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‘Guo Bin lost 2 points in 7⅔ innings’ Doosan defeated KT by 1 point
Hanwha dominates SSG for two consecutive days… Kiwoom, revenge on Lotte
Kia Tigers completely defeated LG Twins by 10 points to consolidate their lead.
In the 2024 Shinhan Sunbank KBO League match against LG held at Jamsil Stadium on the 17th, Kia won 14-4 thanks to a huge explosion in the batting lineup.
This three-match series, a contest between the first and second place, has attracted attention as a “preview of the Korean series”, and Kia won two consecutive days and won three games in a row. They continue to lead with 67 wins, 2 draws and 46 losses.
Kia, which has won six consecutive games against LG, continued its strong performance this season and is far ahead of its opponent with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses.
LG (60 wins, 2 draws, 51 losses), which was originally striving to lead in these three series, actually lost to Samsung and fell to third place.
The KIA batting line hit the LG mound with 16 hits, including 3 home runs.
Kim Do-young hit his second career grand slam in the sixth inning, leading the team to a big win. On the 15th, Kim Do-young, who became the youngest player to hit 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the fewest games, hit his 31st home run of the season with a grand slam.
Na Seong-beom hit a tying home run in the fifth inning, going 3-for-3 with 2 RBIs, and Socrates Brito also showed his presence with 3-for-5 with 1 RBI and 3 RBIs. Kim Sun-bin also swept 4 RBIs with 2 hits in 5 at-bats.
Eric Lauer, the starting pitcher for KIA, allowed 4 hits, struck out 7, walked 4, and allowed 1 run in 5 innings with the support of his batting line, becoming the winning pitcher. Lauer participated in the KBO league for the second time and won his first game since his debut.
LG lost to Kia with 8 hits (1 home run), 4 strikeouts, 3 walks, 5 runs and 5 runs in 5⅓ innings, and the bullpen collapsed one after another.
KIA, which took the lead for LG in the 3rd inning, scored two points in a row in the 5th inning and successfully turned the situation around.
Na Sung-Bum’s home run tied the score. In the top of the 5th inning, Na Sung-Bum, the leadoff hitter, hit a solo home run (his 17th of the season) to the right center field fence as he hit the third pitch of LG starting pitcher Son Ju-Young’s third pitch.
Subsequently, Lee Woo-sung’s hit, Byeon Woo-hyuk’s base hit, and Han Jun-su’s hit led to one out on base, and Park Chan-ho hit a sacrifice fly.
KIA scored 9 points in the 6th inning alone and completely gained momentum.
In the top of the sixth inning, Socrates, Na Sung-Bum, and Kim Sun-Bin had three consecutive hits, tying the score by one. With one out and runners on first and third base, Na Sung-Bum, who was on third base, was sent home by a crazy pitch from replacement pitcher Jung Woo-Young.
Choi Won-jun’s base hit resulted in two outs, with runners on first and second base, and Han Jun-soo hit a double to bring both runners home.
Park Chan-ho and Lee Chang-jin hit consecutive bases, and Kim Do-young, who was on base, hit a grand slam over the center field fence, giving Kia a 10-1 lead.
With Socrates’ consecutive home runs (his 23rd of the season), Kia took a 10-point lead.
In the top of the 8th inning, with hits from Lee Chang-jin and Socrates and a walk from Park Jung-woo, with the bases loaded and two outs, Kia’s Kim Sun-bin hit a sweeping double to right center field, giving them a 14-2 lead.
LG only scored one run each in the bottom of the 8th and 9th innings.
At NC Park in Changwon, the Samsung Lions defeated the NC Dinos 5-4.
Samsung, which defeated NC for two consecutive days, has a record of 62 wins, 2 draws and 52 losses, pushing LG down from third place to second place.
NC is stuck in a quagmire of nine consecutive losses. The nine consecutive losses is the longest losing streak of the club, including 2013 (April 16 Daejeon Hanwha game ~ April 28 Masan vs. Doosan, 1 draw and 9 losses) and 2018 (April 5 Masan vs. Samsung ~ April 15 Incheon SK game) have been recorded once.
NC is one game behind Kiwoom, who are at the bottom of the rankings, with a record of 49 wins, 2 draws and 60 losses.
NC didn’t take the lead until the 4th inning, keeping alive its hopes of escaping its losing streak.
In the bottom of the first inning, with one out, Kwon Hee-dong scored the first run on a sacrifice fly ball to first and third base.
Samsung tied the score with Yoo Ji-hyuk’s outstanding solo home run (his third of the season) in the top of the second inning, but NC responded with Kwon Hee-dong’s solo home run to left field (his ninth of the season) in the bottom of the inning and took the lead again in the third inning.
