LG, Running Away Solidifies its Lead 5.5 Games Ahead of 2nd Place Kt
NC smashes Samsung with 16 hits... KIA starting pitcher Yang Hyun-jong's 164 wins 'a new record'
8 consecutive losses' Hanwha falls to lowest place in 72 days... Doosan-Lotte match canceled due to rain
The LG Twins pushed the Hanwha Eagles into an 8-game losing streak and began to solidify their lead. 카지노사이트
LG won 10-0 in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home game against Hanwha at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 1st.
LG widened its lead over 2nd place KT Wiz, who lost that day, to 5.5 games, remaining 3 wins away from being the first to reach 70 wins for the season.
The probability of a 70-win team going directly to the Korean Series is 75.8%, and the probability of winning the Korean Series is 60.6%.
In the bottom of the 5th inning, with a 1-0 lead, LG ran away with a 4-0 lead thanks to Kim Hyun-soo's 2-RBI triple to left-center and Austin Dean's sacrifice fly.
Then, in the bottom of the 6th inning, he broke the eagle's wings by hitting 6 runs with 2 walks and 5 hits.
The three main hitters combined for 8 RBIs, including Kim Hyun-soo with 4 RBIs and Austin and Moon Bo-kyung with 2 RBIs each.
Hanwha, who suffered an eight-game losing streak with only five sporadic hits, fell to the bottom again for the first time in 72 days since June 21.
KT, who was on a 4-game winning streak, was defeated 2-6 by Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.
Go Young-pyo, a 'quality start' master (pitching no more than 3 earned runs over 6 innings as a starter), was criticized by Kiwoom's bat and allowed 6 runs and 9 hits, including 1 home run, in 5 innings.
Go Young-pyo's streak of quality starts in consecutive games ended at '12'.
Kiwoom took the lead in the first inning with two runners on base thanks to singles by Kim Tae-jin and Song Seong-moon, and Lee Joo-hyung hit Go Young-pyo's changeup and hit a two-run triple.
In the third inning, with one out, Song Seong-moon opened the game with a single in front of left field, and Lee Joo-hyung again hit Go Young-pyo's changeup with a double to right field to open the scoring for second and third base.
Kiwoom, who scored their third run on Kim Hwi-jip's sacrifice fly, continued the opportunity with Lee Hyeong-jong's walk, and Lim Byeong-wook hit his sixth three-run home run of the season, putting an end to Ko Young-pyo's streak of quality starts.
KT only scored 1 point for a timely hit in the 4th inning and 1 point for a wild pitch in the 7th inning.
In Daegu, the 4th place NC Dinos defeated the Samsung Lions 10-0.
The NC batting line, led by three home runs, pounded the Samsung Mound, which was pitched by six players in succession, with 16 hits and snatched an easy victory.
NC, who scored three runs in the first inning with three singles and a hit to the body, predicted a big win with Kim Hyeong-jun's solo shot from left and middle in the second inning.
Kim Hyeong-jun had a dominant solo arc in the 8th inning with a 5-0 lead, and only decorated his 3 hits on the day with long hits, including 2 home runs and a double.
NC scored two more runs on Kim Hyeong-jun's home run in the top of the 8th inning to take Samsung's white flag, and also celebrated a complete victory with Kim Joo-won's two-run shot to left-center in the 9th inning.
NC starter Tanner Turley allowed only one hit and held on through the sixth inning to earn his second win.
Samsung's batting lineup struggled with only two hits.
The 5th place KIA Tigers defeated SSG Landers 10-2 in the Incheon expedition and continued their 6-game winning streak without hesitation.
KIA maintained the gap with NC to 1 game and widened the gap with 6th place Doosan to 2 games.
KIA's mainstay pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong earned the victory with a brilliant scoreless pitch that allowed only two hits in seven innings, setting a new record for the most wins (164 wins) as a starter in KBO League history.
Song Jin-woo (210 wins), who ranks first in career wins, has 163 wins as a starter and 47 wins in relief.
Of the 166 wins that Yang Hyun-jong has achieved up to this day, 164 of them, excluding 2 wins in relief, were all as starters.
KIA's batting lineup, which is booming these days, helped Yang Hyun-jong set a new record by hitting 14 hits, including three home runs.
KIA took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning with Kim Do-young's RBI double to left-center and Na Seong-beom's hit to left.
In the 4th inning, Socrates Brito's solo arch to the right-center field and Chan-ho Park's two-run shot to the left field occurred one after another.
KIA main pitcher Na Seong-beom hit a timely hit to right field in the 7th inning, and then hit a three-run home run to right-center field in the 9th inning, en route to a 6-2 victory, and swept up 5 RBIs.
Table setters Park Chan-ho and Kim Do-young both gave perfect scores with 3 hits and 3 runs.
The game between Doosan Bears and Lotte Giants, scheduled to be held at Sajik Stadium in Busan, was canceled due to rain.