’17 hits + 13 wins in Despaine’ KT escapes 5 straight losses… Leading Samsung 0.5 games behind

(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Na Yeon-joon = KT Wiz escaped from the 5th consecutive losing streak, boasting an active attack power.

KT won the match against Kiwoom Heroes in the 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 24th, 7-1.

KT, who came out of 5 consecutive losses, became 74 wins, 8 draws and 57 losses (2nd place). The ride with the Samsung Lions (75 wins, 9 draws and 57 losses), which ended in a draw that day, was reduced to 0.5 games.

Kiwoom, who is competing in the quarterfinals, is tied for sixth place with 66 wins, 7 draws and 66 losses.

The other line, which had been silent during the five consecutive losing streak, was revived on this day. KT broke the Kiwoom mound with 17 hits that day. Baekho Kang recorded 4 hits and 1 RBI in 5 at-bats, and Bae Jeong-dae, Hwang Jae-gyun, Yuhan-jun, Park Kyung-soo, Shim Woo-jun, and Kim Min-hyuk also contributed with multi-hit.

Ace Despaine scored 6⅔ innings, 4 hits, 4 walks, 4 strikeouts and 1 run, and harvested his 13th win of the season.

KT gave Kiwoom a lead in the first inning. However, it was good to pass the continued crisis of running out of two bases without conceding any additional runs.

And the counterattack at the end of the second inning began. KT made the tie with Yuhan-jun’s double and Jang Seong-woo’s just-in-time hit. Then, Woo-Jun Shim’s just-in-time hit from 1st and 2nd base made a comeback.

KT added 1 point each in the 3rd and 4th innings and ran away to 4-1. And at the end of the 8th inning, Bae Jung-dae’s two RBI hit and Kang Baek-ho’s 1-RBI left-handed hit gave him a total of three more points, breaking Kiwoom’s will to pursue.

Meanwhile, leaders Samsung held a 3-3 draw at home against SSG Landers. Samsung was led 0-3 until the 7th, but at the end of the 8th, Ja-wook Koo’s solo shot and Kang Min-ho’s two-run shot exploded, ending the game in a draw.