Kang Baek-ho, reverse grand slam 'bang' kt, SSG overtakes, sole 5th place
Kang Baek-ho, reverse grand slam 'bang' kt, SSG overtakes, sole 5th place
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KT Wiz has surpassed its local rival SSG Landers and is one step ahead in the competition to advance to the post-season.
KT achieved a thrilling comeback victory 11-6 in an away game against SSG Landers in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 23rd, thanks to Kang Baek-ho's game-winning grand slam.
With this, KT, who has won three games in a row, is now in sole possession of 5th place, 1 game behind SSG.
In the match that day where the teams tied for 5th place faced off, SSG scored the first point in the bottom of the first inning with a left-field hit by Guillermo Heredia.
KT made it 1-1 in the top of the second inning when Moon Sang-cheol hit a solo home run to left field, but SSG took the lead again in the bottom of the second inning with Choo Shin-soo's RBI hit to make it 2-1.
In the top of the 6th, KT's Moon Sang-cheol hit a solo home run again, but SSG added one more run with Park Seong-han's double after the offense and defense changed, taking a 3-2 lead.
However, KT tied the score at 3-3 with Hwang Jae-gyun's double, and then Kang Baek-ho hit a powerful left-field grand slam to take the lead to 7-3.
In the top of the 9th inning, trailing 7-6, they scored 4 runs on 4 hits due to the opponent's errors, deciding the game.
KT closer Park Young-hyun, who came on in the bottom of the 8th with one out and bases loaded, struck out Heredia and Han Yu-seom in succession, and then preserved the team's victory in the bottom of the 9th with a triple play.
In Daegu, the Samsung Lions, with Lewin Diaz hitting a game-winning home run, defeated the Lotte Giants 5-3 to maintain second place.
Lotte made it 1-0 when Hwang Seong-bin, who hit a center hit in the top of the first inning, scored on a pickoff throw and Son Ho-young's sacrifice fly.
Samsung turned the game around to 3-1 in the bottom of the 4th when Kang Min-ho hit a 3-run home run over the left-center field fence.
Lotte, in 8th place and not giving up hope of advancing to the postseason, made it 3-3 in the top of the 6th inning when Ko Seung-min hit a two-run home run over the right field.
But Samsung's new foreign hitter Diaz has stepped up as a 'problem solver'.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, with one out and a runner on first base, Diaz hit a huge two-run homer off Lotte's second pitcher, Jin Park, that flew over the right-center field fence and into the top of the outfield stands, giving the team a 5-3 lead.
Samsung, which had the upper hand, tied the game in the top of the 9th with a three-strikeout victory when new closer Kim Jae-yoon took the mound.
At Gocheok Sky Dome, the last-place Kiwoom Heroes defeated the LG Twins 9-3, led by Song Seong-moon's three-run home run.
Kiwoom scored the first point in the bottom of the first inning with a 한국을 timely hit by Byun Sang-kwon.
In the second inning, with two outs and bases loaded, Song Seong-moon hit a timely hit to right field to make it 3-0.
LG recovered one point in the top of the sixth with Oh Ji-hwan's double, and then Park Dong-won hit a two-RBI center-field hit to tie the score at 3-3.
However, in the bottom of the 6th inning, with 1 out and runners on 1st and 3rd base, Kiwoom took the lead 4-3 on Kim Hye-seong's infield hit, and then Song Seong-moon hit a three-run home run over the center field fence to make it 7-3, taking the lead.
Kiwoom added two more runs in the bottom of the 8th to seal the win.