KT Wiz stopped Lotte Giants’ five consecutive wins and won three consecutive games thanks to Hwang Jae-kyun’s performance for two consecutive days.
KT Wiz of professional baseball won 10-6 in Game 11 of the season against Lotte Giants of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 9th.
With three consecutive wins, the team garnered 53 wins, two draws and 53 losses, returned to the 5th place with a 50% win rate. Lotte, which failed to win for five consecutive games, had 45 wins, three draws and 55 losses.
KT scored the first run against Lotte starter Park Se-woong in the bottom of the second inning. After leadoff hitters Kim Min-hyuk and Bae Jeong-dae had consecutive hits, Cho calmly succeeded in the sacrifice bunt. Shim Woo-joon, who appeared on the second and third bases with one out, hit a timely two-run hit, and Kang Baek-ho widened the gap with a timely hit with an RBI, following Mel Rojas Jr.’s hit to the right.
Lotte recovered one run thanks to a solo home run by leadoff hitter Son Seong-bin in the top of the third inning. With the ball count 1B-1S, Son hit a 146 km fastball by KT starter Wes Benjamin to post a 120-meter home run to left. Following the game against the Sajik NC Dinos on Sunday, he hit a home run in two consecutive games, reaching five homers for this season.
Then, KT widened the gap again in the bottom of the third inning. After leading hitter Kim Min-hyuk reached second base due to an infield hit and a throwing error at the second base, Bae Jeong-dae hit a timely RBI.
The game was decided in the bottom of the fourth inning. With one out, Kim Sang-soo hit to the left, and Oh Jae-il was at the first and second bases with straight walks, Hwang Jae-gyun hit a three-run shot that brought about the win. At the 2B-1S, Park hit a 144km fastball at the fourth pitch, and connected it with a 125m home run to the left. It was his eighth home run of this season in seven games since the game against the Suwon Hanwha Eagles on July 31.
With this home run, Hwang Jae-gyun built a 100-hit tower for the 10th consecutive 13 consecutive seasons in the KBO League history.
KT did not stop. Kim Min-hyuk made a superb bunt hit, Bae Jeong-dae made a left-handed hit, and Cho Dae-hyun succeeded in making a timely RBI single to left.
After one out in the top of the fifth inning, Lotte’s timely RBI hit by Park Seung-wook in the chase opportunity faced by Na Seung-yeop’s walk and shortstop’s catch error.
KT made it 9-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning with an RBI double that separates Bae Jeong-dae’s right-center following a walk by leadoff hitter Kim Min-hyuk.먹튀검증
Lotte’s leadoff hitter Noh Jin-hyuk and pinch hitter Choi Hang hit in the top of the eighth inning to save the chase. Jeon Joon-woo then hit an RBI single with an RBI timely hit and Hwang Sung-bin hit an RBI single with a fast-footed infield ground ball, but it was after the victory was over the opponent.
KT celebrated the victory with a double by leadoff hitter Hwang Jae-gyun in the bottom of the eighth inning and a timely hit by Kim Min-hyuk. Kim had a game-ending hit against Lotte’s Lee Min-seok.
Lotte did not back down. In the top of the ninth inning, leadoff hitter Jung Hoon’s double was followed by Na Seung-yeop, who hit a timely RBI single, and Noh Jin-hyuk, who appeared without runners with two outs, announced the prospects of the game on Tuesday with a solo homer.
KT’s starting pitcher Benjamin posted his ninth win (six losses) in this season by allowing three hits (one homer) and two walks, five strikeouts and two runs (one earned run) through 102 pitches in seven innings. It was followed by Ju-ju (two runs in one inning), Lee Sang-dong (one run in 0 innings) and Gam-min (one run in 1 inning).
The batters scored 10 points on 16 hits. Kim Min-hyuk and Bae Jeong-dae led the offense with four hits, while Kim Sang-soo and Hwang Jae-gyun supported them with multiple hits. Hwang Jae-gyun, the “FA third baseman worth 14.8 billion won (14.8 billion won),” hit a three-run home run in the 12th inning of extra time against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on the previous day, bringing about a win.
On the other hand, Lotte starter Park Se-woong suffered his eighth loss (six wins) in this season due to his rough performance of 12 hits (one homer) and five walks, one strikeout and eight runs (seven earned) during four innings. Two hits, including a homer by Roh Jin-hyuk, who replaced him, failed to yield the title.