Kim Bum-seok hits back-to-back home runs, Choi Won-tae returns to action…LG wins second straight.
The LG Twins secured a comfortable series win in Suwon.
LG won a dramatic 7-6 victory in the second game of a three-game weekend series against the KT Wiz at Katie Wiz Park in Suwon on Sunday. LG, which won the previous day’s game to bounce back from a midweek doubleheader loss to the Kiwoom Heroes, won its second straight game and clinched the best-of-three series early.
Kim Bum-seok, Choi Won-tae, and Kim Jin-sung shined in the match.
LG took an early lead. KT opted for bullpen starter Joo Ji-won as a substitute after foreign pitcher Benjamin suddenly complained of elbow pain.
However, it was a shaky start. In the top of the first, he gave up a walk to Hong Chang-ki and a single to Moon Sung-joo. With runners on first and second, he managed to get out of the jam by striking out No. 4 Kim Hyun-soo.
However, they were unable to overwhelm the LG batters in the circle. In the second inning, the LG bats came alive. One out later, Oh Ji-hwan and Koo Bon-hyuk hit back-to-back doubles to lead off the inning. Heo Do-hwan followed with an RBI single to extend the lead. Shin Min-jae and Hong Chang-gi followed with back-to-back singles, and with the bases loaded, Park Hae-min scored on a sacrifice fly to center field.
With the momentum in their favor, 토토사이트 LG added to their lead with a home run by Kim Bum-seok. With the bases loaded in the third inning, Kim hit his fourth solo shot of the season off Joo Kwon. The launch angle was 45.8 degrees. The ball was so high that it took a long time to travel and land over the left field fence.
LG then killed KT’s chances with another single from Heo Do-hwan, another unsung star of the day.
Kim Bum-seok flew out one more time. In the top of the fifth inning, he hit a two-run shot to drive in the winning run against reliever Park Si-young. With runners on first and second and two outs, Kim crushed Park’s slider for his fifth home run of the season. It was the first back-to-back home run of his professional debut.
Shin Bon-ki hit a solo shot in the fifth and a sacrifice fly in the sixth for KT. The team didn’t give up, and was able to get one last chance to catch up in the bottom of the eighth inning.
With the bases loaded and the bases loaded, and with LG bringing in reliever Yoo Young-chan early, Choi Sil-ho hit an infield single, 사설 토토사이트 and Kim Min-hyuk followed with back-to-back RBI singles to cut the deficit to two runs, making the game unwinnable.
A wild pitch by a panicked Yoo Young-chan put runners on second and third. The next batter was the hard-hitting Rojas. 3B on a wild pitch. With the bases loaded, it was a battle against Moon Sang-chul.
However, Moon swung wildly at three consecutive sliders from Yoo Young-chan and blew his chance.
KT didn’t give up and tried to create an atmosphere of reversal in the ninth inning by bringing up Park Young-hyun in the top of the ninth, and Hwang Jae-gyun singled in the bottom of the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate. But LG replaced the shaky Yoo Young-chan with Kim Jin-sung. Kim was calm. KT had to hit the ground as Shin Bong-ki and Cho Myung-ho were out on an infield fly and a ground ball. The final out of the inning, Chun Sung-ho knelt down to Kim Jin-sung to seal the win for LG.
Choi Won-tae, who returned to the mound after being scratched from the roster due to a hip muscle injury, received solid support from the bats, pitching six innings of two-run ball to earn his fifth win of the season (2-2). While his pitches were shaky in the middle innings, he had no issues with his command, touching 147 mph on his fastball.
The final star of the night was Kim Jin-sung. 메이저 토토사이트 He saved the worst possible bases-loaded jam that Yoo Young-chan could have created with a shaky outing, giving his team a valuable win.
