LG defeated KT in the ‘bloody battle in the rain‘ that resumed after a 104-minute hiatus… 1st place by 6.5 games
Hanyu Island, 4 hits, 4 RBIs, including a two-run gun… SSG defeats Hanwha and escapes 4th straight loss
Lotte, NC pitched 7 strong innings against Samsung Daepa Peddy in Ulsan with Yoo Kang-nam leading the way with three runs,
Park Geon-woo defeated Kiwoom with two runs and returned to 4th place
The LG Twins succeeded in taking the lead in the battle of power between the 1st and 2nd place teams.
LG Twins
LG snatched a thrilling 1-run victory at 5-4 thanks to Kim Hyun-soo’s winning hit in the top of the 6th inning against kt wiz in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 5th.
With the win on this day, LG continued to lead alone,
widening its lead over second-place KT by 6.5 games. 카지노사이트탑
The game was suspended for 1 hour and 44 minutes due to heavy rain during the game,
then resumed LG used the power of its bullpen to overcome KT’s pursuit.
In the top of the second inning, LG’s leadoff hitter Bo-kyung Moon hit a solo home run in the middle of the inning,
Oh Ji-hwan, who hit a hit to right, scored with a follow-up ground ball to take a 2-0 lead.
KT Wiz
For KT, Park Byeong-ho hit a solo home run after a change of offense and defense,
but LG took the opportunity to load the bases with no outs in the top of the third inning,
then scored two runs with Heo Do-hwan’s sacrifice fly and Moon Seong-joo’s infield grounder to take a 4-1 lead.
KT made up for one point in the bottom of the third inning
with a timely hit by Hwang Jae-gyun and trailed 2-4,
then the game was stopped due to heavy rain.
In the game that resumed after 1 hour and 44 minutes,
KT tied the score at 4-4 with Jae-gyun Hwang’s timely hit following Bae Jeong-dae’s solo home run in the bottom of the 4th inning.
Daejeon
However, LG took a 5-4 lead again in the top of the 6th inning
when leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki hit a double to left-center,
followed by a sacrifice bunt and Kim Hyun-soo hit a timely hit to right.
KT took the opportunity in the bottom of the 8th inning when Jang Seong-woo’s double
was followed by Kim Min-hyuk’s walk and runners on 1st and 2nd with one out,
but LG put in closer Go Woo-seok early and maintained the 1-run victory until the end.
KT, which suffered 4 consecutive losses, was chased by 3rd place SSG Landers by 1 game.
In Daejeon, SSG Landers, led by Hanyu Island,
defeated Hanwha Eagles 11-6 and broke their recent 4-game losing streak.
SSG Landers
SSG scored the first run in the top of the first inning when Shin-Soo Choo took advantage of Guillermo Heredia’s infield hit followed by a bad throw from the opponent.
Hanwha went back up to 3-1 in the bottom of the first inning
when Chae Eun-seong hit a three-run home run that went over the right-center fence.
In the third inning, with one out, Kim Tae-yeon and Choi In-ho added 2 runs with back-to-back doubles, and with two outs,
Park Sang-eon also hit a double to right-center to make it 6-1.
Hanyu Island
SSG trailed 3-6 in the top of the 4th inning when Hanyu Island hit a two-run home run.
In the 6th inning, after making up for 1 point with a wild pitch with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd base, Choo Shin-soo hit a hit to left to make it 5-6.
In the 7th inning, the tide turned.
With one out and runners on second and third base, SSG,
who went back to 7-6 thanks to Han Yu-seom’s hit to right and Kim Min-sik’s bunt,
took an 8-6 lead when Choo Shin-soo’s infield grounder was ruled a fielder’s choice.
In the 8th inning, SSG added 3 more runs thanks to consecutive timely hits
by Oh Tae-gon and Han Yu-seom and a catcher’s error, and ran away with the game to 11-6.
Hanyu Island hit hard with 4 hits and 4 RBIs, including a two-run home run.
Lotte Giants
In Ulsan, the Lotte Giants, with Yoo Kang-nam hitting a three-run home run to take the lead,
defeated the Samsung Lions 10-3.
Lotte scored first with Nico Goodrum’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning with bases loaded and one out,
then Yoo Kang-nam hit a three-run home run that went over the left-center fence to immediately take a 4-0 lead.
Samsung made up for one run in the top of the second inning with Ryu Ji-hyuk’s double and Lee Jae-hyun’s timely hit,
but Lotte took a 5-1 lead again in the bottom of the fourth
when Jeon Jun-woo brought in Yoon Dong-hee, who had hit a double, with a left-field hit.
In the top of the 5th inning, with 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd base,
Kim Seong-yoon hit a 2-RBI triple to right-center to trail 3-5.
However, in the bottom of the 5th inning, Lotte added 2 runs with consecutive timely hits
by Dong-hee Yoon and Hoon Jeong to take a 7-3 lead, and in the bottom of the 7th,
Hoon Jeong hit a 2-RBI double and Chi-hong Ahn hit a timely hit to left-center to take the lead to 10-3.
Lotte starter Aaron Wilkerson became the winning pitcher after allowing 6 hits and 3 runs in 6 innings.
NC Dinos
In Changwon, NC Dinos defeated Kiwoom Heroes 2-1
thanks to the two-hit performance of Eric Peddy and Park Geon-woo.
As a result, NC returned to 4th place, beating the KIA Tigers,
whose game was canceled due to rain that day, by half a game.
In a tight pitching battle between Peddie and Ian McKinney,
Park Geon-woo’s home run decided the game.
NC was unable to target Kiwoom starter McKinney, so they only chose two walks until the 5th inning and were held to no hits.
However, after Son A-seop walked in the bottom of the sixth inning,
Park Geon-woo, who came to the plate with one out and one on first base,
kicked McKinney’s low changeup and hit a two-run home run to take the lead to 2-0.
With one out in the top of the 9th inning, Kiwoom Song Seong-moon hit a triple and Lim Byeong-wook hit a timely hit to left-center to make up 1 point, but failed to turn the game around.
Erik Peddie
NC Peddy recorded 11 strikeouts through the 7th inning and allowed 2 hits and no runs,
earning his 17th win (6 losses) of the season.
Peddie, who lowered his ERA to 2.28, took first place in both categories.
Meanwhile, the KIA Tigers-Doosan Bears game scheduled to be held at Jamsil Stadium was canceled due to rain.