‘3 home runs in 1st inning’ Samsung defeats KT 7-2… NC loses 6 games in a row
KIA wins 2-0 over Kiwoom… Kiwoom Kim Yoon-ha loses despite allowing 1 run in 7 innings
The professional baseball team LG Twins won five games in a row with a thrilling comeback win. The Hanwha Eagles lost the victory they had hoped for despite the good pitching of starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin.
LG won 3-2 against Hanwha in the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League match held at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 13th.
LG (59 wins, 2 draws, 48 losses), in second place with a five-game winning streak, maintained a four-game lead over the KIA Tigers (64 wins, 2 draws, 45 losses), in first place.
The 9th place Hanwha Eagles (48 wins, 2 draws, 58 losses), who have a long way to go, have lost three games in a row.
The initial flow was towards Hanwha.
Hanwha took a slight lead in the bottom of the first inning with a first-pitch home run by Jonathan Peraza.
After Noh Si-hwan walked in the bottom of the second inning, Chae Eun-seong hit a left-field RBI single to LG starter Dietrick Enns to add another run.
Ryu Hyun-jin also pitched well as the LG batting lineup scored two runs first. He held the LG batting lineup scoreless through five innings, allowing only two hits and two walks.
In addition, he had 99 strikeouts up until the previous day, and added 6 more strikeouts on this day, making him the 5th player to have 100 strikeouts in 8 consecutive seasons (2006-2012, 2014, excluding his move to the US).
After Ryu Hyun-jin left, LG looked for an opportunity to catch up.
In the 7th inning, he had a chance to put runners on 2nd and 3rd base with no outs, with a walk and a double against Hanwha’s third pitcher, Kim Seo-hyun, but he came out empty-handed as he failed to get any follow-up hits.
However, in the 8th inning, Hong Chang-ki, the leadoff hitter, walked the new pitcher Kim Gyu-yeon, giving him another chance. With one out and a runner on second base on a sacrifice bunt, Austin Dean hit a timely hit to right-center to score one run.
Then, pinch runner Choi Seung-min shook the infield with a steal. Choi Seung-min, who reached third base while shortstop Hwang Young-mook missed catcher Choi Jae-hoon’s throw, scored the tying run on Moon Bo-kyung’s double.
LG, who brought the game back to its starting point, succeeded in turning the game around in the top of the 9th inning.
This time, Park Hae-min, the leader, opened the scoring by hitting a center-field double to Hanwha’s Joo Hyun-sang, and then scored on Hong Chang-ki’s left-field RBI hit.
LG’s closer Yoo Young-chan, who came on in the bottom of the 9th with the team leading 3-2, saved the 1-run lead and recorded his 21st save of the season.
In Daegu, the Samsung Lions hit three home runs in the first inning to crush the KT Wiz 7-2.
Samsung, in third place with its 59th win (2 draws, 51 losses) of the season, is just one win away from 60 wins.
6th place KT (53 wins, 2 draws, 56 losses) fell into a 3 game losing streak.
Samsung hit three home runs in the bottom of the first inning alone.
After leadoff hitter Kim Ji-chan opened the scoring with a double to left field, Lee Seong-gyu, who was on second base with no outs, hit a slider from KT starter Eom Sang-baek for a two-run home run to left field.
After two outs, Kim Young-woong hit a solo home run over the right-center fence. Following that, Park Byung-ho hit a left-field home run off Eom Sang-baek’s slider, making it back-to-back home runs.
Samsung, who took a 4-0 lead, continued to run away with Park Byung-ho’s sacrifice fly to left field in the third inning and Kim Young-woong’s timely double in the fifth.
KT caught up in the top of the 6th with Kang Baek-ho’s 2-RBI single to right-center, but it wasn’t enough to turn the tide.
Park Byung-ho, who was traded from KT to Samsung in late May, made his ‘home team’ cry with 1 hit, 1 home run, and 2 RBIs in 3 at-bats.
Kim Young-woong contributed to the victory with 4 hits in 4 at-bats, 1 home run, and 2 RBIs, and Kim Ji-chan contributed to the victory with 3 hits in 5 at-bats, 1 run. Lee Seong-gyu hit 2 hits in 4 at-bats, 1 home run, and 3 RBIs, reaching the 20-home run mark for the first time since his debut in 2016.
Samsung starter Baek Jeong-hyeon earned his fifth win (2 losses) of the season with 5⅓ innings, 3 hits, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 2 runs.
Sang-Baek Eom suffered his 9th loss (10th win) of the season, allowing 9 hits, 3 home runs, and 6 runs in 4 innings.
At Gocheok Sky Dome, the leading KIA Tigers defeated Kiwoom Heroes 2-0.
With the score tied at 0, KIA took the lead in the top of the 5th.
After two outs, Kim Tae-gun and Lee Chang-jin hit consecutive hits, and then Park Chan-ho hit a timely double to give the team the lead.
In the bottom of the 8th inning with 2 outs and a runner on 2nd base, Socrates Brito added another run with a center field RBI single to solidify the win.
KIA starter James Nail pitched 5 innings, allowing 4 hits, striking out 6, and no runs, earning his 10th win (5 losses) of the season.
Kiwoom starter Kim Yoon-ha pitched well for 7 innings, allowing 6 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, and 1 run, but was unable to avoid his 3rd loss (1 win) of the season due to the silence of the batting line.
The season record of last place Kiwoom was 48 wins and 61 losses.
In Changwon, SSG Landers defeated NC Dinos 2-0.
5th place SSG maintained a 50% win rate (55 wins, 1 draw, 55 losses).
7th place NC (49 wins, 2 draws, 57 losses) fell into a 6 game losing streak.
SSG took the lead in the 4th inning with a timely hit by Guillermo Heredia, and added another point in the top of the 9th with a timely double by Oh Tae-gon, defeating NC.
SSG starter Shaun Anderson allowed four walks in 5⅔ innings but struck out eight to earn his ninth win (one loss) of the season.
NC starter Lee Jae-hak struck out seven batters and allowed one run in 6⅓ innings, but did not receive any support from the offense and recorded his seventh loss (three wins) of the season.
Meanwhile, the Lotte Giants-Doosan Bears game scheduled to be held in Jamsil on this day was postponed due to rain.
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2024-08-14 06:16:12