In the bottom of the 4th inning, Choi Jung-won hit a sacrifice fly with one out, runners on first base and third base, giving NC a 3-1 lead.
The dragged Samsung team regained the balance with two home runs in the 6th inning.
In the top of the 6th inning, leadoff hitter Koo Ja-wook drew a dominant solo arc (his 22nd of the season).
Lewin Diaz, who came next to bat, hit a home run to the right wall. Diaz, a new foreign batter of Samsung who entered the first team that day, made a deep impression by hitting a home run in his first appearance in the KBO league.
NC did not back down easily. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Seo Ho-chul, Park Min-woo, and Kwon Hee-dong scored consecutive hits and took the lead 4-3.
However, Samsung scored two points in the 8th inning to take the lead again.
In the top of the eighth inning, with two outs, Kang Min-ho and Kim Young-woong hit back-to-back doubles to tie the score. With two outs and a runner on second base, Park Byung-ho hit a timely hit to right field.
Samsung’s Lim Chang-min, who came on base in the bottom of the 8th inning, pitched three innings to maintain the lead on thin ice and sent in Kim Jae-yoon in the bottom of the 9th inning.
After the existing closing pitcher Oh Seung-hwan was demoted to the second team due to poor performance, Kim Jae-yoon, who was in charge of the backstop, gave up only one hit and pitched an inning without allowing any runs, preserving the team’s lead. Jaeyoon Kim earned his third save of the season (4-8).
With his team trailing 3-4, Choi Ji-gwang came on base in the bottom of the seventh inning and pitched a scoreless inning to win the game.
Lim Jung-ho shook up NC’s loss with 2 hits and 2 runs in the 1/10th inning. In the batting lineup, Kwon Hee-dong had 3 hits and 3 runs in 4 at-bats, but the team’s loss was overshadowed.
Doosan Bears won the match against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon with a score of 3-2.
Doosan won three games in a row and achieved its 61st win of the season (2 draws, 55 losses), maintaining its 4th place. KT, which is in 6th place, has a season record of 54 wins, 2 draws and 59 losses.
Doosan’s local ace Guo Bin led the team to victory with 110 innings. He had a high-quality start (no more than 3 earned runs in 6 innings as a starting pitcher), allowing 5 hits, 4 strikeouts, 2 walks and 2 runs in 7⅔ innings.
Guo Bin won his 11th victory of the season (8 losses) with his outstanding performance that day.
KT starter Ko Young-pyo also pitched well, allowing 9 hits, 6 strikeouts, 2 walks, and 2 runs in 5 innings, but he failed as his batting line failed to show his strength. This was the 6th loss of the season (3 wins).
Doosan scored first in the second inning. In the top of the second inning, Kim Jae-ho’s infield hit and Lee Yu-chan’s hit to right field led to one out, and with runners on first and second base, Cho Soo-haung hit a hit to right center in time.
KT tied the score in the 4th inning. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Kim Min-hyuk’s walk and Kang Baek-ho’s single to right put runners on first and third base with no outs, and the runner on third base, Kim Min-hyuk, went home with Oh’s double by Jae-il. Hwang Jae-gyun hit a fly ball to left field, but failed to score another run.
However, Doosan immediately took the lead.
In the top of the 5th inning, starting batter Jung Soo-bin hit a double to left field, and Yang Yi-ji hit a run to left in time to score.
Guo Bin did not allow an extra point until the 7th inning, while Doosan scored the extra point in the 8th inning.
In the top of the 8th inning, hits by Kang Seung-ho and Lee Yoo-chan and a wild pitch by the opposing pitcher allowed runners to reach second and third base with one out, and Cho Soo-haeng’s sacrifice bunt took advantage. With the opposing fielder’s choice, runner Kang Seung-ho reached third base.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, Kim Min-hyuk hit a timely hit with two outs, two outs and a wild pitch, and Doosan replaced Guo Bin on the mound with Lee Byung-hun. Lee Byung-hun struck out Kang Baek-ho and quickly put out the fire.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, pitcher Kim Taek-yeon took the mound for Doosan and secured the victory with a scoreless inning. Kim Taek-yeon struck out Shin Bon-ki and Park Min-seok in a row with consecutive hits and four walks. Kim Tae-yeon made his 15th save of the season (3 wins and 1 loss).
At the Incheon SSG Randers Stadium, the Hanwha Eagles defeated SSG Randers 8-5.
Hanwha, which won seven consecutive away games against SSG Incheon, now has a record of 51 wins, 2 draws and 59 losses, rising from 8th to 7th place.
Meanwhile, SSG (56 wins, 1 draw, 57 losses), who bowed to Hanwha for two consecutive days, remained in fifth place.
