The match between SSG Landers and KT Wiz in professional baseball held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th. The kt players who won 8-3 are encouraging each other. KT will play the first place match (tie breaker) against Samsung Lions in Daegu on the 31st. yunhap news
For the second time in professional baseball history, the first-place match of the regular season will be held.
On the afternoon of the 30th, kt won the final match of the regular league against the 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League SSG held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon 8-3 on the afternoon of the 30th.
On the same day, KT and Samsung, joint 1st, also won 11-5 over NC. On the 31st, kt and Samsung, with the same record of 76 wins, 59 losses and 9 draws, decided to win the regular league by playing their first and second place match in professional baseball history on the 31st since 1986 (late league).
KT, which maintained the top spot this season, lost 2-4 to Samsung on the 22nd, giving up its lead position in 122 days. On the 28th, he returned to the lead with a 5-2 victory in the second leg of the double header against NC, but did not break the tie for first place until the last day of the regular season.
KT starter Sook-Jun Soh started off nervously by conceding two runs in the end of the first inning, but he became the winning pitcher in the last game of the regular league with two runs in five innings. 7 wins of the season.
SSG played an all-out battle with seven pitchers, but they could not block KT’s batting line.
kt took the lead early. In the first inning, lead hitter Cho Yong-ho hit a heavy hit, and then Park Byeong-ho and Kang Baek-ho walked to base in a row. SSG starter Kim Geon-woo was forced out early as he was pushed to the brink of running out of bases.
In kt, Yoo Yuhan-jun scored the goal by pushing, and Jang Seong-woo added one more point with a sacrifice fly in the first run.
SSG immediately tied the score in the bottom of the first inning. After leading hitters Shin-Soo Choo and Joo-Hwan Choi hit consecutive hits, Jeong-Choi chose to walk. A total of two points were scored with Han Yu-seom’s push-and-run goal at the first base and Park Seong-Han’s sacrifice ground ball at the first full base.
KT once again took the lead with the recently revived veteran Yuhan-jun. Yuhan-jun attacked the 140km fastball in the third pitch of Ji-hoon Jang’s third pitch in the second half of the 3rd inning and fired a solo shot in the 5th left wall of the season.
kt gained momentum and ignited the batting line. Scored 5 points in the 5th inning. From 1 company 1st and 3rd base, 3rd base runner Jo Yong-ho stepped into the home after SSG bullpen Kim Tae-hoon’s fierce pitch, followed by Kang Baek-ho, hit a single RBI.
Continuing 1 company, 1st and 3rd bases, Jared Hoing pulled Minho Park’s 6th 125km changeup from the SSG bullpen and drew a three-run arch in the middle of season 11. The score was 8-2.
In the SSG, Han Yu-seom at the end of the sixth inning lit a spark of hope. As the lead hitter, Ko Young-pyo’s 6th pitch in the kt bullpen rolled up a 120km changeup, and he recovered one point with a solo shot over the right fence. It was his 31st gun of the season and a home run in two games in a row.
However, SSG was silent after Han Yu-seom’s solo firing. At the bottom of the ninth inning, Shin-Soo Choo struck out and Joo-Hwan Choi was out with a fly out of one-and-a-half chances. I was frustrated in front of the threshold of advancing to fall baseball.
In kt, Young-Pyo Ko, a starting resource, appeared in the bullpen after 1,124 days and played a role with one run in three innings. kt finish Jaeyoon Kim finished the last inning without a run.
KT coach Lee Kang-cheol said, “There is tomorrow’s game, but I’m really proud of the players who worked hard for 144 regular season games.”
Meanwhile, SSG was downgraded from 5th to 6th with the defeat on the day. Advancement to the postseason was disappointing.
With a record of 66 wins, 64 losses and 14 draws, SSG lost fifth place to Kiwoom (70 wins, 67 losses and 7 draws), who defeated KIA 6-1 that day.
Doosan (71 wins, 65 losses, 8 draws), who defeated Hanwha 5-3 and held fourth place, will play a wild card game against Kiwoom from the 1st of next month.
LG, who was aiming for the slightest hope of a comeback victory, lost 2-4 to Lotte in Busan and finished third in the regular season.
