hit to right and Park Dong-won walking in the bottom of the 10th inning with one out and runners on first and second base.
Seong-Joo Moon was then retired with a fly ball to left field, but Hae-Min Park,
who came to the plate with two outs, brought in a runner on second base
with a ground-breaking hit to left and snatched a thrilling victory.
KT Wiz
Second-place KT Wiz, which had a remarkable rise in the second half,
defeated Samsung Lions 6-4 in its home game in Suwon,
led by home runs by Anthony Alford and Byung-ho Park.
KT, which has recently won 4 games in a row, maintained a 4.5 game gap with leader LG.
KT scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning with a timely hit by Anthony Alford,
but Samsung made it 1-1 with Jaehyun Lee’s infield hit in the top of the second inning.
KT took a 3-1 lead with Jae-gyun Hwang hitting a timely hit with 2 RBIs
with 2 outs and bases loaded after a shift in offense and defense,
but Samsung scored 2 runs in the top of the 3rd inning due to an opponent’s error to tie the game at 3-3.
However, KT took the lead again in the bottom of the 5th inning when Alford hit a two-run home run to the left field.
Samsung trailed by 1 run in the top of the 8th inning when Jose Pirella hit a solo home run,
but KT took the lead in the bottom of the 8th inning when Park Byeong-ho hit
a big solo shot in the middle of the 8th inning to go up 6-4.
In Incheon
where Kim Kwang-hyun and Ahn Woo-jin faced off as starters,
Kiwoom Heroes scored 6 points in the top of the 12th inning to beat SSG Landers 8-3 in a 2-2 match.
Last-place Kiwoom escaped a three-game losing streak, and third-place SSG,
which has a long way to go, was put on the brakes from a three-game winning streak.
SSG scored first with Jeon Eui-san’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 4th inning with one out and bases loaded.
Kiwoom Heroes
Kiwoom, who started a counterattack, made second and third bases with one out and one out in the top of the sixth inning
with Dawson’s single and Kim Hwi-jip’s double, before Lee Joo-hyung’s sacrifice fly and Lee Hyeong-jong’s timely hit led to a 2-1 lead.
However, SSG tied the score at 2-2 with one out in the bottom of the 8th inning
when Choi Jeong hit a big left-field solo home run.
The game was decided in the 12th inning of overtime.
Kiwoom took a 4-2 lead with bases loaded and no outs when Kim Hwi-jip hit a 2-RBI double to left-center.
After one out, Lee Hyeong-jong hit a two-run double and follow-up hitter
Song Seong-moon hit a two-run home run to make it 8-2.
SSG Landers
SSG was only able to make up for one run with Park Seong-han’s solo home run in the bottom of the 12th inning.
Its SSG Kim Gwang-hyun pitched well with 5 strikeouts until the 7th inning,
allowing 6 hits and 2 runs, and Kiwoom Ahn Woo-jin pitched well with 3 strikeouts,
5 hits and 1 run until the 6th inning, but neither recorded a win or loss.
In Daejeon, a match between teams with consecutive losses,
the Lotte Giants defeated the Hanwha Eagles 5-2.
While 7th place Lotte broke the chain of 7 consecutive losses,
9th place Hanwha could not get out of the swamp of 7 consecutive losses.
Lotte Giants
Lotte scored 3 points first, with Jeon Jun-woo hitting a 2-RBI triple in the top of the 3rd inning amid an opponent’s error.
Hanwha took advantage of Lotte’s two mistakes after a shift in offense and defense to make up for two points.
However, Lotte scored 1 run in the top of the 6th inning with Noh Jin-hyuk’s timely hit
then added 1 run in the bottom of the 7th inning with Jeong Hoon’s timely hit to tie the game.
Lotte starter Aaron Wilkerson became the winning pitcher
by allowing 5 hits and 2 runs (unearned errors) over 6 innings.
KIA Tigers
In Gwangju, the KIA Tigers scored 15 hits and defeated the NC Dinos 13-3.
KIA scored first with Choi Hyung-woo’s double in the bottom of the first inning.
In the top of the third inning, NC had three walks and with the bases loaded and two outs,
Jason Martin hit a sweeping double to make it 3-1.
However, KIA batted in the bottom of the third inning and hit NC starter Eric Peddy.
After leadoff hitter Park Chan-ho walked and then stole base,
Kim Do-young made up for one run with a timely hit to right-center.
First Base
With one out and one on first base, Hyeong-Woo Choi, Socrates Brito,
Sun-Bin Kim, Tae-Gun Kim, and Woo-Hyuk Byeon had five hits in a row,
scoring three runs and turning the score around to 5-3.
After two outs, Park Chan-ho hit a two-run double, widening the lead to 7-3.
KIA, who had Na Seong-beom hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 4th inning,
added 2 runs in the 6th inning thanks to Na Seong-beom’s double and ran away with a 10-3 lead.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, he scored 3 points amidst the opponent’s mistakes.
Peddie, the best pitcher this season, suffered defeat with his worst pitching,
allowing 7 runs with 8 hits and 3 walks in 3 innings.
5th place KIA, with 5 consecutive wins, caught up with 4th place NC by 1 game.