‘Kwak Bin 7⅔ Innings, 2 Runs’ Doosan Wins by 1 Run Against KT
Hanwha defeats SSG for two consecutive days… Kiwoom takes revenge on Lotte
The KIA Tigers crushed the LG Twins by 10 points and are now solidifying their lead.
KIA won a landslide victory 14-4 against LG in the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League match held at Jamsil Stadium on the 17th, thanks to a strong batting lineup.
As this three-game series, which was a showdown between the 1st and 2nd place teams, garnered attention as a ‘preview of the Korean Series,’ KIA won two consecutive games to make it three consecutive wins. It firmly maintained its lead with a record of 67 wins, 2 draws, and 46 losses.
KIA, which has won 6 consecutive games against LG, continued its strong performance by leading the season record with 11 wins and 3 losses.
LG (60 wins, 2 draws, 51 losses), which had been aiming to catch up with the leaders in this three-game series, ended up giving up second place to Samsung and dropping to third place.
The KIA batters pounded the LG mound with 16 hits, including three home runs.
Kim Do-young led the team to a big win by hitting his second career grand slam in the 6th inning. Kim Do-young, who set the record for the youngest player and fewest games with 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases on the 15th, hit his 31st home run of the season with a grand slam.
Na Sung-beom hit a game-tying solo home run in the 5th inning, and went 3-for-3 with 1 RBI and 2 runs. Socrates Brito also showed his presence with 3-for-5 with 1 RBI and 3 runs. Kim Sun-bin also swept 4 RBIs with 2-for-5.
Eric Lauer, who started as the KIA starting pitcher, recorded 5 innings, 4 hits, 7 strikeouts, 4 walks, and 1 run with the support of the batting line, and became the winning pitcher. Lauer recorded his first win in his second KBO League appearance.
LG lost the game to KIA as the bullpen collapsed one after another while starting pitcher Son Ju-young struggled with 5⅓ innings, allowing 8 hits (1 home run), 4 strikeouts, 3 walks, and 5 runs.
KIA, who gave up the first point to LG in the 3rd inning, succeeded in turning the game around by scoring 2 points in the 5th inning.
The game that tied the score was Na Sung-beom’s home run. Na Sung-beom, who came up as the leadoff hitter in the top of the fifth, hit a solo home run (his 17th of the season) over the right-center field fence after LG starter Son Ju-young’s third pitch, a curveball, was headed toward the center.
After that, Lee Woo-seong’s hit, Byun Woo-hyeok’s walk, and Han Jun-su’s hit made it one out and bases loaded, and Park Chan-ho hit a sacrifice fly.
KIA completely gained momentum by scoring 9 runs in the 6th inning alone.
In the top of the 6th, Socrates, Na Sung-beom, and Kim Sun-bin hit three consecutive hits to add one more run. With one out and runners on 1st and 3rd, Na Sung-beom, who was on 3rd base, scored on a wild pitch by the new pitcher, Jung Woo-young.
With runners on 1st and 2nd base and 2 outs following Choi Won-jun’s walk, Han Jun-su hit a double, bringing both runners home.
Park Chan-ho and Lee Chang-jin’s consecutive walks loaded the bases, and Kim Do-young, who came up to bat next, hit a grand slam over the center field fence to give KIA a 10-1 lead.
KIA took a 10-point lead with Socrates’ back-to-back home runs (his 23rd of the season).
In the top of the 8th inning, with two outs and bases loaded after Lee Chang-jin and Socrates’ hits and Park Jeong-woo’s walk, KIA hit a double to right-center field to take a 14-2 lead and seal the game.
LG only managed to recover one point each in the bottom of the 8th and 9th innings.
At Changwon NC Park, the Samsung Lions defeated the NC Dinos 5-4.
Samsung, who defeated NC for two consecutive days, recorded 62 wins, 2 draws, and 52 losses, pushing LG down to third place and rising to second place.
NC fell into a 9-game losing streak. Nine-game losing streak is the longest losing streak for a team, having been recorded once in 2013 (April 16th Daejeon Hanwha match to April 28th Masan Doosan match, 1 draw, 9 losses) and once in 2018 (April 5th Masan Samsung match to April 15th Incheon SK match).
NC, with a record of 49 wins, 2 draws, and 60 losses, is now one game behind last place Kiwoom.
NC took the lead until the 4th inning, keeping their hopes of breaking the losing streak alive.
NC scored the first point in the bottom of the first with Kwon Hee-dong’s sacrifice fly with one out and runners on first and third base.
Samsung tied the game in the top of the second with Ryu Ji-hyeok’s solo home run (his third of the season), but NC responded with Kwon Hee-dong’s solo home run to left (his 9th of the season) in the bottom of the third to take the lead again.
In the bottom of the 4th inning, with 1 out and runners on 1st and 3rd base, Choi Jeong-won hit a sacrifice fly, putting NC ahead 3-1.
