SSG Landers, who took the lead in the power confrontation of the center batting line, ran 4 consecutive victories.
SSG won 9-7 after a slugfest in a home game against Kiwoom Heroes of the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 23rd. SSG (12-6, odds ratio 0.667), who swept all three home games with Kiwoom on the weekend, brought down the LG Twins (13-7 losses, odds ratio 0.650), who were beaten 6-7 by the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon that day, to second place. It regained its sole lead after 7 days.
SSG overpowered Kiwoom starting pitcher Lee Seung-ho early in the game and took the lead. At the end of the 3rd inning, with one out and 2nd and 3rd base, third hitter Choi Jeong hit a 3-run home run with the lead left, leading 3-0. Lee Seung-ho went down the mound, allowing only 3 runs in 2.2 innings.
SSG immediately allowed a chase토토사이트 in the top of the 4th inning. Starting pitcher Oh Won-seok was hit with an RBI by Kim Tae-jin in a safe 1st and 3rd base crisis, and Lee Ji-young’s infield grounder gave up an additional run with 1 out and bases loaded.
While being chased by one point, Choi Jeong was also the one who gave SSG a gift of leisure. Choi Jeong-eun showed his concentration once again at the bottom of the 4th inning with 2 outs on 1st and 2nd base. He produced his fourth RBI of the day with one RBI and a timely hit from left.
SSG started the bullpen from the 6th inning following Oh Won-seok’s 6 hits and 2 runs in 5 innings, but could not stop Kiwoom’s pursuit. Due to overlapping errors by the defense team, the score was tied at 4-4 in the top of the 7th inning.
SSG took out a pinch-hit card in the attack at the end of the 7th inning and aimed to turn the atmosphere around. In the situation of 2nd out and 1st base, pinch hitter Joo-hwan Choi kicked Kiwoom Ha Young-min’s 4th fastball and scored 2 superiority. Up to this point, SSG’s idea seemed to fit.
At the beginning of the 8th inning, SSG started to solidify Choi Min-joon, a member of Pil Seung-jo, on the mound. However, Kiwoom’s pursuit was relentless. Kiwoom’s 4th hitter, Edison Russell, hit a 2-run right-handed hit in a 2-run chance to tie the game 6-6 again.
The firepower fight between the center batting line intensified as the second half progressed. At the end of the 8th inning, 4th hitter Guillermo Heredia scored 1 RBI from 1st out, 1st and 2nd base, and 5th batter Oh Tae-gon scored 2 RBIs from 1st out, 2nd and 3rd base. .
In SSG, Roh Kyung-eun allowed 1 run in the top of the 9th inning, but Geary won by 2 points. The central batting line from Choi Jeong-Heredia-Oh Tae-gon combined for 7 runs. Jeong Choi went 2 at bats with 2 hits and 4 RBIs, Heredia recorded 1 hit in 5 at bats and 1 RBI, and Tae-gon Oh recorded 2 hits and 2 RBIs in 5 at bats.
On the other hand, only the fourth hitter, Russell, in Kiwoom’s center batting line, shone with 3 hits and 2 RBIs in 4 at-bats. Third hitter Lee Jung-hoo went 4 at-bats with 1 hit, and 5th hitter Kim Tae-jin had 5 at-bats with 1 hit and 1 RBI.