LG, which shook its head last weekend after suffering a shocking sweep loss to KIA, the leader of the three consecutive games, succeeded in turning the mood by decorating the three consecutive games during the week against SSG with a winning series.메이저놀이터
At a home game against SSG in the 2024 KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Sunday, LG garnered a landslide 13-3 victory by hitting 14 hits including Austin Dean’s grand slam. The third-ranked LG (62 wins, 2 draws and 53 losses), which ended the three consecutive games with two wins and 1 loss on Sunday, has narrowed its gap versus the second-ranked Samsung (64 wins, 2 draws and 53 losses), whose game was canceled, to one game, and started to regain the second-ranked team.
LG got off to a good start thanks to a timely double by Moon Bo-kyung and a walk by Park Hae-min, but quickly seized the lead with a cannonball in the second inning. With no outs and a bases-loaded walk, Austin pushed Han Du-sol’s 144km fastball to well over the fence in the right-center field. It was Austin’s first grand slam since joining the KBO league last year. LG certainly gained the upper hand by leading the game 6-0, thanks to Austin’s grand slam.
When SSG chased down three runs in the third inning, LG again ran away with a home run. Oh Ji-hwan hit a two-run shot on Seo Jin-yong’s 143-km fastball, which was replaced with a runner on the first base in the fourth inning. Kim Hyun-soo’s sacrifice fly, Oh Ji-hwan’s timely double and Park Hae-min’s timely hit made the team run to 11-3 in the sixth inning, effectively sealing the victory.
Austin led the team by making two hits (one homer) and four RBIs in four times at bat, including a grand slam. Austin, who hit 23 home runs last year, the first year of his career in the KBO League, hit 28 home runs with 27 games to go this season, and is highly likely to surpass 30 home runs. Oh Ji-hwan had four hits (one homer) and three RBIs in four times at bat, including a two-run shot, and a walk, to play on the fifth base.
LG starter Choi Won-tae recorded his eighth win (five losses) of the season by allowing six hits, four strikeouts, one walk and three runs (one earned run) in six innings.
At Suwon, KT secured a 3-2 victory by securing Hwang Jae-gyun’s solo shot to the end in the sixth inning. KT, which had held the three consecutive games against Kiwoom through the winning series, posted 57 wins, two draws and 60 losses, tying for fifth with SSG (57 wins, one draw and 60 losses), which lost to LG on the day.
The game between Doosan and Samsung, which was scheduled to be held in Pohang on the day, was canceled due to the heat wave. It is the fourth time this season that a game has been canceled due to heat wave. The KBO secretariat said, “The game management committee decided to cancel the game as the temperature of the ground soared above 50 degrees Celsius due to radiation.” The game between NC and Hanwha, which was supposed to be held at Cheongju Stadium, was canceled due to rain.