Samsung, who were being dragged along, regained balance with two home runs in the 6th inning.
In the top of the 6th, leadoff hitter Koo Ja-wook hit a solo arch (his 22nd of the season).
Lewin Diaz, who came up to bat next, hit a back-to-back home run over the right field fence. Diaz, Samsung’s new foreign hitter who joined the first-team roster that day, left a strong impression by hitting a home run in his KBO League debut.
NC didn’t back down easily either. In the bottom of the 6th, Seo Ho-cheol, Park Min-woo, and Kwon Hee-dong hit consecutive hits to take the lead 4-3.
But Samsung took the lead again by scoring two runs in the eighth inning.
In the top of the 8th 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, which had secured a slim lead by having Lim Chang-min, who came on in the bottom of the 8th, throw a three-strikeout inning, brought in Kim Jae-yoon in the bottom of the 9th.
Kim Jae-yoon, who took charge of the backdoor after the previous closing pitcher Oh Seung-hwan was sent down to the minor league due to poor performance, gave up only one hit and pitched one scoreless inning, securing the team’s victory. Kim Jae-yoon earned his third save of the season (4 wins, 8 losses).
The win went to Choi Ji-kwang, who pitched one scoreless inning in the bottom of the 7th inning when the score was 3-4.
NC suffered a bitter defeat as Im Jeong-ho faltered, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs in ⅔ innings. In the batting lineup, Kwon Hee-dong had 3 hits and 3 RBIs in 4 at-bats, but the team’s loss overshadowed his success.
Doosan Bears won a close game 3-2 against KT Wiz at Suwon KT Wiz Park.
Doosan, on a three-game winning streak, maintained its 4th place with its 61st win of the season (2 draws, 55 losses). 6th place KT’s season record is now 54 wins, 2 draws, and 59 losses.
Doosan’s homegrown ace Kwak Bin led the team to victory with a 110-pitch performance. He recorded a quality start (6 or more innings for a starting pitcher, 3 or fewer earned runs) with 5 hits, 4 strikeouts, 2 walks, and 2 runs in 7⅔ innings.
Kwak Bin earned his 11th win (8 losses) of the season with a great performance on this day.
KT starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo also pitched well, allowing 9 hits, 6 strikeouts, 2 walks, and 2 runs in 5 innings, but he ended up being the losing pitcher as the batting line failed to perform well. This was his 6th loss (3 wins) of the season.
Doosan scored first in the second inning. In the top of the second inning, with runners on first and second base and one out, Jo Su-haeng hit a timely hit to right-center field after Kim Jae-ho’s infield hit and Lee Yu-chan’s right-field hit.
KT tied the score in the 4th inning. In the bottom of the 4th, Kim Min-hyeok’s walk and Kang Baek-ho’s right-field hit left runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs, and when Oh Jae-il hit into a double play, Kim Min-hyeok, who was on 3rd base, scored. Hwang Jae-gyun returned a fly ball to left field, so no additional points were scored.
But Doosan took the lead right away.
In the top of the 5th, leadoff hitter Jeong Su-bin hit a double to left field, and Yang Ui-ji scored on a left-field RBI hit.
While Kwak Bin did not allow any additional runs until the 7th inning, Doosan scored an additional run in the 8th inning.
In the top of the 8th, Kang Seung-ho and Lee Yu-chan hit a single and the opposing pitcher threw a wild pitch, putting runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out. When Jo Su-haeng hit a sacrifice bunt, Kang Seung-ho, who was on 3rd base, took advantage of the opposing team’s fielder’s choice and scored.
Doosan replaced the mound with Lee Byung-hun after Kwak Bin gave up a center-field RBI single to Kim Min-hyeok after creating a 2-out, 2-runner situation with a walk and a wild pitch in the bottom of the 8th. Lee Byung-hun struck out Kang Baek-ho and put out the urgent fire.
Doosan closer Kim Taek-yeon, who took the mound in the bottom of the 9th, pitched a scoreless inning and secured the team’s victory. Kim Taek-yeon, who was forced into a bases-loaded situation with one out due to consecutive hits and walks, struck out Shin Bon-gi and Park Min-seok in succession. Kim Taek-yeon earned his 15th save of the season (3 wins, 1 loss).
At Incheon SSG Landers Field, Hanwha Eagles defeated SSG Landers 8-5.
Hanwha, which won 7 consecutive away games against SSG Incheon, rose from 8th place to 7th place with 51 wins, 2 draws, and 59 losses.
On the other hand, SSG (56 wins, 1 draw, 57 losses), which lost to Hanwha for two consecutive days, remained in 5th place.
Hanwha, which scored the first point in the top of the first inning with a leadoff home run by Jonathan Peraza (20th of the season), gave up two home runs in the bottom of the first inning and lost the game. SSG took a 2-1 lead with back-to-back home runs by Choi Jeong (31st of the season) and Guillermo Heredia (14th of the season).
