Park Chan-ho's 10th inning game-winning hit, the first to reach '50 wins'
KIA's Choi Hyung-woo, the problem solver, is cheering after hitting a golden tying hit in the 9th inning against LG on the 10th
The KIA-LG game held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th was worthy of being called the Korean Series of midsummer. As expected from a match between the leading KIA and the second-place LG, 23,750 spectators filled the stadium despite it being a weekday night game.
The game content was also reminiscent of the Korean Series. A pitching duel took place until the end of the game, and the game went into extra innings as the winner was not decided in the regular innings. The winner of the long game was the leading KIA.
KIA defeated LG 5-2 thanks to Choi Hyung-woo's tying RBI hit in the top of the 9th with two outs and Park Chan-ho's reverse-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning. With a five-game winning streak, KIA was the first of the 10 teams to reach 50 wins (2 draws, 33 losses). In the KBO League, the probability of a team winning the regular season by winning 50 games is 70.6% (24 out of 34 times).
LG's victory was strong until the 8th inning. KIA starting pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong gave up a solo home run to Moon Bo-kyung in the bottom of the 2nd inning, giving up the first point, and in the bottom of the 8th inning, with the score 0-1, Choi Ji-min gave up a timely double to Park Dong-won that landed on the left fielder's left field. However, Choi Ji-min struck out Kim Hyun-soo and got Koo Bon-hyeok to fly out to right field in a continued crisis with runners on 2nd and 3rd bases and one out, laying the foundation for a counterattack.
KIA, which escaped the crisis, destroyed LG's closing pitcher Yoo Young-chan, who had an ERA of 1 until the day before, in the top of the 9th. After leadoff hitter Park Chan-ho opened the scoring with a double to left-center, he advanced to third base when Socrates grounded out to second base. The next batter, Choi Won-jun, ignited a comeback by hitting a left-field RBI single against Yoo Young-chan. When the next batter, Kim Do-young, grounded out to shortstop, Choi Won-jun was forced out at second base, and it seemed like the game would end like that. However, KIA had Choi Hyung-woo, the 'problem solver' who had hit the oldest grand slam the day before. Choi Hyung-woo, who had grounded out in all three of his previous at-bats, hit a deep hit to left-center with two outs and a runner on first base, and Kim Do-young, who was on first base and got off to a quick start, circled second and third bases and rushed home. It was a timely hit that brought the game back to square one.
KIA, riding on the momentum, turned the game around in the top of the 10th inning. With one out, Seo Geon-chang walked and Han Jun-su hit a right-field hit, and with runners on first and third, Park Chan-ho hit a sacrifice fly to center field off LG's fourth pitcher Baek Seung-hyun to turn the game around. With two outs and runners on first and second, Choi Won-jun hit a timely hit off the replacement pitcher Jung Woo-young. As LG right fielder Hong Chang-ki's home throw went behind the catcher, Socrates also scored, widening the score to 5-2. KIA's Jeon Sang-hyun pitched a scoreless inning in the bottom of the 10th to secure the win.
KIA's starting pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong became the first player in Korean professional baseball to start 400 games and the third player to pitch 100 innings in 11 consecutive seasons. Yang Hyeon-jong laid the foundation for the team's victory by pitching well, allowing 6 hits, no walks, striking out 3, and allowing 1 run in 5 innings. On the other hand, LG lost a game they had in their sights and fell into a losing streak, dropping one spot from 2nd place the day before to 3rd place.
KT won a walk-off victory over Doosan in the bottom of the 10th inning in a home game in Suwon. The two teams, who had been going back and forth, entered an extended game with a score of 6-6 until the 9th inning. KT's genius hitter Kang Baek-ho ended the long game by hitting a walk-off center hit against Doosan's closing pitcher Kim Taek-yeon with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 3rd base. It was his first career walk-off hit. Kim Taek-yeon, who appeared in the bottom of the 9th inning, struck out all three batters with 9 pitches, but could not prevent the team's defeat.
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