Winning NC 4 straight wins, SSG 3 straight losses

KT’s Kang Baek-ho, Man Rupo pinch-hit in LG’s 12-2 win over KIA
Hanwha Williams hits solo home run in 12th inning of extra innings

The top-ranked LG Twins have a 75.8 percent chance of winning the regular season title.

LG cruised to a 12-2 victory over the KIA Tigers in the 2023 Shinhan Bank Solar KBO League at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on Aug. 8.

Leader LG, which is seeking its first title in 29 years since 1994, 섯다 improved to 70 wins (2 ties, 44 losses) for the season.

In KBO history

The first team to reach 70 wins in a season has a 75.8 percent chance of winning the regular season title (25 of 33 times – 1982-1988 postwar league, 1999-2000 doubleheader).

LG, which has crossed the 8th Division ridge to the championship, dominated KIA with a two-hitter on the day.

Starter Kim Yun-sik did his job, allowing one run on seven hits with three strikeouts in 5⅔ innings to pick up his fourth win of the season.

At the plate, Oh Ji-hwan went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs, while Hong Chang-ki was 3-for-5 with two RBIs.

Fifth-ranked KIA (57-2-2) dropped its second straight after seeing its nine-game winning streak come to a halt.

After starter Yoon Young-cheol was charged with four runs (three earned) on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings, relievers Choi Ji-min (two runs, one earned) and Kim Seung-hyun (five runs in ⅔ innings) struggled to keep up. Yoon suffered his sixth loss of the season (8-2).

LG took advantage of an error in the first inning to take the lead.

With one out, Kim Hyun-soo hit a double to left-center field, and a throwing error by center fielder Choi Won-jun allowed Shin Min-jae to score from first base.

In the fourth inning, Austin Dean walked and Moon Bo-kyung singled to left-center to put runners on first and third, and Oh Ji-hwan’s sacrifice fly to center scored a run.

With a 2-0 lead, LG scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning.

With runners on first and second after back-to-back singles by Kim Hyun-soo and Austin, Moon Bo-kyung bunted, 온라인섯다 but Choi Ji-min’s throw to third was off the mark, allowing Kim to run home from second.

Oh Ji-hwan

Followed with an RBI triple and Moon Sung-joo’s sacrifice fly made it 6-0.

KIA got one run back in the bottom of the sixth on Kim Sun-bin’s RBI single to right, but LG scored six more runs in the top of the seventh for a 12-1 lead.

With runners on first and third, Moon Bo-kyung and Oh Ji-hwan hit back-to-back singles. Park Dong-won drew a walk, Moon Sung-joo drew a bases-loaded walk, and Park Hae-min and Hong Chang-ki hit back-to-back RBI singles to end the game.
In Gochuk, the Hanwha Eagles defeated the Kiwoom Heroes 6-5 thanks to Nick Williams’ game-winning solo home run in the 12th inning of extra innings.

With their third straight win, Hanwha (47-62) moved from ninth to eighth place.

Williams

Hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and a solo arch (his sixth of the season) in the 12th for the winning runs.

Hanwha starter Ricardo Sanchez pitched five innings of eight-hit ball (two homers) with three walks and three strikeouts to earn the win.

With their fourth straight loss, Kiwoom (51-33-74) remained in last place.

Kim Hye-seong and Park Chan-hyuk led Kiwoom’s offense with big hits, but their efforts were overshadowed by the loss. Kim Hye-seong went 6-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs, two runs scored, and one walk, setting new single-game records for most hits and most runs batted in (six), but she wasn’t smiling.

Kiwoom struck first.

In the bottom of the first inning, Kiwoom took advantage of a low fastball from Hanwha starter Sanchez for a solo home run (his first of the season) to left field.

After taking control of the game, Kiwoom added a run in the third inning on RBI singles by Kim Hye-sung, Kim Hwijip, and Ronnie Dawson.

Hanwha battled back and got a run back in the top of the fourth on Williams’ solo home run (his fifth of the season).

Hanwha turned the tide in the fifth inning. Two batters later, Jang Jin-hyuk doubled and Choi Jae-hoon walked to put runners on first and second. Lee Do-yoon then grounded out to first base and took advantage of a throwing error by Kiwoom starter Kim Sun-ki to tie the game.