Hanwha took the lead in the top of the first inning with Jonathan Peraza’s first home run (20th of the season), but was defeated by two home runs in the bottom of the first inning. SSG took a 2-1 lead with consecutive home runs from Choi Jung (31st of the season) and Guillermo Heredia (14th of the season).
The troubled Hanwha team hit a home run in the 4th inning to take the lead again.
In the top of the fourth inning, with one out and a runner on first base, Lee Do-yoon hit a high fastball to SSG starter Kim Kwang-hyun’s body and hit a two-run home run over the right side wall. Lee Do-yoon hit his season-leading home run.
Hanwha scored two more runs in the sixth inning. In the top of the sixth inning, with two outs and a runner on third base, Lee Jae-won hit a timely double to right center, and Lee Do-yoon hit a single to right, sending Lee Jae-won back to home plate.
Hanwha lost 1 run to SSG in the bottom of the 6th inning, but Kim Taeyeon hit a timely single at third base in the top of the 7th inning and took the lead again with 6-3.
Hanwha secured victory in the top of the 9th inning when Jang Jin-hyuk hit a solo home run (his sixth of the season) and Noh Si-hwan hit a solo home run (his 22nd of the season) over the left side wall.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, Choi Ji-hoon hit a dominant 2-run home run (his 11th of the season), and with 2 outs and a runner on first base, SSG caught up with 5-8, but could not score any more.
Lee Do-yoon, who served as Hanwha’s eighth batter, led the team to victory with three hits and three RBIs in four at-bats. Roh Si-hwan also faithfully fulfilled his duties as the fourth batter with five at-bats, three hits, one RBI, and two runs.
Hanwha starting pitcher Jaime Barria allowed four hits (two home runs), four strikeouts, one walk, and two runs in five innings, earning his fifth win of the season (four losses).
SSG’s local left-handed ace Kim Kwang-hyun hit 8 hits, including 2 home runs, and allowed 5 runs (3 earned runs) in 6 innings before finally falling. Kim Kwang-hyun, who continued his slump, suffered his 9th loss of the season (7 wins).
Kiwoom Heroes gave up the chase and won 8-7 against Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium.
Kiwoom avenged its loss the day before and ended its three-game losing streak against Lotte, achieving a record of 50 wins and 63 losses, catching up with NC in ninth place by one game, raising expectations of escaping the bottom. Lotte fell from seventh to eighth place with a record of 49 wins, 3 draws and 57 losses.
The first to take the lead is Lotte.
Lotte scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning, and after Son Ho-young hit a solo home run (his 13th of the season), they added another run in the bottom of the third inning with one out and no one on base. Yoon Dong-hee hit a timely ball to left with two outs, taking a 4-0 lead.
However, in the top of the 4th inning, Choi Joo-hwan hit the ball in time, and the Kium team, which was trailing by 1 point, scored 5 points in the 5th inning alone, turning the situation around.
In the top of the 5th inning, consecutive hits by Kim Kun-hee and Park Soo-jong and a base hit by Lee Joo-hyung led to the team being out at 1st and 3rd base, and Kim Hye-sung and Song Seong-mun made consecutive and timely hits.
In the next game, with one out and runners on first and second base, Choi Joo-hwan hit a double to Sun-sang, and both of them went home, making the score 5-4. Then, with one out and runners on third base, Won Seong-jun hit a single to right base in time.
In the top of the sixth inning, Kim Hye-sung hit a single with two outs and a runner on second base, and Ki-woo scored another run. In the top of the seventh inning, with one out, Byeon Sang-kwon hit a single and scored another run. He hit a solo home run (his fourth of the season), extending the lead to 8-4.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, Yoon Dong-hee hit a single with no outs, causing an error by the opponent, leading to Lotte trailing by one run, and then Hwang Sung-bin’s infield hit and Ko Seung-min’s infield hit brought the score to 7-8. A ground ball was rolled to second base at 1st and 3rd bases with one out.
Kiwoom, trailing by one run, replaced Joo Seung-woo on the mound. Joo Seung-woo pitched 1⅓ innings, allowed no runs, and won by one run. Joo Seung-woo recorded his 12th save of the season (3 wins, 5 losses).
In Kiwoom’s batting lineup, the second and third batters were Kim Hye-sung (3 hits, 2 RBIs, 2 runs in 5 at-bats) and Song Seong-moon (3 hits, 1 RBI, 1 run in 5 at-bats). The third batters each hit three hits and showed good batting ability. Choi Joo-hwan played the role of a problem solver by hitting two hits and driving in three runs in five at-bats.
Kiwoom starter Ha Young-min, backed by a strong batting line, gave up 10 hits and four runs (three earned) in six innings to pick up his ninth win (six losses) of the season.
Lot Aaron Wilkerson allowed nine hits and five runs in 4 1/3 innings, suffering his eighth loss of the season (nine wins).
(Seoul = Newsis)
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