'Fight for fifth place in professional baseball, going all the way.' KT and SSG added one more win side by side
'Fight for fifth place in professional baseball, going all the way.' KT and SSG added one more win side by side
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The winner of this season's fifth-place professional baseball ticket will not be known until the end. KT Wiz and SSG Landers, who are competing for this position, won side by side.메이저사이트
KT, ranked fifth, came from behind to win the game 10-7 at the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League Kiwoom Heroes held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Sunday. With this result, KT finished 144 games this season with 72 wins, 70 losses and two draws. It has secured at least a tie for fifth place.
KT had lost the game until the top of the fourth inning. It was dragged to 1-6. However, it began to write a epic story of a big twist in the bottom of the fourth inning. With first batter Mel Rojas Jr. hitting and Jang Sung-woo's walk piled up, flagship batter Kang Baek-ho recovered one run by making a timely RBI single to the right.
Opportunities ensued. Oh Jae-il produced an infield single headed to the right side of the second baseman, and Oh Yoon-seok's RBI single and Hwang Jae-gyun's sacrifice fly added two more runs. Bae's two-run timely hit followed. Bae scored a valuable score by hitting the second fastball from opposing pitcher Kim Sun-ki to bring the game to square one with six to six.
KT, which gained momentum, succeeded in turning the game around 7-6 with Oh Jae-il's timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Kim Min-hyuk's timely hit added one more run. It sealed the victory in the bottom of the seventh inning. Kang Baek-ho and Oh Jae-il's consecutive doubles, and Bae Jeong-dae's timely hit added two more runs to complete a thrilling 10-7 victory.
In the top of the fourth inning, Ko Young-pyo surprised everyone by making a surprise appearance. Ko Young-pyo, who took the mound after starting pitcher Wes Benjamin and bullpen pitcher Soju, rescued KT from the crisis by pitching five innings with one hit and one run.
SSG, which is competing with KT, also reported its victory on the same day. SSG won the away match against Hanwha at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the day with 6 to 2. With one more game to go, SSG has 71 wins, 70 losses and two draws.
It started off poorly. SSG's starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun gave up two runs to Hanwha's batters from the first inning.
However, SSG succeeded in counterattack right away. Oh Tae-gon, who had a double in the top of the second inning, scored on a wild pitch to recover the one point. In the top of the third inning, foreign batter Guillermo Herredia hit a timely double to tie the score at 2-2.
He didn't stop there. In the top of the fourth inning, with one out and runners on the second base, Lee Ji-young hit a timely hit to center field, and succeeded in turning the game around 3 to 2. In the top of the seventh inning, Jung Joon-jae's double added another run.
In the top of the eighth inning, SSG sealed its victory. Park Sung-han and Jeong Joon-jae added two runs with timely hits, confirming their victory. Kim Kwang-hyun allowed three hits and two runs in five ⅓ innings on the day, achieving his third career 170 wins (98 losses).
Now, the period of competition between KT and SSG will depend on the showdown between SSG and Kiwoom, which will take place on the 30th. If SSG wins the match and the two teams become joint fifth, they will have a single game at Suwon Stadium on the 1st of next month to decide fifth place. However, if SSG loses to Kiwoom, KT will confirm its sole fifth place and play a wild card game with the fourth-place Doosan Bears.
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