Hanwha, who were being dragged along, took the lead again with a home run in the 4th inning.
In the top of the 4th inning, with one out and a runner on first base, Lee Do-yoon hit a high fastball from SSG starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun over the right field fence for a two-run home run. Lee Do-yoon’s season-ending home run.
Hanwha added 2 more runs in the 6th inning. In the top of the 6th inning, with 2 outs and a runner on 3rd base, Lee Jae-won hit a two-run double to right-center, and Lee Do-yoon hit a single to right-field, bringing Lee Jae-won home.
Hanwha, who gave up one point to SSG in the bottom of the 6th, took the lead again 6-3 in the top of the 7th when Kim Tae-yeon hit a center field RBI single with one out and a runner on third base.
In the top of the 9th, Hanwha solidified their victory when Jang Jin-hyeok hit a solo home run (his 6th of the season) and Noh Si-hwan hit a solo home run (his 22nd of the season) over the left field fence.
SSG cut the score to 5-8 in the bottom of the 9th inning when Ji-Hoon Choi hit a two-run homer (his 11th of the season) with 2 outs and a runner on first base, but were unable to add any more points.
Lee Do-yoon, who started as the 8th hitter for Hanwha, led the team to victory by hitting hard with 3 hits and 3 RBIs in 4 at-bats. Noh Si-hwan also played his role as the 4th hitter faithfully with 3 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs in 5 at-bats.
Hanwha Eagles starter Jaime Barria recorded his fifth win (4 losses) of the season with 5 innings, 4 hits (2 home runs), 4 strikeouts, 1 walk, and 2 runs.
SSG’s homegrown left-handed ace Kim Kwang-hyun collapsed, allowing 8 hits, including 2 home runs, and 5 runs (3 earned runs) in 6 innings. Kim Kwang-hyun, who continued his slump, suffered his 9th loss (7 wins) of the season.
Kiwoom Heroes shook off the Lotte Giants’ pursuit and won 8-7 in the match held at Sajik Stadium.
Kiwoom, who avenged the previous day’s defeat and snapped a three-game losing streak against Lotte, recorded 50 wins and 63 losses, chasing 9th place NC by one game, raising expectations of escaping last place. Lotte, with 49 wins, 3 draws, and 57 losses, fell from 7th to 8th place.
Lotte was the first to take the lead.
Lotte, who scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st, added 1 more run in the bottom of the 3rd when Son Ho-young hit a left-field solo home run (his 13th of the season) with 1 out and no runners on base, and then took a 4-0 lead with Yoon Dong-hee’s left-field RBI hit with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 2nd base.
However, Kiwoom, who narrowly narrowed the gap to 1 run in the top of the 4th inning with Choi Joo-hwan’s timely hit, turned the game around by adding 5 runs in the 5th inning.
In the top of the 5th, with Kim Geon-hee and Park Su-jong hitting consecutive hits and Lee Ju-hyeong hitting a base hit, Kim Hye-seong and Song Seong-moon hit consecutive RBI hits with one out and runners on first and third base.
With runners on 1st and 2nd base and Choi Joo-hwan hitting a double, two runners scored, reversing the score to 5-4. After that, with one out and a runner on 3rd base, Won Seong-jun hit a right-field RBI single.
Kiwoom scored one more run in the top of the sixth with Kim Hye-seong’s timely hit with two outs and a runner on second base, and in the top of the seventh with one out and no runners on base, Byun Sang-kwon hit a solo home run (his fourth of the season) to widen the score to 8-4.
Lotte narrowly narrowed the gap to 1 run in the bottom of the 8th inning with a fielding error on Yoon Dong-hee’s hit, and then with 1 out and runners on 1st and 3rd, Hwang Seong-bin’s infield hit and Ko Seung-min’s ground ball to second base came back to back to cut the score to 7-8.
Kiwoom, who was chased by 1 point, replaced the mound with Joo Seung-woo. Joo Seung-woo was responsible for 1⅓ scoreless innings and preserved the team’s 1-point victory. Joo Seung-woo earned his 12th save of the season (3 wins, 5 losses).
In the Kiwoom lineup, Kim Hye-seong (3 hits in 5 at-bats, 2 RBIs, 2 runs) and Song Seong-moon (3 hits in 5 at-bats, 1 RBI, 1 run), who were batting 2nd and 3rd, showed off their batting skills by hitting 3 hits each. Choi Joo-hwan played the role of the problem solver with 2 hits in 5 at-bats and 3 RBIs.
Kiwoom starter Ha Young-min pitched 6 innings, allowing 10 hits and 4 runs (3 earned runs) with support from the batting line, and recorded his 9th win (6 losses) of the season.
Lotte’s Aaron Wilkerson, who was shaken by 9 hits and 5 runs in 4⅓ innings, suffered his 8th loss (9 wins) of the season.
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2024-08-17 19:02:22