| ▲ Kiwoom ended the losing streak by scoring a lot of goals after two runs in the 7th inning. ⓒ Yonhap News |
[스포티비뉴스=광주, 신원철 기자] Kiwoom escaped from a three-game losing streak by scoring a lot of goals after two kills in the seventh.
Kiwoom Heroes defeated the KIA Tigers 6-1 in the ‘2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Song Seong-moon’s final two-run hit hit in the 7th inning, two-to-man base, and the next batter Dong-Won Park widened the score with a three-run home run. Starter Eric Yokissi finished the season with 12 wins (5 losses) and took the top spot on the win streak.
Kiwoom quickly took the lead in the first inning. Kiwoom got a chance to second base safely in the first inning due to a right-handed hit by Lee Yong-gyu and a mistake by pitcher Lim Ki-young. After one shot, Song Seong-moon scored the first RBI with a right-handed hit.
More goals could be scored. However, Kiwoom scored only one point in three hits and two errors in the opponent’s inning.
Following Song Seong-moon’s hit, KIA’s throwing error and outfield call play error continued, runners went out to second and third bases. However, in the rundown play situation after Will Craig’s pitcher ground ball, second base runner Park Dong-won overtook Song Seong-moon at third base and was out, and Song Seong-moon was tagged out while returning home.
KIA counterattacked with a home run. In the 4th inning, in the absence of a runner, Daein Hwang lifted Yokishi’s slider and dropped it outside the left wall. Daein Hwang’s fifth home run of the season. Hwang Dae-in met SSG for the first time in 67 days after the match on June 16.
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| ▲ Kiwoom Eric Yokishi. ⓒ Yonhap News |
Both teams’ starting pitchers finished the pitch with one run. First, Ki-Young Lim, the KIA starter, was replaced after filling 100 pitches in 2 companies in the 6th. 5⅔ innings, 5 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts and 1 run. Kiwoom starter Yokishi recorded 6 hits (1 homer), 2 walks, 5 strikeouts and 1 run in 6 innings.
The game leaned toward Kiwoom in the 7th inning. Kiwoom scored 5 points only after 2 shootouts.
The base was filled with the ball that hit the body of lead hitter Kim Woong-bin, and Lee Yong-gyu’s intentional four pitches and Kim Hye-seong’s walk after two shots. Kiwoom took a 6-1 lead as Song Seong-moon hit a two-run hit and Park Dong-won hit a three-run home run on the left.
Kiwoom finished the game with Kim Jae-woong in the 7th, Jae-young Jang in the 8th, and Seong-jin Kim in the 9th.
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