‘Kim Beom-seok’s final shot’ LG wins against leader KIA for two days in a row Hanwha escapes 6 straight losses
LG players are happy after winning 7–6 in the professional baseball ‘2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League’ game between KIA Tigers and LG Twins held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th.
The LG Twins won for two days in a row over the KIA Tigers thanks to the performances of Beom-seok Kim and Austin Dean.
LG won 6–3 in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League KIA match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 27th.
LG, with 3 consecutive wins, chased the top spot with 16 wins and 13 losses (tied for 4th place). On the other hand, leader KIA, who suffered two consecutive losses, became 20 wins and 9 losses.
In LG, starter Detrick Ens was replaced after allowing 8 hits and 3 runs in 4 innings, but the bullpen team of Lee Woo-chan, Kim Dae-hyun, Kim Yu-young, and Yoo Young-chan completed the victory by allowing no runs.
At the plate, sophomore Kim Beom-seok contributed to the victory with a home run that raised the winning run. Austin’s performance also shined, with 3 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 home run, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored.
KIA suffered defeat as starter Hwang Dong-ha was dismissed early, allowing 5 runs in 3⅔ innings, and the batting line was silent.
LG took the lead in the first inning with Austin hitting a two-run shot against Hwang Dong-ha with two outs and runners on first base. However, after losing 1 point to KIA in the 2nd inning, they gave up 2 points in the top of the 4th inning and lost 2–3. However, LG immediately counterattacked. After Austin reached base with a single in the bottom of the fourth inning, Kim Beom-seok hit a two-run gun to turn the game around again. After Oh Ji-hwan’s double, Shin Min-jae, Park Hae-min, and Moon Seong-ju reached base with consecutive walks, scoring one more run. LG, which had been leading since the middle of the game thanks to the power of the mound, ran away with a 6–3 lead in the 8th inning with Kim Hyun-soo’s timely hit on 1st and 2nd bases with 2 outs and 2 outs, and won by 3 runs. The Hanwha Eagles defeated the Doosan Bears 10–5 at home and escaped their 6th consecutive loss. Hanwha, which set a new record by selling out 13 consecutive home games the previous day, surpassing the Samsung Lions’ record of 12 consecutive selling out games in 1995, also had a full crowd on this day, extending its consecutive sellout record to ‘14’. Hanwha, which lost helplessly 2–10 in the first game of a three-game series against Doosan over the weekend, showed a different side on this day.
He made a big inning by scoring 4 runs in the first inning, and then added 2 runs each in the 2nd and 4th inning to take an 8–4 lead until the 4th inning. They gave up 1 run in the 5th inning and were chased by 3 runs, but Jonathan Peraza’s two-run shot in the 6th inning made it 10–5.
Hanwha won by 5 points as Jang Si-hwan, Lee Min-woo, Park Sang-won, and Joo Hyeon-sang blocked the 7th through 9th innings without allowing any runs.
Hanwha, with a season record of 12 wins and 17 losses (8th place), has laid the foundation for a leap forward to the mid-level rankings. Doosan, ranked 7th, recorded 14 wins and 17 losses, narrowing the gap to Hanwha by one game.
KT Wiz defeated SSG Landers 5–2 in an away game in Incheon.
KT, who won the ace selection match between William Cuevas (KT) and Kim Gwang-hyun (SSG), trailed Hanwha with 12 wins and 19 losses (9th place). SSG fell from 3rd place to a tie for 4th place with 16 wins and 14 losses.
On this day, Cuevas, who held the SSG batting line to 1 run in 6 innings, reported his first win (3 losses) of the season in 7 games.
Gwang-Hyun Kim, who retired after allowing 4 runs in 5 innings, postponed his achievement of 162 wins, which ranks 3rd for the most wins in his career.
KT took the lead with Jang Seong-woo’s solo shot in the second inning and consecutive home runs by Cheon Seong-ho and Kang Baek-ho in the third inning. In the 5th inning, Kang Baek-ho’s additional timely hit with one out and runners on second base made it 4–0.
SSG made up for one run in the 6th inning, but the momentum of the chase was broken in the 8th inning when Lee Ro-woon allowed a timely hit to Kim Min-hyuk at 2nd and 3rd bases with one out.
KT allowed Go Myung-jun to hit a solo home run in the 9th inning, but it had no effect on the game.
NC Dinos won 2–0 against Lotte Giants in the ‘Nakdong River Derby’. Second-place NC, which caught Lotte again following the previous day, trailed leader KIA by two games with 18 wins and 11 losses.
Lotte, ranked last (10th), has 8 wins, 1 draw, and 19 losses. 스포츠토토맨
