The LG Twins defeated the Hanwha Eagles. The LG Twins defeated the Hanwha Eagles 9-3 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Sunday.메이저사이트
Austin played in four at-bats with two hits and three RBIs, recording 121 RBIs for the season, setting a new record for LG’s most RBIs in a season. Starting pitcher Ence recorded his 12th win of the season with a quality start of one hit, two walks, three strikeouts and one run during six innings.
The Hanwha Eagles prepared for the day’s bullpen session, and put forward Lee Sang-kyu, a bullpen pitcher who has never taken the mound as a starter. LG always failed to take advantage of the opportunity even though it had an early chance.
After one out in the first inning, Kim had a hit to the middle of the game and Austin had an infield hit to reach the first and second bases. However, due to Moon Bo-kyung’s straight hit to the second base, second baseman Kim Hyun-soo started at third base, but his return to base was delayed, and the inning ended with a double out.
In the second inning, leadoff hitter Oh Ji-hwan got on base with an infield hit to the third baseman, and Park Hae-min walked after one out. Lee Sang-kyu’s control was shaken with the first and second bases with one out and went to three balls, but Koo Bon-hyuk and Lee Young-bin withdrew due to an outfield fly ball.
LG scored the first run in the third inning. Hong Chang-ki, the leadoff hitter, got on base with a heavy hit, and advanced to the third base due to pitcher’s wild pitch and Kim Hyun-soo’s ground ball to the first base. Austin hit an RBI grounder to the shortstop. This is Austin’s 119 RBIs for this season, a tie for LG.
LG’s leadoff hitter Oh Ji-hwan got on base with a triple first against second pitcher Lee Min-woo in the fourth inning, and Park Dong-won’s ground ball to shortstop scored the third baseman to lead 2-0.
With one out and one out in the fifth inning, LG allowed Chae Eun-sung to hit a solo home run to lead the team to 2-1. LG ran away again in the bottom of the fifth inning. Leading hitter Lee Young-bin got on base against Hanwha’s third pitcher Kim Seo-hyun with a right-handed hit, and Austin and Moon Bo-kyung walked consecutive times after two outs. Oh Ji-hwan hit Kim Seo-hyun’s fastball with two balls, hitting a two-run timely hit to the right that passed by the first baseman. LG took a 4-1 lead.
LG was on the verge of loading the bases after Lee Ji-gang got two outs in the seventh inning. Kim Jin-sung came up as a relief pitcher and struck out and blocked the inning without losing a run.
LG sealed the victory with four runs and a big inning in the eighth inning. Koo Bon-hyuk’s walk and Ahn Ik-hoon’s infield hit to the second base made it to the first and second bases with no outs, Hong Chang-ki’s timely RBI and Kim Hyun-soo’s RBI double went off. Austin hit a hit to the right-center with runners on the second and third bases with no outs, adding two RBIs. It is LG’s record of 121 RBIs this season, the most in a season. Baek Seung-hyun took the mound in the ninth inning and allowed a two-run home run to Kwon Kwang-min to end the game.
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said after the game, “Ans played a good role as a starter by tying the opponent team to one hit, providing a foothold for the victory. With (Kim) Jin-sung can handle the game with confidence by preventing the crisis well in the seventh inning.”
“In addition, the overall batting average was easy to win the game. In particular, Oh Ji-hwan, three hits and two RBIs led the batting average today, and Austin’s three RBIs. Congratulations on Austin’s record for the most RBIs in his team,” he said.
Lastly, he said, “Thanks to so many fans who came and cheered for us even during the hot day, we were able to win again. Thank you.” On the day, Jamsil Stadium sold out LG’s 20th home game (23,750 people) this season.