KT Wiz defeated SSG Landers for two consecutive days and advanced toward fall baseball.
KT won 9-3 against the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 24th, boasting the cohesiveness of its batters amid good pitching by starter Um Sang-baek.
With this, KT, which won four consecutive games, pushed SSG by two games to become the sole fifth place.안전놀이터
SSG’s leadoff hitter Jung Joon-jae succeeded in stealing a base following a right-handed hit in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Han Yu-sum hit a superior double two outs later to lead 1-0.
KT, which was being dragged, launched a counterattack in the bottom of the sixth inning.
After leadoff hitter Jang Sung-woo drew a walk, Hwang Jae-gyun hit a heavy hit and Moon Sang-chul hit a double to left-center to make it 1-1.
In the second and third bases with no outs, Kang Baek-ho hit a two-run right-handed hit to turn the game around 3-1.
KT, which gained momentum, added two more points due to the opponent’s error and Shim Woo-joon’s timely hit to run 5-1.
SSG recovered one point in the bottom of the sixth inning with Han Yu-sum’s timely hit, but kt added one point with Mel Rojas Jr.’s double in the top of the eighth inning, and Shim Woo-joon hit a two-run timely hit in the top of the ninth inning to seal the score.
Kt starter Um Sang-baek allowed six hits and two runs in five ⅔ innings for his 11th win (nine losses) this season.