토스카지노Leaders LG Twins swept the bottom-placed Kiwoom Heroes to extend their winning streak to five games.
The LG Twins cruised to a 17-8 victory over Kiwoom in the 2023 Shinhan Bank Solar KBO League at Jamsil Stadium on 13 March.
LG, which won all three games against Kiwoom to extend its winning streak to five games, continued its dominance with 61 wins, two draws and 35 losses. The gap to second-placed SSG Landers is still six games.
Kiwoom, who lost their fourth straight game, remained at the bottom of the table with 42 wins, three draws and 62 points.
In the game, which saw both teams exchange 33 hits, LG pounded the Kiwoom mound with 18 hits in the first inning to take the lead.
No. 2 hitter Shin Min-jae paced the way with a 3-for-6 performance, including two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored. Foreign batsman Austin Dean blasted three hits, including a home run, to sweep four RBIs, while Lee Jae-won chipped in with four hits, three RBIs and two runs scored.
LG starter Lim Chan-kyu was shaky, giving up five runs on 11 hits with four walks and one strikeout in five innings, but got plenty of support from his bats to pick up his ninth win of the season (2-2).
Rookie pitcher Kim Dong-kyu, who was traded to Kiwoom from LG on the 29th of last month, struggled in his start against his hometown team, giving up five runs on four hits (one home run) and three walks in two innings. Kim suffered his first professional loss.
LG scored two runs in the top of the first inning. Hong Chang-ki singled, Shin Min-jae walked and stole second, and Kim Hyun-soo singled to load the bases before a wild pitch allowed Hong to score from third. With runners on second and third, Austin hit a sacrifice fly.
Kiwoom gave chase. In the top of the second, Kim Hwijip and Lim Byung-wook singled to put runners on first and third, and when Jeon Byung-woo grounded out to the third baseman, Kim Hwijip scored. Two batters later, Kim Dong-heon singled up the middle.
However, LG scored three runs in the second inning to take the lead again.
In the bottom of the inning, leadoff hitter Park Dong-won hit a solo home run to left field (his 17th of the season). Lee Jae-won’s single, a stolen base, a throwing error by the opposing pitcher and a walk by Hong Chang-ki put runners on first and third with two outs. Shin Min-jae followed with a single up the middle.
LG scored seven runs in the third inning to create the ‘big inning’.
In the bottom of the inning, leadoff hitter Austin hit a solo arch (his 15th of the season) over the left field fence. Jung Ju-hyun followed with a single and Moon Bo-kyung followed with a double to right-centre.
Park Dong-won singled to left to put runners on first and third with no outs, and Shin Min-jae’s infield single and Kim Hyun-soo’s sacrifice fly followed with one out.
[Suwon=News] Kim Jin-ah reporter = KT’s Yoo Byung-seong reacts during the ninth inning of the game between the KT Wiz and Kiwoom Heroes during the semi-final round of the 2022 KBO postseason at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on 19 October. 19 October 2022. bluesoda@newsis.com
With two outs and runners on second and third, Austin hit a two-run double to left field to extend the LG lead to 12-2.
After scoring one run in the fourth and two in the fifth, Kiwoom added a run in the top of the seventh to cut the deficit to 6-13, but LG answered with three runs in the bottom of the seventh.
In the bottom of the seventh, back-to-back singles by Kim Hyun-soo and Austin and a single to right by Jung Ju-hyun loaded the bases, and infield singles by Kim Min-sung and Heo Do-hwan brought in two more runs. Lee Jae-won followed with an RBI single to left.
Kiwoom scored two more runs in the top of the eighth, but LG answered in the bottom of the inning when Hong Chang-ki hit a solo shot over the left field fence.
KT Wiz won 4-0 against the NC Dinos at KT Wiz Park in Suwon.
With the win, KT completed a sweeping series against NC in what has been dubbed the ‘War for Third Place’. With 53 wins, two draws, and 45 losses, they retained their third place.
NC, with 50 wins, one draw and 46 losses, moved to fourth place, two games behind third-place KT.
KT starter Lee Byeol-seong pitched six innings of no-hit ball, striking out seven and allowing just one hit.
Riding a personal three-game winning streak, Lee picked up his sixth win of the season.
KT’s foreign designated hitter Anthony Alford led the offence with a 2-for-3 performance, including a solo home run in the fourth inning.
NC foreign ace Eric Peddie, who leads the league in wins and ERA, took the loss after allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits (one home run) with six strikeouts and one walk in five innings. Peddy, who has 15 wins, suffered his fourth loss of the season 바카라사이트 (15 wins).
However, three of her runs were earned, keeping her ERA under the one-run mark. Pedi’s season ERA is 1.96.
KT took the lead in the second inning. Anthony Alford led off the inning with a single and advanced to second on a throwing error by the right fielder, and Oh Yoon-seok followed with a double up the middle.
KT added another run in the bottom of the fourth. Leadoff hitter Alford smashed a solo home run (his 10th of the season) over the right field fence.
