Doosan, Winning Series Against LG for the First Time in the Season... SSG Wins the ‘War for Fifth Place’ with KIA
‘Kang Min-ho is tied for second place in KBO history’ with 2,223 appearances… Samsung defeats NC
Professional baseball's Doosan Bears are solidifying their fall baseball season by winning a winning series (at least two wins in three games) against their 'Jamsil rival' LG Twins for the first time this season.
Doosan came from behind to win 3-1 in the home game against LG in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 30th.
In this game held with a full 23,750 seats, Doosan defeated LG for the second day in a row thanks to starter Choi Won-tae's good pitching and concentration at the batting line. 온라인카지노사이트
4th place Doosan widened the gap with 5th place SSG Landers to 3 games and 6th place KIA Tigers to 4.5 games.
With a 1.5 game gap over the 3rd place NC Dinos, Doosan gained momentum to aim for a direct ticket to the playoffs.
LG, which dominates first place in the regular league, suffered three consecutive losses, but NC lost, reducing the 'magic number' for a direct ticket to the Korean Series by one from 6 to 5.
At the beginning of the game, it was a tight battle, with home runs being exchanged one by one.
In the 3rd inning, LG Park Hae-min hit his 5th 1-run home run of the season against Doosan starter Kim Dong-ju, and in the 4th inning, Doosan Yang Seok-hwan hit his 21st tying 1-run home run of the season against LG Choi Won-tae.
The finish came out a bit bland.
In the 5th inning, Doosan succeeded in stealing second base after leadoff hitter Cho Soo-haeng walked, and Kim In-tae's advanced hit gave them a chance to advance to third base with one out.
Afterwards, when Jose Rojas' intentional walk and Jang Seung-hyun's fly ball left the team on first and third base with two outs, the LG bench removed starter Choi Won-tae and brought in rookie Park Myung-geun.
However, Park Myung-geun committed a wild pitch that went far beyond the catcher's mitt, and third base runner Cho Soo-haeng leisurely hit home.
Doosan gained 1 point in the 8th inning with Kim Jae-ho's 1-RBI double.
Doosan starter Kim Dong-ju earned his 3rd win (5 losses) of the season with a pitching pitch in 6 innings, 2 hits (1 home run), 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 1 run allowed.
In Incheon, SSG Landers defeated KIA Tigers 4-3, led by Kim Seong-hyun's walk-off hit in the 10th inning of extra innings.
SSG, ranked 5th, widened the gap with KIA, ranked 6th, to 1.5 games.
SSG took the opportunity to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning thanks to a double by leadoff hitter Oh Tae-gon, an opponent's error, and an intentional walk.
Ha Jae-hoon struck out and the opportunity seemed to be wasted, but Kim Seong-hyun attacked KIA closer Jeong Hae-young's ball on the first pitch and hit a hit that was just over the shortstop's height, putting an end to the game.
This is the 6th walk-off hit in Kim Seong-hyun’s career.
SSG starter Seung-won Moon hit three home runs, including one-run home runs to Socrates Brito and Woo-sung Lee in the second inning, and another one-run home run to Chang-jin Lee in the fourth.
However, he lasted 7 innings and pitched 91 pitches, allowing 5 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 3 runs, completing his duties as a starting pitcher.
SSG infielder Kim Chan-hyung hit a 1-run home run to start the chase in the 6th inning when the team was trailing 0-1.
Then, in the 7th inning, with one out and runners on third base, a timely hit to right field tied the score at 3-3.
KIA starter Yang Hyun-jong lasted 6⅓ innings with 8 hits (1 home run), 2 strikeouts, and 3 runs, completing exactly 150 innings of the season.
Yang Hyeon-jong, who pitched 150 innings for 9 consecutive seasons, became the second player in KBO League history to achieve that record after Lee Kang-cheol (10 seasons from 1989 to 1998).
In Daegu, the Samsung Lions, led by the performance of Kang Min-ho, who rose to tied for second place in the KBO League's total number of appearances, won 3-1 over NC.
Kang Min-ho, who hit a hit in his first at-bat in the second inning, brought home a runner on third base with a hit to right with two outs and first and third bases in the third inning when the game was tied 0-0.
Kang Min-ho, who added a hit in the 5th inning, celebrated his 2,223th career game appearance with 3 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats.
Kang Min-ho tied the record for the most appearances with Jeong Sung-hoon, and came close to Park Yong-taek's 2,237 games, the sole leader in this category, by 14 games.
Even though Kang Min-ho is a catcher who consumes a lot of stamina and is frequently injured, he is likely to achieve a new record early next season by consistently staying on the pitch.
In the 4th inning, with 1 out and runners on 1st and 3rd base, Samsung added 2 runs with Ryu Ji-hyuk's timely hit and Kim Hyun-jun's sacrifice fly to seal the victory.
3rd place NC, which is in the midst of a battle with KT for 2nd place, was only able to make up for 1 point due to Park Geon-woo's double play in the 6th inning with no outs on 1st and 3rd base.
Samsung starting pitcher David Buchanan earned his 11th win (8 losses) of the season with 6 hits, 2 strikeouts, and 1 run in 6 innings.
Samsung closer Oh Seung-hwan made 26 saves this season, coming within four inches of reaching 400 saves in the KBO League.