SSG’s 4-game winning streak. Doosan escapes 4-game losing streak, 3rd place Samsung narrows gap with 2nd place LG by 2G
The professional baseball team SSG Landers has taken sole 4th place by defeating Lotte Giants with a hot home run.
SSG won 11-5 against Lotte in the game held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th.
SSG (50 wins, 1 draw, 48 losses), which extended its winning streak to ‘4 games’, has removed the joint tag and taken sole 4th place.
Lotte (41 wins, 3 draws, 53 losses), whose three-game winning streak failed, fell to 9th place.
SSG starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun failed to do his part with 5 innings, 8 hits, and 5 runs (4 earned runs), but with the help of the hot batting lineup, he won his 7th win (7 losses) of the season.
SSG’s Park Seong-han, Lee Ji-young, and Han Yu-seom led the offense by hitting home runs.
Lotte starting pitcher Yoon Seong-bin (1 loss) was on the mound for the first team for the first time in 3 years and 2 months since the game against Doosan Bears on May 21, 2021, but showed a poor performance by allowing 4 hits (1 home run) and 5 runs in 1 inning. Both teams’ firepower was hot in the beginning of the game. In the top of the first inning, Lotte scored 2 runs first thanks to Jeon Jun-woo’s 1 RBI double and Rayes’ 1 RBI single.
SSG, which went on the counterattack, immediately brought the game back to square one. In the bottom of the first, with two outs and a runner on first base, Guillermo Heredia hit a 1 RBI double, and Park Sung-han hit a 1 RBI single that landed next to right field. SSG gave up two runs in the defense of the second inning, but turned the game around on offense.
In the bottom of the second, with no outs and a runner on first base, Lee Ji-young hit a two-run home run to left field to tie the score. Then, with one out and runners on first and second base, Choi Jeong hit a 1 RBI single to left field, and with two outs and runners on first and second base, Park Sung-han hit a 1 RBI single to right field. Leading 7-5, SSG ran even further.
In the bottom of the fifth, with one out and runners on first and second base, Park Ji-hwan hit a 2 RBI double, and in the bottom of the sixth, leadoff hitter Park Sung-han hit a solo home run. SSG, which made it 10-5, completely destroyed Lotte’s will to catch up in the bottom of the eighth. Leadoff hitter Han Yu-seom hit a solo home run to left field that effectively sealed the game. Doosan won 12-7 in a fierce battle against the KIA Tigers at the Gwangju Kia Champions Field. Doosan (52 wins, 2 draws, 50 losses), which escaped a four-game losing streak, rose to fifth place.
First-place KIA (60 wins, 2 draws, 39 losses) had its two-game winning streak snapped. Doosan bombed the KIA mound with a whopping 18 hits. Yang Seok-hwan swung a hot bat with 4 hits in 6 at-bats, 1 home run, and 3 RBIs, and Kim Ki-yeon supported with 3 hits in 5 at-bats and 4 RBIs. Doosan’s new foreign hitter Jared Young, who made his debut that day, came in as a substitute and recorded 1 hit in 3 at-bats. Doosan starting pitcher Kwak Bin pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 hits (1 home run), striking out 6, and allowing 2 runs to record his 10th win (7 losses) of the season, recording double-digit wins for the second consecutive year. At the same time, he rose to the joint lead for most wins, tying with Emmanuel de Geisus (Kiwoom Heroes).
KIA starting pitcher Cam Aldred (4⅓ innings, 7 runs), who was unable to control the Doosan batting line, recorded his second loss (3 wins) of the season. Doosan pounded Aldred from the beginning of the game. Doosan scored first with Yang Seok-hwan’s two-run home run in the top of the first inning, and went on to score 4-0 in the top of the second inning with Kim Ki-yeon’s two-RBI double. Doosan, which added another run in the third inning, did not let up on its offense. In the top of the fifth inning, with one out and runners on first and third, Heo Kyung-min hit a 1 RBI single, followed by Kim Ki-yeon’s 2 RBI double and Jo Su-haeng’s 1 RBI single. In the top of the sixth inning, Yang Seok-hwan and Kim Jae-hwan each had 1 RBI singles.
KIA seemed to be building a foundation for a comeback by scoring 4 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning when they were down 2-11, but they eventually hung their heads after allowing another run in the eighth inning. The Samsung Lions won 7-1 against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium. With this win, third-place Samsung (52 wins, 2 draws, 47 losses) narrowed the gap with second-place LG (53 wins, 2 draws, 44 losses) to 2 games. LG, which suffered a crushing defeat, fell into a 2-game losing streak. Samsung starting pitcher Connor Siebold pitched 8 innings, allowing 6 hits, no walks, and 1 run, earning his 8th win (5 losses) of the season. In the batting lineup, Kang Min-ho, Kim Young-woong, and Lee Seong-gyu, who all hit home runs, stood out. LG starting pitcher Dietrick Enns recorded 6 innings, allowing 5 hits (2 home runs), 3 walks, and 4 runs, earning his 4th loss (9 wins) of the season.
Samsung, who was down 0-1, succeeded in a comeback in the top of the 4th. With 2 outs and a runner on 1st, Kang Min-ho hit a 2-run homer to left, and the following batter Kim Young-woong hit a solo arch over the right-field fence. In the top of the 5th, with 1 out and runners on 1st and 2nd, Kim Heon-gon hit a 1-RBI single. Samsung, who led 4-1, gradually accumulated points in the latter half of the game, getting closer to victory. In the top of the 7th inning, with 1 out and a runner on 2nd base, Kim Ji-chan added a run with a 1 RBI double to the team, and with 1 out and a runner on 3rd base, Lee Jae-hyun hit a 1 RBI center hit. Samsung solidified its victory with a solo home run by Lee Seong-gyu in the top of the 8th. The Hanwha Eagles won 6-4 against KT Wiz at Suwon KT Wiz Park. Hanwha (42 wins, 2 draws, 53 losses), which has won 4 games in a row, jumped to 8th place. On the other hand, KT (49 wins, 2 draws, 49 losses), which failed to win 2 games in a row, dropped to 6th place.
Hanwha’s Noh Si-hwan contributed to the team’s victory with 1 hit in 3 at-bats and 2 RBIs, and Ha Ju-seok contributed to the team’s victory with 2 hits in 4 at-bats and 1 RBI. Hanwha starting pitcher Jaime Barria recorded 5⅔ innings, 8 hits (1 home run), and 4 runs, earning his 4th win (3 losses) of the season. KT’s William Cuevas, who faced Barria as a starter, gave up 6 runs in 6 innings and suffered his 9th loss (5 wins) of the season. The two teams traded scores in the first inning. Hanwha scored first with Noh Si-hwan’s 1 RBI sacrifice fly, and KT responded with Oh Jae-il’s 2-run home run. 파워볼사이트