KT Wiz won two straight wins and moved up to tied for sixth place in the league.
‘Defending champion’ kt won the 2022 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League KIA Tigers at home on the 28th at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, 5-3 thanks to home runs by Hwang Jae-gyun and Jang Seong-woo and bullpen efforts.
After winning two consecutive wins, kt shared the 6th place with KIA with 10-12.
With the exclusion of the native ace as a starter, kt finished the first and second innings without scoring, but took the lead by taking the lead at the end of the third inning.
After two deaths, Kim Min-hyuk hit a right-handed hit and left, Hwang Jae-gyun hit the KIA starter Lim Ki-young’s 3-ball slider and shot a two-run cannon that crossed the left fence.
KT, leading 2-0, widened the score to 3-0 when Jang Seong-woo fired a solo shot from the left middle-wolf after one shot in the fourth inning.
However, after two runs in the 5th inning, kt faced a crisis with Kim Min-sik’s left hit and an exclusivity raging, and allowed Kim Do-young a triple on the left wing and was chased 3-1. In the crisis of 1st and 3rd base hit by consecutive hits, Seong-beom Na, who was at third base, hit the home when Dae-in Hwang killed shortstop and allowed a 3-3 tie.
KT started a counterattack at the bottom of the 7th inning, with Oh Yun-seok’s left hit and Hong Hyun-bin’s sacrifice bunt, and Shim Woo-jun retreated to second base with a fly, but Kim Min-hyuk’s heavy hit gave him one point.
In kt, leading 4-3, even in the 8th inning, after Jo Yong-ho’s walk, Park Byeong-ho struck out after Jo Yong-ho’s walk, but Jo Yong-ho, who advanced to second base due to Yoo Seung-cheol’s heavy throw, was again unable to find the direction of agreement when Yoo Seung-cheol’s fierce fight 3 He went around the base and dug into the home, widening the score to 5-3.
From the 7th inning, kt secured a two-point victory by blocking the KIA line by putting in Pil Seung-joo such as Shim Jae-min, Joo-gwon, Park Si-young, and Kim Jae-yun.
Meanwhile, league leader SSG Landers lost 1-4 to Lotte Giants and lost to Lotte starter Charlie Barnes in Busan away to Busan, losing 5 of the season (17 wins, 1 draw).
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