LG leaps to third place after winning four games in a row… NC slumps to four consecutive losses | Dong-A Ilbo

LG Park Hae-min, returned in the 5th inning, 3 RBIs, 3 doubles

The LG Twins, a professional baseball team, won four straight games and moved up to third place.

On the 26th, LG defeated NC Dinos 6-3 in the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium.

LG swept all three games in the series against NC this weekend, winning four games in a row and moving up to third place (29 wins, 2 draws, 23 losses).

On the other hand, the fifth-placed NC (27 wins, 1 draw, 23 losses) is stuck in a quagmire of four consecutive losses.

LG starter Casey Kelly pitched 6 innings, allowed 5 hits, struck out 1, and gave up 3 runs, earning his second win of the season (and his sixth loss). It has been 614 days since the NC team’s first win since the Jamsil game on September 30, 2022.

In the LG batting lineup, second baseman Park Hae-min had 2 hits, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs in 4 at-bats.

NC starter Daniel Castano, who appeared on the mound 12 days after recovering from an elbow injury, could not withstand the opponent’s heavy hitting in 4⅓ innings, falling to 5 hits, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts, 6 runs and 4 earned runs. They could not avoid their third loss of the season (3 wins).

Although it started to rain before the game, Kelly and Castano’s pitching did not result in a score until the third inning. However, after the batting order was rotated once, the batters of both teams began to attack the mound.

First, the North Carolina hitter scored 3 runs against Kelly in the top of the 4th inning.

With leadoff hits from Seo Ho-chul and Park Gun-woo leaving first and third base with no outs, Matt Davidson scored the first run with a sacrifice fly to left field. With Kelly’s wild pitch and an error by the opposing center fielder, Kim Sung-wook and Kim Joo-won hit two consecutive outs on third base.

In the bottom of the fourth game, LG immediately launched a counterattack.

Hong Chang-ki and Park Hae-min hit singles with no outs, and when Castano failed to check first and second, Hong Chang-ki, who was on second, jumped out to home run to make up one run. With one out and runners on third, Austin Dean scored another run with a sacrifice fly to left field.

Unlike NC, which failed to score another point from Kelly, LG scored another 4 points in the 5th inning and turned the situation around.

With one out, Koo Bun-hyuk unexpectedly bunted to reach base, and Heo Do-hwan connected with a single to left. Hong Chang-ki chose to walk and loaded the bases.

Park Hae-min, with one out on base, hit Castano’s slider on the first pitch for a 3-run 3, cutting the runner into left center.

LG, the leading team, reached first and third base with one out and a ball that hit Kim Hyun-soo’s body. Austin hit the double baseman Kim Jae-yeol who was replaced in time, setting the tone.

LG led 6-3 and started the bullpen from the 7th inning. Kim Jin-sung, Park Myung-geun, and Yoo Young-chan kept the victory scoreless in the remaining 3 innings.

(Seoul = Newsis)