LG beat KT Wiz 15-4 in Game 4 of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Korean Series at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 11th. 토토사이트링크 LG, which boosted the mood with three consecutive wins after losing one game, will achieve its third Korean Series title in its club's career after 1990 and 1994.
On the other hand, KT, which lost all of its second and fourth games after winning the first game, was upset at the silence of the batters. He showed his will to win by using closer Kim Jae-yoon early, but failed to play as he wanted.
The match between the two teams was fierce from the first round. With Ko Young-pyo and Casey Kelly starting on the 7th, the away team KT won 3-2 thanks to Moon Sang-chul's winning hit in the top of the ninth inning, earning a valuable one win in Jamsil.
The next day, the atmosphere seemed to continue. KT scored four runs in the top of the first inning alone, and LG Choi Won-tae, who was in charge of starting, threw only ⅓ innings and went down the mound. If he wins two consecutive away games, KT could expect a good result.
However, LG slowly narrowed the gap. Austin Dean's RBI timely hit in the bottom of the third inning and Oh Ji-hwan's solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning kept the team up to two runs, and Kim Hyun-soo's RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning pressured KT by one run. On top of that, Park Dong-won fired an upset two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning, and closer Ko Woo-suk kept a one-run lead.
Game 3 was even hotter, with one win and one loss. After LG succeeded in taking the lead with Austin's first three-run shot in the top of the third inning, KT immediately launched a counterattack with Hwang Jae-kyun's one-run double in the bottom of the third inning. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Cho Yong-ho hit an RBI timely hit by Kim Min-hyuk and Anthony Alford, turning the game around 4-3.
When Park Dong-won, the main character of the second game, fired a two-run shot in the top of the sixth inning, KT regained the lead with Park Byung-ho's two-run shot after Hwang Jae-kyun's one-run timely hit in the bottom of the eighth inning. LG's winning move, which put closer Ko Woo-suk in from the bottom of the eighth inning, became a poison.
In the top of the ninth inning, when the defeat was intensified, another hero appeared. Oh Ji-hwan, who appeared with two outs and runners on first and second bases, drew a three-point arch over the right fence. The game could have ended if one more out count was filled, but the joy and sorrow of the two teams were mixed with one home run.
KT had a chance to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and pressured LG, but Kim Sang-soo's double play ended the game without drawing a single point. On the other hand, LG, which replaced Ko Woo-suk and even took the mound Lee Jung-yong, shared joy with all the players and coaching staff as the victory was confirmed. In the history of the Korean Series, a team that has won for the second time in one win and one loss a draw has a whopping 85% 17/20. To that extent, the game was meaningful to both teams.
The result is also a result, but interest in the Korean Series has grown in a close game of one point in three consecutive games. According to Nielsen Korea, a ratings agency, the third-round game was ranked third in daily terrestrial ratings on the day, recording 7.8% nationwide and 7.5% in the metropolitan area. Considering that there have been more fans watching the game online than on TV since the 2010s, the figure is meaningful.
The atmosphere at the scene is also hot. Following the first to third rounds, all seats in the fourth round were sold out. The cumulative attendance of 13 postseason games this year has reached 237,748. Cold weather has been affecting for two days, with the lowest temperature falling below zero, but there was no stopping the enthusiasm of fans.3
Neither team made any changes to the lineup. In the case of LG, they came out with the same lineup for four consecutive games from Game 1, and KT expressed expectations for the performance of existing players as the flow of Game 3 was not bad.
Kim Yun-sik is the pitcher who took the mound to win three consecutive games in the series. Kim Yun-sik recorded 6 wins, 4 losses and 4.22 ERA in 74 ⅔ innings in 17 games this season. In the match against KT, he pitched in three games and posted a 7.00 ERA in nine innings.
KT gave Eom Sang-baek the heavy responsibility. Eom Sang-baek posted a 3.63 ERA in 111 ⅔ innings in 20 games this season. He never pitched against LG during the regular season. Last year's record against LG was one loss in 13 ⅔ innings in three games and an ERA of 1.32.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, who is playing the series with a fixed lineup, said, I think we will go as it is. Unless someone is injured, there is no big change. Since the mechanical itself is the most stable, Hong Chang-ki expressed his faith in the players, saying, Mental is important in the end.
LG outfielder Hong Chang-ki, who broke the silence with three hits in Game 3 after no hits in Game 1 and Game 2, said, I don't think there's much difference, and I think entering the game in a comfortable state led to a good result, and added, I was able to feel comfortable because my brothers instilled a lot of confidence, saying, You're doing well, let's do what we've been doing.
I thought I might not get a hit because other brothers did a good job. I think I was more comfortable mentally as I got a hit from my first at-bat, and I think I gained confidence, he said. I was so grateful that the coach believed me. There was no hit, but I felt good at bat from the second game, he added.
KT, which has subsided by two consecutive losses, vowed to avenge it. KT manager Lee Kang-chul said, The rotation of the starting pitchers will be on the 5th from Game 5. Unlike the regular season, they play tight games every day, so if they play four games so far today, even if they have a lot of bullpen resources, the opponent will also be difficult. If we are similarly exhausted, I think we will be a little more advantageous in the starting battle,he said, expecting a turnaround.
KT outfielder Kim Min-hyuk, who has been playing as a pinch hitter since the playoffs, said, Personally, the results are surprisingly good. Whenever he comes out as a pinch hitter, the result is good, so the trend seems to continue. I go out with the mindset of Let's do it comfortably today because I did one the day before, but I think I keep getting good results.
