KIA Tigers took first place in the first half

The sole leader KIA Tigers finished the first half of the season with a pleasant three-game winning streak.

KIA showed fierce concentration by scoring 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning in an away game against the Samsung Lions held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 4th in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League, and won 8-3.

KIA, which achieved a comeback against Samsung for three consecutive days, took first place in the first half of the season for the first time in seven years since 2017 with a record of 48 wins, 33 losses, and 2 draws, and a winning percentage of 0.593.

Since 1989, when the KBO League was a single league, excluding 1999 and 2000, when two leagues were held, the team that took first place in the first half of the season has won the Korean Series 21 out of 35 times, recording a 60% chance of winning.

KIA (including its predecessor Haitai) has won first place in the first half of the season six times (1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2017) and has won the championship trophy four times, excluding 2002 and 2011. 카지노사이트

It was another game where KIA showed their mettle.

Samsung took the lead in the bottom of the first inning when Ji-chan Kim hit an infield hit, stole second base, and then scored on a ground ball.

In the top of the second, KIA’s Choi Hyeong-woo hit a solo arch to make it 1-1.

Samsung took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning when Kim Heon-gon and Koo Ja-wook hit back-to-back home runs.

KIA recovered one point in the top of the fourth inning with Kim Tae-gun’s right-field hit.

In the 8th inning, Choi Hyeong-woo’s double added another run, tying the score at 3-3.

KIA, with its momentum, exploded with its batting lineup against Samsung’s closer Oh Seung-hwan in the top of the 9th.

After two outs, Kim Seon-bin hit a double, Kim Do-young reached base on an intentional walk, and Park Jeong-woo hit a two-RBI double over the right fielder to make it 5-3.

In the continued attack, KIA added one point with Hong Jong-pyo’s timely hit, and Socrates Brito hit a two-run home run over the right-center wall to make it 8-3, tying the game.

KIA’s third pitcher, Dong-Hwan Hwang, pitched 3⅔ innings without allowing any hits or runs and became the winning pitcher.

Oh Seung-hwan, who is ranked first in relief, suffered the loss after allowing five runs on five hits in ⅔ innings. 토토사이트 추천