As the KT Wiz lost to the SSG Landers in a showdown, the team ended up being chased by a gap of 0.5 games. On the other hand, SSG rekindled its hope to advance to the autumn baseball league.
KT lost 1-4 in the home game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League against SSG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st.토토사이트
SSG, which won on the day, maintained its sixth position in the league by posting 67 wins, 68 losses and two draws. SSG has won five consecutive games recently. On the other hand, KT has recorded 69 wins, 68 losses and two draws. The gap between fifth-ranked KT and sixth-ranked SSG has narrowed from the previous 1.5 games to 0.5.
Now, the two teams will face off again at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at the same venue. This is the last face-off between SSG and KT this season. Including the match on the day, KT is leading SSG with eight wins and seven losses in their matches this season. If SSG wins the match on the 22nd, it can regain its fifth place.
SSG’s starting lineup includes Jihoon Choi (center fielder), Jung Joon-jae (second baseman), Choi Jeong (third baseman), Herredia (left fielder), Han Yu-sum (right fielder), Park Sung-han (striker), Lee Ji-young (catcher), Ko Myung-joon (first baseman), and Shin Bum-soo (designated hitter). Elias was the starting pitcher.
KT’s starting lineup is based on Rojas (right wing), Kim Min-hyuk (left wing), Jang Sung-woo (designated hitter), Moon Sang-cheol (first baseman), Hwang Jae-gyun (third baseman), Oh Yoon-seok (second baseman), Bae Jeong-dae (center fielder), Shim Woo-joon (striker), and Cho Dae-hyun (catcher). The starting pitchers were Ko Young-pyo.
It was KT who scored first. Shim Woo-joon, the leadoff hitter, got on base with an infield single in front of the second baseman in the bottom of the third inning and reached the second base when Cho Dae-hyun had a sacrifice bunt. Shim Woo-joon, who settled on the third base by tagging up when Rojas flew to the center field, scored when Kim Min-hyuk hit a timely hit to the left.
However, SSG immediately brought the game to square one with a big single in the top of the fourth inning. Hedia, who appeared as the leadoff batter, hit a second curve ball against Ko Young-pyo 0-1, and hit a solo shot over the left fence. It was her 20th homer of this season. With the homer, she hit her 19th homer of this season.
And KT turned the game around in the sixth inning. The team garnered a home run again this time. With two outs and no runners on base, Han Yu-sum hit a second fastball with the ball count 0-1, and fired a solo shot over the right fence. Han Yu-sum’s 23rd home run of this season. This home run became the final hit of the game.
SSG gave up two runs in the top of the eighth inning, effectively sealing its victory. KT has replaced Kim Min-soo with Kim Min-soo. However, Kim Min-soo was shaken. After leadoff hitter Jung Joon-jae walked on the fifth pitch to get on the base, Choi Jeong-eun had a hit to the left. Heredia’s grounder to the shortstop made him to the second and third bases with one out. In this situation, KT changed its pitcher to Park Young-hyun. As the team was in crisis even when the team was losing by one point, it put the closing pitcher on the mound. Manager Lee Kang-cheol attempted to counterattack by attacking in the eighth and ninth innings, after putting out urgent fire.
As soon as Park took the mound, Park gave a sigh of relief by handling Han Yu-seom’s fly ball to the right field. However, he bowed his head after being hit by the next batter, Park Sung-han, who hit a timely two-run homer to the right. The score was 1-4.
It was painful for KT to fail to take advantage of the opportunity to attack in the bottom of the eighth inning. Opportunity for one out and second base. Hwang Sang-gyun hit an infield hit against the changed pitcher Noh Kyung-eun to create an opportunity for the first and third bases. He then took out Kang Baek-ho’s card as pinch hitter when Oh Yoon-seok was at bat. However, Kang was grounded out to the first base, and Oh Jae-il, who was rushing home at the same time, failed to score a goal.
KT’s leadoff hitter Bae Jeong-dae got on base with a hit to the right in the bottom of the ninth inning against Cho Byung-hyun. However, Shim Woo-joon and pinch hitter Jung Joon-young struck out consecutively, and Rojas walked after two outs. Subsequently, pinch hitter Ahn Hyun-min took the batter’s box, but failed to score a point due to a strikeout by swinging.
KT, which had been evaluated as a favorite before the season’s opening, once fell to the bottom of the list this season. However, after gradually upping its ranking from ninth to eighth, seventh, sixth and fifth, it seemed as if it was about to surpass the third place by securing the fourth place position. It narrowed its gap versus third-ranked LG to two games. However, now it is trailing only SSG by 0.5 games, having lost its fourth place to Doosan. In contrast, since SSG has played three less games (140 games for KT and 137 games for SSG), it has a chance to rank fifth on its own in the future.
Elias, the starting pitcher of the SSG, pitched seven innings (100 pitches) of six hits, two walks, seven strikeouts and one run (one earned) to achieve his sixth win (seven losses) in this season. Moon Seung-won (⅓ innings), Noh Kyung-eun (⅔ innings), and Cho Byung-hyun (one inning) took the mound in succession to protect the lead. Cho made nine saves. Park Sung-han made three hits while Choi Jeong and Han Yu-sum contributed to the eight-hit lineup.
In contrast, KT starter Ko Young-pyo had six hits (86 pitches in total), two homers, two walks, four strikeouts and two runs (two earned) in six innings to secure his eighth loss (five wins). Kim Min-soo (one inning), Kim Min-soo (two runs in ⅓ innings), Park Young-hyun (⅔ innings), and Son Dong-hyun (one inning) pitched in succession. Hwang Jae-gyun, Bae Jeong-dae, and Shim Woo-joon performed multi-hits in the batting lineup, which had nine hits.