KIA The No. 1 Team, Takes Another Step Forward

KIA The No. 1 Team, Takes Another Step Forward… Catches Samsung and Wins 3 Games in a Row

KT, Kiwoom's great comeback... 9th inning, 2 outs, Bae Jeong-dae's grand slam - extra inning, Moon Sang-cheol's game-winning home run

NC defeats Hanwha with Ryu Hyun-jin, 4th straight win

The KIA Tigers, the leader in professional baseball, defeated the Samsung Lions and widened the gap with the second place team.

KIA won 10-4 in the home game against Samsung in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 18th.

KIA won three straight games, leaving the second-place LG Twins, who did not play today, six games behind.

Samsung, which was in second place before the game, slipped to third place.

Both teams effectively attacked the opposing team's foreign starting pitchers early in the game.

KIA scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning with a timely hit by Byun Woo-hyuk and a wild pitch by Samsung starting pitcher Connor Siebold.

Samsung hit a three-run home run by Lee Jae-hyun against KIA starting pitcher Cam Aldred in the third inning.

KIA tied the score in the bottom of the third inning when Choi Won-jun hit a solo home run, trailing 2-3.

At that time, heavy rain poured down and the game was suspended. 사설 토토사이트

The game was stopped for 1 hour and 5 minutes, and both teams replaced the two starting pitchers who had cold shoulders.

The team that was good at dealing with the new pitchers was KIA.

In the bottom of the 4th, Byun Woo-hyuk hit a double to the left fielder's left fielder against the new pitcher Lee Sang-min, creating a 1-out, 2-run opportunity, and then Park Chan-ho and Choi Won-jun exploded with timely hits to reverse the score to 5-3.

The momentum continued.

KIA scored two runs in the fifth inning with four consecutive hits by Socrates Brito, Kim Sun-bin, Byun Woo-hyuk, and pinch hitter Choi Hyeong-woo.

With one out and runners on second and third base, Seo Geon-chang hit a two-run RBI single to right field, increasing the score to 9-3 and seizing the victory.

Byun Woo-hyuk had three hits in five at-bats, one RBI, and three runs.

At Ulsan Munsu Stadium, the 4th place Doosan Bears broke their 3-game losing streak by defeating the 8th place Lotte Giants 3-2 with the excellent pitching of their homegrown ace Kwak Bin.

Doosan scored 3 runs in the top of the first against Lotte starting pitcher Park Se-woong, who was still not fully recovered.

Leadoff hitters Jung Soo-bin and Heo Kyung-min hit consecutive left-field hits, creating a 2-out, 1st and 2nd base opportunity, and Yang Seok-hwan hit a 3-run homer over left-field.

Doosan allowed a comeback in the bottom of the first.

Kwak Bin gave up a shortstop infield hit to Ko Seung-min and then a 2-run homer over left-field to Jeon Jun-woo.

The game, which seemed like it would be a slugfest, changed into a pitcher's duel from the second inning.

Kwak Bin and Park Se-woong controlled the zero point and then went on a scoreless streak.

Kwak Bin shut out Lotte's batting lineup with only one walk from the 2nd to the 7th inning.

Doosan's batting lineup also had only one hit until the 8th inning when Park Se-woong left.

The 3-2, one-point game continued until the end of the game.

Doosan ended the game in the 9th inning when Kim Taek-yeon, who came on the mound, got Na Seung-yeop out with a fly ball to left field with two outs and a runner on first base.

Kwak Bin, who threw 112 pitches in 7 innings, gave up 2 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts, and 2 runs, earning his 8th win (7 losses) of the season.

At Changwon NC Park, the NC Dinos defeated the Hanwha Eagles 4-3 and continued their four-game winning streak.

NC overtook the SSG Landers, who did not play today, and came in sole possession of fifth place.

The ninth-place Hanwha suffered a four-game losing streak.

NC hit Ryu Hyun-jin hard in the first inning.

Starting with leadoff hitter Park Min-woo, Park Si-won, Park Geon-woo, and Matt Davidson hit four consecutive hits to score two runs.

Then, after Kwon Hee-dong walked and had a bases-loaded opportunity, Park Geon-woo, who was on third base, scored on Kim Hwi-jip's double play.

The next batter, Seo Ho-cheol, hit a grounder to third base, but Hanwha third baseman Noh Si-hwan dropped the ball, allowing an additional run.

After that, NC was completely tied by Ryu Hyun-jin, and allowed one run each in the second, fourth, and seventh innings to close the gap to 4-3.

NC faced a crisis with one out and bases loaded in the 9th inning when closer Lee Yong-chan faltered, but ended the game by getting Ahn Chi-hong to hit into a double play.

At Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, KT Wiz defeated Kiwoom Heroes 12-8 with Bae Jeong-dae's game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the ninth and Moon Sang-chul's game-winning two-run homer in the extra inning.

7th place KT was one game behind 6th place SSG.

Kiwoom had lost five in a row.

It was an unscripted drama.

KT's comeback began in the 8th inning when they were down 0-8.

KT took advantage of the Kiwoom bullpen's poor control to score three runs with two hits and four walks.

In the 9th inning, Kang Hyun-woo got a pushout walk with two outs and bases loaded after Moon Sang-chul's walk and consecutive hits by Kang Baek-ho and Kwon Dong-jin, and Bae Jeong-dae hit a game-tying grand slam against Kim Sung-min.

KT, who brought the game back to square one, scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Leadoff hitter Shim Woo-jun hit a bunt hit to third base and advanced to second base on an opponent's throwing error. He

then had a chance to put a runner on third with one out on Kim Min-hyeok's base hit. Then, Moon Sang-cheol hit a two-run home run to left field that sank Kiwoom.

The SSG Landers-LG Twins game scheduled to be held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul was canceled due to rain.