[SEOUL, South Korea] Kwon Chang-ho reacts as SSG starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun pitches during the sixth inning of the 2023 KBO League baseball game between the SSG Landers and the LG Twins at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea, on 21 July. 21 July 2023. kch0523@newsis.com
In the bottom of the fifth inning, back-to-back singles by Lee Ho-yeon and Hwang Jae-gyun and a throwing error by the right fielder put runners on first and third, and KT’s Jang Sung-woo hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, after Choi Jeong-seong pitched a scoreless inning, Kim Min-hyuk singled and Park Byung-ho walked to load the bases, Hwang Jae-gyun singled to score Choi Jeong-dae from third base to make it 4-0.
KT brought in closer Kim Jae-yoon with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth. After getting Do Tae-hoon to fly out to right field to end the eighth, Kim Jae-yoon ended the top of the ninth with a triple play.
SSG won 4-0 against the Samsung Lions at SSG Landers Field in Incheon behind a no-hitter from homegrown left-handed ace Kim Kwang-hyun.
SSG, which won 3-2 the previous day thanks to Han Yoo-seom’s walk-off hit, ended the three-game series against Samsung with a sweep. With 55 wins, one draw and 41 losses, SSG remains in second place.
Samsung, which lost for the second straight time, dropped to 41 wins, one draw and 58 losses and remained in ninth place.
Kim Kwang-hyun was the star of the show. Kim shut down the Samsung bats for seven innings, allowing just three hits and two walks. He struck out three.
Kwang-hyun, who pitched well against the KT Wiz on the 2nd of this month (1 run in 7 innings) and the NC Dinos on the 8th (1 run in 6 innings) but was unable to get any offensive support, recorded his first win in 23 days since July 21 against the LG Twins. It was his seventh win of the season.
SSG’s bats were led by leadoff man Choo Shin-soo, who went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, and Oh Tae-gon, who went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.
Foreign pitcher Taylor Widener, who moved to Samsung after being claimed off waivers from NC, was somewhat disappointing in his first start with his new team, giving up four runs on 10 hits in 6⅔ innings.
Widener, who had started 11 games in an NC uniform this year, going 4-2 with a 4.52 ERA, suffered his third loss of the season.
SSG took the lead in the first inning.
In the bottom of the first, Choi Ji-hoon was thrown out at third base after hitting a line drive down the right field line, but the next batter, Kim Kang-min, put the tying run back in scoring position with a double down the right field line. Choi Jeong-jeong followed with a single to right.
SSG added a run in the bottom of the inning when Kim Sung-hyun and Han Yoo-seom singled to put runners on first and third with nobody out and Oh Tae-gon’s single to center scored the third baseman.
[SEOUL, South Korea] Kwon Chang-ho reacts during the first inning of the 2023 KBO Baseball Game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on June 1. 2023.06.01. kch0523@newsis.com
SSG, which held a two-run lead thanks to Kim Kwang-hyun, added another run in the fifth inning. In the bottom of the fifth, Oh Tae-gon singled to right and stole second, Kim Min-sik sacrificed him to third, and Choo Shin-soo hit a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the seventh, Oh Tae-gon singled to left and stole second base. Kim Min-sik hit an infield single to third, but Choo Shin-soo followed with a single to right to give SSG a 4-0 lead.
SSG held on for the win as the bullpen pitched a string of scoreless innings. Noh Kyung-eun, who came on in the top of the eighth inning, ended the inning with a triple play, and Choi Min-joon, who took over the mound in the top of the ninth, retired all three batters on infield grounders to end the game cleanly.
At Sajik Stadium, the Lotte Giants defeated the KIA Tigers 6-1.
Seventh-ranked Lotte picked up its 47th win of the season (51) to close the gap to 1.5 games on sixth-ranked KIA, which fell to 45-2 with the loss.
Lotte’s foreign pitcher, Charlie Barnes, pitched a complete game to secure the win.
Barnes pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, striking out five, walking two and giving up one run (unearned), notably not allowing a hit until the fifth inning.
Barnes, who has been more consistent in the second half of the season, picked up his ninth win of the season (6-0).
In the Lotte batting order, Noh Jin-hyuk went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, including a two-run double in the third inning.
Lotte scored five runs in the third inning alone.
In the bottom of the inning, Ahn Kwon-soo singled and Ahn Chi-hong walked to put runners on second and third with no outs. The next batter, Lee Jung-hoon, hit an infield single, but KIA second baseman Kim Kyu-sung failed to catch the ball properly, allowing Ahn Kwon-soo to round third and come home.
Jeon Jun-woo singled to load the bases, and Park Seung-wook followed with an infield single to give Lotte another run.
After Kim Min-seok struck out, Noh Jin-hyuk hit a two-run double directly to the left field fence to give LOTTE a 5-0 lead.
KIA got one run back in the sixth inning. Choi Jung-yong, who singled up the middle with one out in the top of the sixth, moved to third on a fastball and a wild pitch by the pitcher, and came home on a sacrifice fly by Kim Do-young.
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However, Lotte added a run in the bottom of the eighth on a double by Noh Jin-hyuk and a triple to right by Lee Jung-geun to make it 6-1.
Despite the five-run deficit, Lotte closer Kim Won-joong, who took the mound in the top of the ninth, finished the inning with a triple play.
The Hanwha Eagles won 8-3 against the Doosan Bears at the Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon.