SSG Landers, the leader of professional baseball, defeated the Kiwoom Heroes with a back-throw from starting Wilmer Font and 4 long hits from the bottom line in the 5th inning.
SSG won the match against Kiwoom 3-0 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 7th.
SSG batters were tied to Kiwoom starter Ahn Woo-jin, who had a high speed ball of 159 km/h at the beginning of the game.
After Choi Jeong-i’s walk in the 1st inning, he retreated with 11 batters in a row until the 5th one-out, and 6th batter Kim Kang-min broke Ahn Woo-jin’s no-hit with a double from left center.
Then, 7th batter Choi Joo-hwan, who was suffering from severe batting slump with a batting average of 10%, did not miss Ahn Woo-jin’s changeup loss and hit a single RBI and triple from the right fence to take the lead.
Batter 8, Choi Ji-hoon lightly pushed Ahn Woo-jin’s high ball outside and called Choi Joo-hwan, who was at third base, into the home, and he also stepped on third.
Here, the 9th batter Lee Heung-ryun’s single RBI doubles continued, and SSG scored 3 points with four consecutive long bats in the lower batting line (batters 6-9).
SSG did not score additional points in the no-out first and third base opportunities created by Kang-Min Kim’s double and Joo-Hwan Choi’s single in the 7th inning, but it had no effect on the win.
SSG’s starting font was 7 innings, 96 pitches, 5 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts, and back-to-back pitching, earning 4 wins (2 losses) of the season.
The font puts the Kiwoom line to rest with a powerful fastball and curve, slider, and forkball at a maximum speed of 154km per hour.
Font, who became a victorious pitcher with 7 innings and 1 run back in the match against Munhak Kiwoom on April 20, won half of his 4 wins in the season against Kiwoom.
Ahn Woo-jin suffered 3 losses (3 wins) in the season in silence despite the quality start in 6 innings, 5 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts and 3 runs.
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