‘Last minute 5th place competition’ SSG, tied with KT with 70 wins, 2 draws, 70 losses
Doosan Kwak Bin, 15 wins, tied with Won Tae-in for most wins
LG sets new attendance record, wins last home game
Professional baseball team SSG Landers kept their hopes alive for boarding the last train to the fall baseball league.
SSG won 10-1 in an away game against NC Dinos in the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League held at Changwon NC Park on the 26th.
SSG (70 wins, 2 draws, 70 losses), who are engaged in a fierce battle for rankings at the end of the season, won two straight games against NC and rose to a joint 5th place with KT Wiz (70 wins, 2 draws, 70 losses).
SSG starting pitcher Roenis Elias led the team to victory with a great performance, pitching 7 innings, allowing 4 hits, no runs, and striking out 10 batters. He also succeeded in accumulating 7 wins (7 losses) for the season.
The batting lineup combined for a massive run by pouring in 17 hits. Han Yu-seom, Choi Jeong, and Guillermo Heredia each had three hits. Han Yu-seom hit his first home run of the season against NC, succeeding in setting a record for home runs against all teams this year.
NC, in 9th place (60 wins, 2 draws, 77 losses), lost again today and postponed interim manager Gong Pil-seong’s first win to the next opportunity.
Eric Jokisch, who started as a starter, pitched a decent game, allowing 7 hits (1 home run) and 1 run in 5 innings, but recorded his 4th loss (3 wins) of the season.
SSG had a chance to load the bases with one out in the top of the second inning with consecutive hits by Han Yu-seom and Lee Ji-young, and a lucky infield hit by Oh Tae-gon, but left empty-handed. They consoled their disappointment with a home run in the top of the fourth inning. Han Yu-seom, who came up as the leadoff hitter, hit a solo home run over the right-hand fence after receiving three pitches from Yokishi, succeeding in scoring first.
NC’s Ryu Jin-wook, who took the mound following Yokishi in the top of the 6th, did his part by striking out all three SSG batters.
However, NC reliever Lee Yong-chan, who came up in the top of the 7th, allowed a walk and a hit to Choi Ji-hoon and Park Seong-han, and then allowed RBI hits to Choi Jeong and Heredia, giving up 3 runs, and had to leave the mound with only one out.
SSG did not miss the chance. With 2 outs and a runner on 1st base, Han Yu-seom hit his 3rd hit of the game against SSG’s new pitcher Lee Jun-ho, increasing the score to 5-0.
SSG’s bats were hot in the 8th inning as well.
Starting with leadoff hitter Oh Tae-gon, Choi Sang-min, Park Sung-han, Jeong Jun-jae, Choi Jeong, and Heredia, six batters hit consecutive hits, quickly adding five more points and sealing the game at 10-0.
NC only managed to recover 1 point in the bottom of the 8th inning with consecutive hits by Kim Seong-wook, Kim Joo-won, and Cheon Jae-hwan off SSG’s bullpen, Park Si-hoo, after two outs.
Son Ah-seop, who returned after recovering from a knee injury, also appeared as a pinch hitter but struck out.
In Sajik, Doosan Bears secured 4th place in the league with a 4-3 victory over Lotte Giants.
Doosan (73 wins, 2 draws, 68 losses), which won three consecutive games, has erased all the remaining magic numbers for 4th place.
Doosan’s ace Kwak Bin pitched six innings, allowing four hits and no runs, earning his 15th win (9 losses) of the season and tying for the lead in wins with Samsung Lions’ Won Tae-in.
At the plate, Kim Jae-hwan was active, hitting three hits.
Lotte (64 wins, 4 draws, 73 losses), which failed to advance to the postseason, lost to Doosan after starting pitcher Park Se-woong gave up 3 runs in the first inning. Park Se-woong suffered his 11th loss (6 wins) of the season.
Victor Reyes added two more hits on the day, recording his 198th hit, putting him just two hits away from reaching 200 for the season.
Doosan’s bats were on fire as soon as the game started.
In the top of the first inning, starting with leadoff hitter Jeong Su-bin, Kim Jae-ho hit consecutive hits against Park Se-woong, and with Kim Jae-hwan and Yang Seok-hwan’s timely hits and Kang Seung-ho’s sacrifice hit, Doosan scored three runs.
Doosan was leading 3-0 in the top of the 6th when Heo Gyeong-min hit a timely hit with 2 outs and a runner on 3rd base, but Kim Ki-yeon’s subsequent hit was caught in front of the fence, giving up only 1 run.
Lotte scored its first run of the game in the 7th inning.
In the bottom of the 7th inning, with two outs, Hwang Seong-bin and Reyes hit back-to-back doubles to score one run.
Lotte showed their stamina in the bottom of the 9th with Jeon Jun-woo’s RBI hit with one out and runners on first and second base, but they were only able to score one more run and were unable to turn the game around.
In Jamsil, the LG Twins won their last home game of the season against the Kiwoom Heroes.
LG (75 wins, 2 draws, 66 losses), which secured 3rd place in the league, defeated Kiwoom (58 wins, 83 losses), which was last in the league, 6-3.
On this day, LG achieved a total of 1,397,499 spectators for home games this season, setting a new KBO record for the most spectators in a single season for a team.
LG starting pitcher Eliezer Hernandez pitched 5 innings, allowing 5 hits and 1 run, but failed to get any help from the batting lineup and failed to get a win. Baek Seung-hyun, who pitched in the 8th inning and allowed 2 runs in 1 inning, got his 2nd win (1 loss) of the season.
Kiwoom relief pitcher Yang Ji-yool, who also appeared in the 8th inning, was named the losing pitcher after failing to catch a single batter and allowing 2 runs. It was his first loss of the season.
LG took the lead with a timely double by Lee Ju-heon in the bottom of the second inning with two outs and a runner on third base.
In the top of the third inning, with two outs, Kiwoom tied the score at 1-1 with a hit by Song Seong-moon, a walk by Kim Hye-seong, and a RBI hit by Choi Joo-hwan.
LG added one more run in the bottom of the fifth with consecutive hits by Koo Bon-hyeok and Lee Ju-heon, followed by a sacrifice grounder by pinch hitter Austin Dean, taking the lead again to 2-1.
LG added one more run in the bottom of the 7th with a 2-base hit by Lee Ju-heon with one out and a runner on 3rd base.
Kiwoom tied the score at 3-3 again in the top of the 8th with Jang Jae-young’s two-run home run.
However, at the start of the bottom of the 8th inning, Kiwoom bullpen pitcher Yang Ji-yool walked Oh Ji-hwan and Shin Min-jae.
Then, LG’s Moon Bo-kyung and Koo Bon-hyeok hit timely hits against the new pitcher Kim Seon-gi, increasing the score to 6-3 and ending the game with a victory.
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2024-09-26 18:22:16