Kiwoom Heroes rang the Hanwha Eagles for two days in a row with ‘finish’ and swept two consecutive professional baseball games.
In the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home game held today (2nd) at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Kiwoom beat Hanwha 7-6 thanks to Kim Hui-jip’s walk-off run at the end of the 9th inning.
Yesterday (1st), Kiwoom, who won 3-2 with Lee 안전놀이터Hyung-jong’s 10th extended goodbye hit, opened 2023 with a thrilling two-game winning streak.
In the top of the 8th inning, leading 3-4, Hanwha tied Noh Si-hwan’s right-middle double, Kiwoom third baseman Song Seong-moon’s mistake, and Kiwoom’s new bullpen pitcher Won Jong-hyun’s wild throw to tie the score 4-4.
In the 2nd, 2nd and 3rd bases, which were followed by Kim In-hwan’s right-handed hit, Jae-Hoon Choi hit a timely hit with 2 RBIs, turning the tide of the battle 6-4, and Hanwha was on the verge of victory.
However, at the end of the 8th inning, relief pitchers Kang Jae-min and Kim Bum-soo allowed Jeon Byung-woo, Lee Yong-gyu and Kim Hye-seong to double, triple and double in turn, and Kiwoom was at an advantage as the score was tied again 6 to 6.
At the end of the 9th inning, Kiwoom got a safe and full base with two hits and a walk from Hanwha Joo Hyun-sang, and after Kim Hui-jip watched the four balls as it was, he scored the final RBI effortlessly.
On this day when four pitchers from the national team who competed in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) took the mound as starting pitchers, only Eui-ri Lee (KIA Tigers) laughed at the lucky victory, Chang-mo Koo (NC Dinos), So-jun So (KT Wiz), and Yun-shik Kim (LG Twins). ) far fell short of expectations.
Koo Chang-mo made his first start of the season against the Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, getting 7 hits, including 1 home run, and allowing 6 runs in 4⅓ innings.
The batting line earned 6 points early, but could not keep the lead and was beaten by Kang Min-ho with a three-run home run that tied the score in the 5th inning, leading 6 to 3.
Samsung, whose morale had risen, was 6-6 at the end of the 6th inning, with Kim Dong-yeop and Lee Jae-hyun’s consecutive hits, 1 out, 1st and 3rd base, Kim Ji-chan’s infield grounder and Koo Ja-wook’s right-hander hit 2 points.
1st base runner Kim Ji-chan drove the Daegu stadium into a crucible of enthusiasm with a hustle play in which he threw his body to take home by turning 2nd and 3rd base in turn when Koo Ja-wook made a short right-handed hit.
Samsung closer Oh Seung-hwan, who took the mound in the 8th inning without two out runners, completely blocked 1⅓ innings, leaving 7 of the total 500 saves in Korea, the US and Japan.
In Incheon, KIA defeated SSG Landers 9-5 and avenged the loss the previous day.
Eui-ri Lee gave up 6 walks in 5 innings and struggled with the first pitch, but thanks to the field team’s good defense and the cohesiveness of the batting line, he harvested his first win of the season.
KIA scored 6 points at the beginning of the 4th inning against 2-2, and actually took the win.
SSG pitcher Kirk McCarty, who caught Kim Ho-ryeong’s bunt on 1st and 2nd base safely, saw 3rd base and threw the ball to 1st base, but Kim Ho-ryeong’s foot stepped on 1st base first.
KIA escaped 4 runs with pinch hitter Hyung-Woo Choi’s 2 RBIs and right-handed hits, and Chan-Ho Park and Do-Young Kim’s consecutive heavy hits in the ensuing one-out run.
In the ensuing full base, Hwang Dae-in beat SSG Salvation Song Young-jin and hit a superior 2 RBI double.
McCarty gave up eight runs on 10 hits, including one home run, in 3⅓ innings.
KIA center fielder Kim Ho-ryeong saved Lee Eui-ri from the corner by sprinting close to 40m and kicking Park Seong-han’s batted ball with a diving catch in the 5th inning, 2 out 1 and 2 base, chased 8 to 3.
KIA Kim Do-young, who hit 3 hits in 3 at-bats that day, injured his left foot while running and was replaced by Ryu Ji-hyuk, and was diagnosed with a fracture at the hospital, raising concerns.
The Lotte Giants beat the Doosan Bears 2-0 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul and avenged their opening home run nightmare in one day.
Han Dong-hee, who played as Lotte’s 6th hitter and third baseman, took the lead in victory with 2 RBIs and 2 bases from 1 out, 1st and 3rd base at the beginning of the 7th inning when the score was 0-0.
Lotte starter Na Gyun-an threw exactly 100 balls in 6⅔innings, giving 5 hits and 2 walks, but fought back with no runs, striking out 4.
At the end of the 7th inning, Lotte left-hander Lee Tae-yeon, who made a relief mound from a crisis with 2 out, 1st and 2nd base, guided right-handed pinch hitter Shin Seong-hyun with a foul fly to the third baseman and put out the fire.
Doosan starter Choi Won-joon suffered a defeat even though he pitched well with 2 runs in 7 innings.
In the top of the 11th inning of overtime, pinch hitter Lee Chun-woong’s squeeze bunt gave the LG Twins a valuable finish, beating the KT Wiz 10-9 and earning their first victory of the season.
When Park Dong-won, the leader, opened the fire with a hit in the middle left, Moon Bo-gyeong sent runner Song Chan-eui to second base with a forward bunt, and Hong Chang-gi scored a double that landed on the left line, winning the chance for 1 out, 2nd and 3rd base.
Lee Chun-woong brought the third base runner home with an unexpected bunt against KT’s changed pitcher Ko Young-pyo.
At the end of the 8th inning, when KT was trailing 5-9, Anthony Alford and Park Byeong-ho scored four points and tied the score at 9-9, but lost to LG in the back judgement.
Ham Deok-joo, a left-hander who perfectly blocked 2 innings with 4 strikeouts, won the victory.
LG Kim Yun-shik was beaten with 4 hits, 2 walks and 2 runs in 1 inning, and KT So-jun So-jun was hit with 10 hits and 9 runs in 2⅓ innings.
Jamsil Stadium (23,750 spectators) and Incheon SSG Landers Field (23,000 spectators) were sold out in two days, and 91,495 spectators filled the 5 stadiums nationwide on the day when the second game of the season was held. .
The SSG club announced that it was the first Incheon-based club to achieve a full crowd two consecutive days before the opening.
Professional baseball, which sold out all stadiums for the opening game (105,450 people) for the first time in 11 years despite various adverse events, mobilized 196,945 spectators for two consecutive weekend opening games.