‘Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang’ 5 home runs LG, Samsung overturn the 7-point gap

The LG Twins showed off their formidable slugging power and won an exhilarating comeback victory over the Samsung Lions.

In the match against Samsung in the 2022 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 6th, LG shot five home runs including Yoo Gang-nam’s final shot, overturning the 7-point lead and winning a thrilling 10-9.

As a result, 3rd place LG, who had 3 consecutive wins, caught up with 2nd place Kiwoom Heroes that lost on the day by 2.5 games.

Samsung, who suffered a painful comeback, fell into a swamp of five consecutive losses.

Samsung took the lead in the early game.

In the bottom of the 1st inning, Kim Jae-sung hit a two-run heavy hit with two runs at full base, and in the second full-run chance, Ahn Joo-hyung’s infield grounder and wide pitch added two points.

In the second inning, LG Chae Eun-seong hit a solo home run on the left and started chasing.

However, at the bottom of the second inning, Samsung Kim Jae-seong and Oh Seon-jin’s consecutive just-in-time hits from 2 companies 1st and 2nd base added 2 points and they ran away to 8-1.

In the beginning of the 4th inning, Kim Hyun-soo hit a two-run homer and chased it 3-8.

In the beginning of the 5th, when LG drew 2 points with Yoo Gangnam’s solo home run and others to catch up 5-8, Samsung took a 9-5 lead with Jose Pirella’s double at the end of the 5th by adding one point.

However, in the early 8th inning, when LG had a deep defeat, Park Hae-min and Moon Seong-joo hit doubles in a row, followed by Kim Hyeon-soo’s right-handed hit, catching up 7-9.

In the continuous one-off first base, Oh Ji-hwan hit a two-run homer from the left, finally making the score 9-9.

LG turned the tide 10-9 in the early ninth inning, when Yoo Gang-nam hit the top of the left pole against Samsung finisher Oh Seung-hwan and hit a large solo homer.

In Jamsil, the Doosan Bears, who fell to 8th place, took the lead in a 5-2 victory over Kiwoom Heroes with Kyung-min Heo’s comeback home run.

Kiwoom seized the opportunity to complete one run thanks to Doosan starter Kwak Bin hitting three four pitches in the beginning of the second inning and took the lead with Kim Jun-wan’s sacrifice fly.

In the beginning of the 6th inning, while maintaining an unstable lead, Kim Hwi-jip blew a timely hit from 2 companies 1st and 2nd base to lead 2-0.

Doosan’s batting line, which could hardly attack Kiwoom starter Eric Yokishi, exploded in the bottom of the 7th inning.

Leading batter Jae-ho Kim opened the door with a double in left middle, and Gye-beom Park chose to walk.

When Kiwoom lowered Yokisi and put Kim Tae-hoon to the rescue, Doosan made a sacrifice bunt by Jang Seung-hyun to make 1 company 2nd and 3rd base.

Next, Park Se-hyeok came on base with a hit ball, and Heo Kyung-min hit a full-run homer that went over the left fence like a bullet from the first full base, turning it 4-2 at once.

At the end of the 8th inning, Kim Jae-ho added one point with a sacrifice fly from one-third base to decide the match.

Doosan broke the chain of five consecutive losses, and Kiwoom was stopped at nine consecutive wins.

kt wiz defeated the KIA Tigers 8-1 during their visit to Gwangju.

In the beginning of the second inning, leading hitter Park Byung-ho hit a hit in left middle, and after one shot, Hwang Jae-gyun called in a double in left middle and took the lead.

In the 3rd inning, Park Byeong-ho added one point with a sacrifice fly from 1 company and 3rd base, and then Jang Seong-woo hit a two-run homer on the left and ran away 4-0.

In the 4th inning, Bae Jeong-dae’s double and Park Byeong-ho’s just-time hit continued from 2nd to 2nd, leading 6-0 to win.

In the KIA, Chan-ho Park hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 5th inning to get up to one point.

However, KT put a wedge in the 8th when Anthony Alford hit a two-run heavy hit in 2-2, 2nd and 3rd base in the 8th inning.

KT starter Audrey Samer Despaine recorded 8 hits and 1 run in 5⅔ innings, making it 5 wins (8 losses) of the season.

On the other hand, Yang Hyun-jong, who started as a KIA starter, was sacked after giving up 6 runs with 7 hits and 4 walks, including one home run, up to the 4th inning.

4th place kt had 5 consecutive wins, but 5th place KIA fell into a swamp of 8 consecutive losses.

In Incheon, where the game was suspended due to rain and restarted, the Lotte Giants defeated the leader SSG Landers 12-5.

Lotte took the lead with a dominant solo home run in the first inning when Hwang Seong-bin, the first hitter, hit the first pitch of SSG starter Noh Kyung-eun.

In the beginning of the 3rd inning, Jung Hoon’s sacrifice fly and Lee Ho-yeon’s just-in-time hit led the team to a 3-0 lead.

SSG started chasing after Shin-su Choo hit a solo home run in the middle of the third inning.

However, Lotte added three points with Dong-hee Han’s solo home run in the 5th inning, Ho-yeon Jeong and Ho-yeon Lee’s doubles and a hit from the left by DJ Peters, followed by a solo home run by Dong-hee Han.

SSG added one point in the opponent’s error in the bottom of the 6th inning, and then Shin-soo Choo and Ji-hoon Choi hit a home run in the bottom of the 7th to catch up 4-8.

However, Lotte split the game by scoring 4 points with 6 hits, including a solo home run by Peters in the early 8th inning.

Dae-ho Lee, who is competing for the top spot in hitting in the retirement season, wielded four hits in five at-bats including a home run.

In Daejeon, where the 9th and 10th places clash, the NC Dinos beat the Hanwha Eagles 4-3.

NC went on an upward trend with four straight wins, but last-placed Hanwha suffered six straight losses.

In the first inning, lead hitter Son Ah-seop chose to walk, and then Kwon Hee-dong and Park Min-woo made a succession of infield hits.

Hanwha, who was being dragged, tied 2-2 at the bottom of the third inning when Park Sang-eon and Mike Tuckman hit a home run in consecutive batters.

NC took a 3-2 lead 3-2 in NC with a double by Park Min-woo and a right-handed hit by Yang Eui-ji in the first half of the 5th inning.

Hanwha, who was trying to escape from the losing streak, hit a solo home run by Jinyoung Lee in the bottom of the 7th to make the tie 3-3.

However, in the ninth inning, NC Eui-ji Yang hit a dominant double in second base in the ninth inning, leading again 4-3 and drawing the finish line.

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