Samsung, LG Hold on to ‘Magic Number’

Samsung, LG Hold on to ‘Magic Number’… NC Scored the Most Points in the Season Against KIA, 18

Barnes' 10th win' Lotte continues the glimmer of hope for fall baseball.

Kiwoom beat SSG, who has a long way to go, and won 4 games in a row at the end of the season.

The professional baseball Samsung Lions defeated the LG Twins thanks to left-handed pitcher Choi Chae-heung's good pitching and the batting line's concentration. 먹튀검증

Samsung won 11-1 in the visiting game against LG in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 28th.

Choi Chae-heung, who had suffered 7 consecutive losses since returning to the team last June after completing his military service in the Armed Forces Athletic Corps (Sangmu), won his first thrilling victory of the season in 15 games.

Choi Chae-heung, who blocked LG's batting lineup with 94 pitches, 6 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, and 1 run in 6 innings, achieved victory in the first team 737 days after the Busan Lotte Giants match on September 21, 2021.

LG, which was about to advance directly to the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years with the 'magic number' of 6 for first place in the regular league until the previous day, recently ended its four-game winning streak.

Samsung's batting line destroyed LG's mound from the first inning.

Samsung easily took the lead with a single by leadoff hitter Ryu Ji-hyuk and a triple by second hitter Kim Hyeon-jun, and Koo Ja-wook also had a hit, scoring two runs in the first inning.

In the 4th inning, 7 out of 9 batters, starting with 5th batter Oh Jae-il and 4th batter Jose Pirella, scored hits, scoring 5 runs in one hit and forcing LG starter Lee Jeong-yong off the mound.

Even after the batting order had rotated once, Samsung increased the score to 9-0 thanks to Lee Jae-hyun's two RBI and timely hits.

In the 6th inning, Lee Seong-gyu's timely hit and Lee Byung-hun's sacrifice fly added 2 runs.

Samsung focused on 15 hits, both long and short, and succeeded in hitting all of its starters for the first time this season.

Pirella led the attack with 3 hits in 5 at bats, while Ryu Ji-hyuk, Koo Ja-wook, and Lee Seong-gyu each had 2 hits.

As momentum waned in the middle of the game, the LG bench replaced all of the starting fielders except infielder Kim Min-seong and outfielder Lee Jae-won to allocate stamina.

In Busan, the Lotte Giants won the home game against the Hanwha Eagles 3-0.

Lotte (61 wins, 67 losses), ranked 7th in the league with two consecutive wins, maintained a glimmer of hope of continuing the postseason competition until the end of the season.

On this day, the 5th place SSG Landers and the 6th place KIA Tigers both lost, narrowing the gap between Lotte and the two teams to 4 and 3 games, respectively.

Lotte starting pitcher Barnes pitched well in 6 innings with 100 pitches, 4 hits, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts, and no runs, reaching his 10th win (9 losses) of the season.

At bat, two home runs led Lotte to victory.

Jeon Jun-woo, Lotte's most senior player, hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning against Hanwha starter Ricardo Sanchez.

It is the 15th home run of the season and the 5th home run against all clubs in the league this season.

In the 7th inning, Son Seong-bin hit his first home run since his debut.

Son Seong-bin, a promising catcher who was selected as Lotte's first round pick in 2021, hit his first home run in his third season of debut and 55 first-team appearances.

In Changwon, NC Dinos won 18-3 against KIA and set the record for the most points in the KBO league this season.

NC, ranked 3rd in the league, became the third team in the league to reach 70 wins (57 losses, 2 draws) and widened the gap with 4th place Doosan Bears, which did not have a game that day, to 3 games.

NC, which was trailing 0-1, easily tied the game in the bottom of the first inning with leadoff hitter Son Ah-seop's double and Park Min-woo's timely hit.

With this hit, Son Ah-seop became the second player in KBO League history to reach 2,400 career hits.

In the second inning, he scored 5 runs with 6 hits and 1 walk, forcing KIA starter Thomas Panoni off the mound.

KIA trailed 3-6 with Socrates Brito's two-run home run in the top of the third inning, but NC scored six runs in the bottom of the third, including two two-run arches by Jason Martin and Oh Young-soo, to seal the victory.

Son A-seop, who ranked first in the league in batting average, had 4 hits in 4 at-bats and raised his season batting average to 0.347, widening the gap with Hong Chang-gi (LG, 0.340), who ranked second in the league in this category.

NC rookie Park Han-gyeol, who left a strong impression from his debut at-bat by hitting a 2-RBI double in the 11th inning of extra innings in the game against Doosan in Changwon on the 24th, hit his first home run since his debut in the 8th inning.

NC even scored all of its second starters in the league this season.

In Gocheok, Kiwoom Heroes, who are at the bottom of the league, won 4-2 over SSG, who are busy with a long way to go, and won for the fourth time in a row.

In the second inning, leadoff hitter Song Seong-moon reached base due to an error by the shortstop, then reached second base with Kim Hwi-jip's sacrifice bunt, and Kim Byeong-hwi scored the first run with a timely hit to right.

This is Kim Byung-hwi's first RBI in the first team since his debut in 2020.

SSG tied the score at 1-1 with Kim Seong-hyun's sacrifice fly in the top of the 5th inning, but Kiwoom took the lead right away in the bottom of the 5th inning with Lee Joo-hyung's final RBI single.

In the 7th inning, with bases loaded and one out, Song Seong-moon's walk and Kim Hwi-jip's sacrifice fly added 2 runs, bringing them one step closer to victory.

In the final attack of the 9th inning, SSG made up for 1 point with Ha Jae-hoon's timely hit, but with 2 outs and the bases loaded, pinch hitter Jeong-beom Lee retired with a fly ball.

Kiwoom starter Ariel Jurado achieved his 10th win (8 losses) of the season with a good pitching in 6 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts, and 1 run.