The LG Twins of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) have come from behind to beat the Lotte Giants. They rallied from a five-run deficit in the eighth inning to pull off a thrilling comeback.
LG won the 2024 KBO Baseball League game against Lotte on Saturday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul with a dramatic 9-8 win in 10 extra innings. Kim Young-joon came on in the eighth inning and pitched three innings of one-hit, one-strikeout ball to earn the win.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, Moon Bo-kyung led off with a double. Heo Do-hwan came to the plate and laid down a sacrifice bunt, but was hit by the hand holding the bat and fell to the ground. He complained of pain but walked to first base without serious injury. Kim Joo-sung batted and was walked by pitcher Kim Do-gyu to put runners on second and third. Kim drew a walk to load the bases. Park Hae-min struck out. Shin Min-jae ended the game with a sacrifice fly.
LG starter Lee Sang-young, making his first start of the season, topped out at 142 mph on his fastball and allowed one run on three hits and one walk in 3⅔ innings (56 pitches). 토토사이트 Lotte starter Wilkerson threw 117 pitches in six innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on nine hits with one walk and three strikeouts.
LG’s starting lineup
LG’s starting lineup was Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Park Dong-won (catcher), Koo Bon-hyeok (shortstop), Park Hae-min (center fielder), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman). Initially, it was said that Kim Bum-seok, who was called up to the first team on the same day, would start at catcher, but Park Dong-won said, “I’m physically fine. I can play,” so Park Dong-won donned the catcher’s mask.
Lotte started with Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Ko Seung-min (designated hitter), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Reyes (left fielder), Na Seung-yup (first baseman), Park Seung-wook (shortstop), Choi Hang (second baseman), Lee Jung-geun (catcher) and Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder).
LG missed a great opportunity in the second inning. 사설 토토사이트 After leadoff hitter Moon Bo-kyung struck out, Park Dong-won and Koo Bon-hyuk followed with back-to-back singles. Park’s line drive was hit between the right fielder and second baseman, and the runner from second was stuck at third due to a late start.
With one out, Shin Min-jae hit a grounder to the second baseman that was misplayed and the second baseman threw home to end the inning. With the bases loaded, Hong Chang-ki hit a grounder to the right fielder, leaving the bases loaded with no outs.
LG struck first in the bottom of the third inning.
Moon Sung-ju led off with a double down the left field line. Kim Hyun-soo grounded out to the second baseman to put runners at first and third, and Austin’s grounder to the shortstop allowed the runner from third to score the go-ahead run.
Lotte got on the board in the fourth inning when Koh Seung-min led off with a single to left-center and Son Ho-young followed with a single up the middle to put runners on first and second with no outs. Reyes grounded out to the pitcher to put runners at first and second with one out. Na Seung-yup grounded to shortstop, out at second, safe at first, runner at third. Tied 1-1.
Park Seung-wook singled through the right side to put runners on second and third. LG removed starter Lee Sang-young and brought in Kim Yu-young as the second pitcher. Choi Hwang flied out to shortstop to end the threat.
Lotte started the fifth inning with a leadoff walk to Yoo Kang-nam. With one out, LG changed pitchers from Kim Yoo-young to Kim Dae-hyun. Yoon Dong-hee drew a walk against Kim Dae-hyun to put runners in scoring position at first and second.
Go Seung-min flied out to left field, but with runners on first and second, Son Ho-young took advantage of a forked ball up the middle on a 2-ball-2 strike against Kim Dae-hyun and launched a three-run home run over the left field wall. It made it 4-1.
LG rallied in the sixth inning.
Moon Bo-kyung led off with a single to left, and Park Dong-won’s misplayed throw to right field put runners on first and third with no outs.
Koo Bon-hyuk’s slow grounder to the third baseman was thrown out, allowing the runner from third to score and make it 4-2. With two outs, Park Hae-min’s hard-hit line drive to shortstop Park Seung-wook was blocked by the shortstop’s body and bounded once, but the throw to first base was a throwing error over the first baseman’s head. Park advanced to third, and Dong-won Park came home to cut the lead to 4-3.
With one out, Shin Min-jae drew a walk to put runners on first and second. Hong Chang-ki hit a well-struck ball into the right-field corner. Moon Sung-ju hit a line drive to left-center field, but Reyes made a diving catch in left field to prevent a run from scoring.
Lotte got on the board in the top of the seventh. Yoo Kang-nam led off with a walk against LG’s fourth pitcher, Jeong Jung-heon. Hwang Sung-bin followed with a hard hit single to right on a passed ball. With runners on first and second, Yoon Dong-hee hit a bunt down the first base line. First baseman Austin didn’t catch it at first, thinking it was a foul ball, but as the ball rolled in, he fumbled it back to first. It rolled down the right field foul line and both runners came home to score. The score was 6-3.
Shortstop Koo Bon-hyeok, dropped the ball while trying to make the throw.
With runners on first and third, Reyes hit a two-run double over the center field fence. 7-3 lead. With runners on first and third, Na Seung-yeop singled to center field against pitcher Baek Seung-hyun, making it 8-3.
LG rallied in the bottom of the eighth. One out later, Park Hae-min led off with a double off the right field fence. Shin Min-jae advanced to third on a wild pitch. The runner from third scored on Shin Min-jae’s infield single in front of second base.
Lotte made a pitching change from Koo Seung-min to Kim Sang-soo. Hong Chang-ki singled up the middle against the new pitcher, Kim Sang-soo, to put runners on first and second. Moon Sung-ju followed with an RBI single to left to make it 8-5.
Lotte brought in closer Kim Won-joong with runners on first and second. Kim struck out swinging, but Austin followed with an RBI double down the left field line. 8-6. 메이저사이트 With runners on second and third, Moon Bo-kyung walked on three pitches to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Kim Bum-seok struck out swinging on a forked ball.
During the offensive shift, manager Yoon Kyung-yup came out and protested Kim’s strikeout not out situation and was ejected for over four minutes.
In the bottom of the ninth, LG led off with Ahn Ik-hoon, who singled to right. Park Hae-min struck out, but Shin Min-jae hit a double to left-center to put runners on second and third. Hong Chang-ki grounded out to shortstop to score the runner from third, making it 8-7. With the bases loaded, Moon Sung-joo hit a single off the first baseman’s mitt and into the outfield to tie the game at 8-8.