Doosan's tenacity wins again over KIA with a cannon show... Samsung is also one game behind first place
NC falls to 4th place after losing to LG... KT Moon Sang-cheol, goodbye home run, Hanwha, from lowest place to tied for 8th place.
Professional baseball's Doosan Bears reached the 30th win mark for the season with an unstoppable 5-game winning streak and chased down the leader KIA Tigers.
Doosan achieved a 7-5 comeback victory over KIA in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League visiting game held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th.
Doosan, in second place, with 30 wins, 2 draws, and 21 losses (0.588 win rate) this season, is ahead of first place KIA (29 wins, 1 draw, 20 losses, win rate 0.592) by 4 leagues without a win, and is on the verge of taking the lead. 온라인카지노사이트
KIA suffered 4 consecutive losses and fell behind not only Doosan but also 3rd place Samsung Lions by 1 game.
As expected from the battle for 1st and 2nd place, it was a spectacular match with repeated comebacks.
Doosan starting pitcher Kwak Bin pitched a fight with a heavy fastball exceeding 150 km/h and a curve with a large drop, allowing 3 hits and no runs while striking out 8 in 7 innings.
A twisted drama was born after Kwak Bin passed the baton to Kim Taek-yeon in the 8th inning, leading 3-0.
KIA, who had been blocked by Kwak Bin, made up for one point thanks to Choi Hyeong-woo's timely hit on first and second base with two outs and runners on.
Soon after, Lee Woo-seong pulled Kim Taek-yeon's high fastball of 149 km/h and drew a reverse stone dot arch that went over the left-center fence.
Even Socrates Brito, who had recently been embroiled in speculation of expulsion due to poor batting, scooped up a low fastball from Doosan's third pitcher Choi Ji-kang and hit a superior solo shot, bringing KIA closer to victory with a score of 5-3.
However, the tenacious Doosan turned the tide again by knocking out KIA closer Jeong Hae-young in the top of the 9th inning.
With one out and one on first base, Yang Eui-ji easily lifted Jeong Hae-young's slider and fired a two-run shot to left-center to tie the score at 5-5.
Yang Seok-hwan's single led to a single with 1 out and runners on first base, and Kim Jae-hwan pushed KIA Jang Hyun-sik's ball to the outside for a two-run arc to left-center that decided the game.
Kim Jae-hwan became the number one contributor to the victory by hitting two cannon shots on this day alone, following a superior solo shot in the third inning.
Samsung defeated the Lotte Giants 11-5 at Sajik Stadium in Busan.
With the bases loaded and one out in the first inning, Samsung scored five runs first with Ryu Ji-hyuk's ground ball, Lee Jae-hyun's hit to right, and consecutive doubles by Kim Heon-gon and Kang Min-ho.
Lotte made up for one run in the second inning and trailed 4-5 with Hwang Seong-bin's superior two-run shot in the third and Na Seung-yeop's sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Samsung scored 2 runs in the top of the 6th inning with bases loaded and 2 outs on Ryu Ji-hyuk's right-handed hit, and then in the 8th inning, in a chance created by Lotte's error, Lee Jae-hyun and Lee Byung-hun's 2 RBI doubles added 4 runs to separate the game.
Lotte Mound destroyed itself by giving up 10 walks and 12 hits, giving the team an excuse to fall to the bottom in one day.
KT Wiz defeated Kiwoom Heroes 5-4 in a home game in Suwon with Moon Sang-cheol's walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th overtime.
In the 4th inning, when KT was down 1-2, Ronnie Dawson hit a timely hit to left field and gave up a run on Lee Joo-hyung's infield ground ball, falling to 1-4.
What saved KT was a home run.
In the bottom of the 5th inning, with 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd base, Mel Rojas Jr. drew a three-run arch in right-center to bring the game back to square one.
As soon as it entered overtime due to a tense bullpen fight, KT sealed the victory with another home run.
Leading hitter Moon Sang-cheol targeted Kiwoom Kim Seon-gi's fast ball on the first pitch and sent the ball far out of the left wall.
Kang Baek-ho of KT, who hit his 15th home run of the season in the first inning, took the sole lead in this category, beating Yonatan Peraza (Hanwha Eagles).
At Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, the LG Twins hit 14 hits and defeated the NC Dinos 11-4.
NC, conscious of the absence of starting pitcher Lee Jae-hak, who was canceled due to finger inflammation, and center hitter Park Geon-woo, who was absent due to poor condition, sank to 4th place.
LG gave up 1 point first and then easily turned the tables with Austin Dean's 2 RBI and timely hit with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the first inning.
With the bases loaded and two outs, Koo Bon-hyuk hit a two-run hit to make it 4-1.
LG led 5-2 in the 3rd inning with Koo Bon-hyuk's sacrifice fly, NC shortstop Kim Joo-won's throwing error, and Hong Chang-ki and Moon Seong-joo's two hits to add 3 points, and then went up 10-2 in the 4th inning thanks to Park Dong-won's two-run home run to the left. He widened the gap and booked a big win.
Park Dong-won scored a solo arc in the 7th inning as well.
LG starter Choi Won-tae earned his 6th win (2 losses) of the season thanks to support from the batting line despite an average pitching of 3 runs in 6 innings, taking the lead in most wins.
Hanwha defeated SSG Landers 7-5 in the Incheon expedition and escaped from last place in one day, tying for 8th place with Kiwoom.
Hanwha scored two runs in the second inning, 0-0, on hits by No. 7 Choi In-ho and No. 9 Choi Jae-hoon, and then ran away with a 5-0 lead thanks to Kim Tae-yeon's three-run home run to the left.
SSG scored 3 points in the bottom of the second inning with Go Myung-jun's 2 RBI double and Ha Jae-hoon's sacrifice fly.
Hanwha ran away with a 6-3 lead with Noh Si-hwan's solo home run in the 3rd inning, and then trailed by 6-5 in the 7th inning with Chae Eun-seong's 1-run home run to left, maintaining a 2-point gap and entering the winning range.
SSG's foreign pitcher Drew Anderson struck out 9 in his third appearance in the KBO League, but suffered his first loss by allowing 6 runs and 8 hits, including 2 home runs, in 4 innings.