In the next at-bat, Jeong Eun-won hit an RBI double to make it 4-2.

Kiwoom cut the deficit to 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth when Kim Hye-sung hit her seventh solo home run of the season.

In the top of the eighth, Kiwoom put runners on first and second with one out when Song Sung-moon singled and Jeon Byung-woo grounded into a double play. Kim Hye-sung tied the game with an infield single to put runners on second and third before Park Chan-hyuk and Lee Ju-hyung followed with back-to-back singles.

Hanwha did not give up. In the bottom of the ninth, Kwon Kwang-min doubled off Kiwoom reliever Lim Chang-min, 카지노사이트랭크 and Jang Jin-hyuk and Moon Hyun-bin followed with RBI singles to tie the game at 5-5 and send the game into extra innings.

Kiwoom

Was unable to capitalize on two bases-loaded opportunities in the 10th and 11th innings of extra innings.

However, Hanwha took a 6-5 lead in the top of the 12th inning on Williams’ game-winning solo home run.

Hanwha brought in Kim Kyu-yeon in the bottom of the 12th to close out the game. Kim pitched one scoreless inning to earn her first career save.
In Suwon, the KT Wiz defeated the SSG Landers 16-7.

Second-place KT (65-2-52) sent fourth-place SSG (61-1-54) to its third straight loss.

Leading 6-5, KT scored a run in the third on Kang Hyun-woo’s RBI double and a run in the fourth on Shin Bon-ki’s sacrifice fly to right field.

Leading 8-5, they added five more runs in the fifth inning on an RBI single to right by Jang Sung-woo and a grand slam to right by pinch-hitter Kang Baek-ho (his seventh of the season) to overtake SSG.

KT starter Yoo Byeong-seong struggled with five runs on seven hits with three walks and two strikeouts in five innings, but he earned his seventh win of the season with the help of a hot batting lineup.

Oh Yoon-seok went 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs, while Kang Baek-ho led the offense with a double, home run and four RBIs.

SSG starter Moon Seung-won suffered his third loss of the season (6-3) after allowing seven runs on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts in three innings.
In Changwon, the NC Dinos earned a 4-3 win over the Lotte Giants.

Third-place NC (61 points, 2 draws, 51 losses) extended its winning streak to four games. Lotte (54 wins, 61 losses) remained in seventh place.

NC’s Kwon Hee-dong hit the game-winning hit in the seventh inning.

NC had the bases loaded in the seventh inning with two walks and one hit by pitch. With the tying run at the plate, Jason Martin was picked off at first base to end the threat.

Kwon lined a single to left field to put runners on second and third.

With runners on second and third with one out in the eighth inning, NC closer Lee Yong-chan gave up a hard-hit ball to the first batter, Lee Jung-geun, to load the bases, but he grounded out to Jung-hoon to end the inning.

Lee got out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn his 21st save of the season.

Lotte’s Kim Sang-soo

Was the second pitcher on the mound after starter Charlie Barnes, who pitched six innings of two-run ball, but went down with a thigh injury after throwing nine consecutive pitches, including two walks and one hit by a pitch.

Shin Jeong-rak, who took over the mound, allowed Kim Sang-soo to score, making him the losing pitcher.

In Jamsil, the Doosan Bears rallied for a dramatic 8-7 win over the Samsung Lions in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Sixth-place Doosan (57 wins, 1 loss, 56 ties) moved to within two games of fifth-place KIA. Samsung (50-1-67) dropped to ninth.

In a seesaw game, Doosan entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing by one run, 6-7.

After leading-off Kim Jae-hwan walked Samsung’s Kim Tae-hoon, Lee Yoo-chan led off with a sacrifice bunt. With one out, Kang Seung-ho singled up the middle to tie the game.

With runners on first and second after Park Jun-young’s high fly ball, pinch-hitter Park Kye-beom hit a grounder, but the ball hit third baseman Ryu Ji-hyuk’s glove and bounced off the foul line, 고스톱 allowing Kang Seung-ho to round third base and dive home to end the game.

Ryu Ji-hyuk had the unpleasant distinction of recording his first blown save of the season.