The professional baseball Kiwoom Heroes won a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the LG Twins, who made a fatal baserunning mistake at the match.룸알바
Kiwoom won 4-2 at home against LG in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 2nd.
Kiwoom, the lowest-ranked team, has won five consecutive games.
The victory or defeat was decided in the atmosphere fight.
Kiwoom was tied up by LG starter Casey Kelly, trailing 1-2 until the seventh inning.
Starting pitcher Ariel Furado pitched well with two runs until the seventh inning, but the lineup continued to be silent every time he scored, continuing a frustrating game.
Kiwoom was on the verge of losing additional points in defense in the top of the eighth inning.
Kiwoom bullpen Joo Seung-woo induced Park Hae-min to ground out to second base, but second baseman Kim Hye-sung made a throwing error and became first base with no outs.
After that, Kiwoom allowed Park Hae-min to steal second base and gave up a bases-loaded hit to Hong Chang-ki.
At this time, the lucky goddess laughed at Kiwoom.
With one out and third base, LG’s follow-up hitter Shin Min-jae hit a squeeze bunt, and third baseman Park Hae-min made a fatal mistake.
Park Hae-min, who was rushing home, made an incomprehensible play by stopping in front of the home plate when Kiwoom pitcher Joo Seung-woo caught the ball.
Just in time, Joo Seung-woo made a mistake of missing the ball, but Park Hae-min was tagged out at home because he stopped in the middle.
This scene completely divided the atmosphere between the two teams.
Kiwoom had a lucky double flowing to the left in the bottom of the eighth inning when leadoff hitter Kim Hye-sung hit shortstop Koo Bon-hyuk against LG’s third pitcher Jung Woo-young.
Since then, Song Sung-moon has made a timely hit to the right and Choi Joo-hwan has made a series of come-from-behind double hits that go over the center fielder’s height to turn the game around 3-2.
Kiwoom kept pushing. pinch hitter Lee Yong-kyu’s single to left and Kim Jae-hyun’s sacrifice hit to center field allowed him to run away one more point.
Kiwoom’s closer Cho Sang-woo was on the verge of a first and second base with one out in the ninth inning, but Ham Chang-gun was treated as a double play to keep the victory.
Song Sung-moon was 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored, and Choi Joo-hwan was 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored.
LG starter Kelly pitched well with seven hits, one walk, four strikeouts and one run in six innings, and became the third foreign player to play more than 100 innings for six consecutive seasons, but bowed his head due to the team’s defeat.