KT brought down Doosan with two consecutive wins and became the new owner of the fourth place.
The KT Wiz won 9-3 in Game 13 of the season against the NC Dinos in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Changwon NC Park on the 6th.토토사이트
With two consecutive wins, KT has jumped to the fourth place by beating Doosan. It also recovered its 50% win rate in about a month since the game against the Suwon Lotte Giants on Aug. 9. It has 64 wins, two draws and 64 losses in this season. In contrast, ninth-ranked NC, which has lost two consecutive games, has 57 wins, two draws and 67 losses.
The game began at 7:30 p.m., an hour later than scheduled, along with ground maintenance due to heavy rain just before the start.
It was KT’s first run. After one out in the top of the first inning, Kim Min-hyuk hit the ball to the middle of the first pitch, and Moon Sang-cheol, who appeared on the first base with two outs, fired a two-run shot at the first base. With the advantage of the 3B-1S count, NC starter Lee Jun-ho hit a 132km slider at the fifth pitch to enable a 115-meter flying distance. It was his 17th homer of this season in three games since the game against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on Aug. 31.
In the top of the second inning, leadoff hitter Kim Sang-soo hit to the middle, Shim Woo-joon and Yoon Jun-hyuk were loaded with no outs with consecutive straight walks. Mel Rojas Jr. then hit a sacrifice fly to the left field, and Kim Min-hyuk hit a timely RBI single, and Kang Baek-ho brought the victory with a timely hit to the right with a two-run double with the bases loaded by Jang Sung-woo’s walk. KT 6-0 lead.
NC’s batters have been fighting back since the end of the second inning. After leadoff hitter Kwon Hee-dong hit a double that separated the left-center field, Chun Jae-hwan succeeded in making a timely RBI single to the left with one out and second base.
In the bottom of the third inning, leadoff hitter Han Seok-hyun was on the first and third bases with no outs and Seo Ho-chul was on the right-handed hit, and third baseman Han Seok-hyun homered taking advantage of Matt Davidson’s double play.
NC scored a point to recover in the bottom of the fourth inning as well. In an opportunity with one out and runners on the first and second bases with one out, which was hit hard by Do Tae-hoon’s pitch and Kim Joo-won’s heavy hit, Han Seok-hyun hit a timely RBI single to the right, which was followed by KT starter Ko Young-pyo after eight pitches.
KT did not stay put. In the top of the fifth inning, Kang Baek-ho, the leadoff hitter, had a heavy hit, and shortstop Kim Joo-won made a catch error at Kim Sang-soo’s at-bat, which resulted in a situation with runners on the second and third bases with one out. Shim Woo-joon hit a timely RBI single to left and Rojas hit a two-run double to divide the right-center gap, sealing the outcome.
After two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, NC combined Davison’s double, Choi Jung-won’s infield hit, and Kim Hwi-jip’s walk to face a full base chance, but Kim Bum-joon only grounded out to the changed pitcher Kim Min-soo.
KT’s starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo posted his fifth win (six losses) this season by allowing eight hits, three strikeouts, five strikeouts and three runs in six innings. Kim Min-soo (⅓ scoreless innings), Kim Min-soo (⅔ scoreless innings), Son Dong-hyun (one scoreless inning) and Park Young-hyun (one scoreless inning) followed in that order.
In the lineup, Kang Baek-ho made three hits, Rojas made three RBIs, and Kim Min-hyuk and Moon Sang-chul led the leap to fourth place with multi-hitters.
On the other hand, Lee Joon-ho, the starting pitcher of the NC Dinosaurs, suffered his fourth loss (three wins) in this season due to six hits (one homer) and three walks, four strikeouts and six runs scored in two innings. Choi Jeong-won’s three hits and Han Seok-hyun’s two hits did not yield the victory.
KT will move to Suwon on Thursday and play a home game against the Doosan Bears. NC will meet the Samsung Lions in Daegu.