| LG Twins Kim Hyun-soo. 2022.4.24/News 1 © News1 Reporter Jang Soo-young |
The LG Twins reclaimed 2nd place in the KBO League with Kim Hyun-soo’s exhilarating home run in the ninth inning. The ride with the lead SSG Landers was also reduced to 3.5 games.
In the away match against Samsung Lions in the 2022 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 28th, LG won 6-4 thanks to a two-run home run by Kim Hyun-soo.
LG, with 14 wins and 9 losses, climbed to second place in two days, beating the Doosan Bears (13-9), who were caught off guard by the NC Dinos. In addition, they caught up with SSG (17 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses) by 3.5 games, igniting the lead competition.
LG, who could not keep the lead three times due to Samsung’s fierce pursuit, took the lead in the last attack of the regular innings. In the early 9th inning against 4-4, Kim Hyeon-soo hit a two-run homer in the final without missing Samsung pitcher Lee Seung-hyun’s lost performance. Kim Hyeon-soo hit his fifth home run of the season for the first time in 18 days after the match against Jamsil NC on the 10th.
After that, LG maintained a two-point lead that was difficult to catch. Go Woo-seok, who appeared in the bottom of the ninth inning, scored nine balls to make a triplets.
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| Lotte Giants Charlie Barnes recorded 5 wins in the season against Sajik SSG Landers in the KBO League on the 28th (provided by Lotte Giants) © News1 |
Lotte Giants’ new ace, Charlie Barnes, pitched a perfect pitch in the Sajik SSG match and sprinted for the top spot in the number of wins and strikeouts. Barnes blocked 8 innings with 5 hits, 1 shot and 11 strikeouts and 1 run, leading Lotte to a 4-1 victory.
With 5 wins (draws) in the season, he maintained the sole first place in the multiple wins division, and with 45 strikeouts, he overtook Ahn Woo-jin (40, Kiwoom Heroes) to take first place. He also had an ERA of 0.65, placing him in second place after Kim Kwang-hyeon (0.36, SSG).
Lotte Taseon also responded to Barnes’ hot fight. At the end of the 3rd inning, lead hitter Ji-wan Ji-wan walked to base, and then five consecutive hits including Se-jin Jo, Hak-joo Lee, Hoon Jeong, DJ Peters, and Dong-hee Han took four points. With this one big inning, the game was further tilted.
The bottom-ranked NC defeated Doosan 9-5 and ended their 4th consecutive loss at Jamsil Stadium. NC recorded 7 wins and 16 losses, chasing tied 8th place Samsung and Hanwha Eagles (8-15) by one game.
Kim Si-hoon, who joined NC in 2018, recorded his first professional victory in his first starting game by blocking five runs and three runs (two earned) in his first starting game. On the other hand, Doosan starting pitcher Lee Young-ha was sluggish with 9 hits (1 home run), 2 walks and 8 runs (7 earned runs) in 3⅓ innings.
NC took a big lead in the third inning, taking a 2-1 lead with Park Joon-young’s three-run home run and four points. Then, in the attack in the 4th inning, he added 2 points by tying 3 hits, 1 walk, and 1 sacrifice fly to win early.
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| NC players rejoice after winning the match between NC Dinos and Doosan Bears 9-5 in the professional baseball ‘2022 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 28th. |
NC lead-off Son Ah-seop hit two hits, setting his ninth career record of 2,100 hits. Park Gun-woo also showed off a good sense of hitting with three hits in five at-bats.
KT Wiz defeated the KIA Tigers 5-3 in the Suwon match to achieve 3 consecutive winning series. In addition, he stepped on the record of 10 wins (12 losses) and tied for 6th place with KIA, laying the foundation for a leap forward in the upper-middle class.
KT took a 3-0 lead with Hwang Jae-gyun’s two-run home run at the end of the 3rd and Jang Seong-woo’s one-run home run at the end of the 4th inning, but starting pitcher Exclusion Seong-seong gave three runs (6 innings) and failed to keep the lead.
The balance was broken again by KT. At the bottom of the 7th inning, Kim Min-hyeok hit a single RBI on 2nd and 2nd base, and at the end of the 8th, Yoo Seung-cheol’s two fierce fights from 1st and 1st base gave him a victory by adding one point.
Kiwoom recorded a winning series by defeating Hanwha 3-1 in the Daejeon match.
Kiwoom won the finish line with two errors from Hanwha in the second inning of a 1-1 match. Jeon Byeong-woo hit the ball high, but Hanwha first baseman Lee Seong-gon couldn’t catch it. Jeon Byeong-woo ran quickly to second base, but right fielder Kim Tae-yeon’s second base ball flew in the wrong direction. Byeong-woo Jeon returned to third base and rushed home to score.
Tyler Appler scored 2 wins (1 loss) of the season with 5 strikeouts and 1 run in 5⅓ innings, and rookie hitter Park Chan-hyeok drew the 5th arch in the first inning and one difference over Han Dong-hee (6, Lotte), the solo leader in the home run division. chased
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