Kiwoom won 4-3 against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 7th. Kiwoom won all three consecutive games against the Hanwha Eagles, and has won seven straight games since the opening of the season. At the same time, it elevated its ranking to third place. 토토사이트
Starting pitcher Kim Sun-ki held out by giving up only one run in five innings. The bullpen then combined for two runs in six innings.
It was Kim Hye-sung who led the game. He hit his first walk-off home run in his career and two homers in one game for the first time since his debut.
He hit a 112km curveball by Hanwha starter Kim Min-woo in his first at-bat in the first inning to score a tying solo shot. Then, in the bottom of the 11th inning of overtime, he came out as the leadoff hitter and rolled up Lee Tae-yang's 138km fastball to hit the right fence. It was his third and fourth homer of the season.
And he completed his first walk-off home run and his first multi-homer game.
“I wanted to hit it once, but I'm glad I did it before I retired,” Kim Hye-sung said after the match. “It's my first time playing a multi-homer game. It was unthinkable because I wasn't a home run hitter. I don't know why I came out,” he said with a smile.
He is on a seven-game winning streak. As a captain, I feel proud. “When I lost consecutive games, I didn't have a good atmosphere because I lost consecutive games, but (Lee) Won-seok and many other seniors gave me good words, and the atmosphere was reversed, and I think I was able to continue my winning streak,” Kim said. “I also said, “Since I can't play all 144 games well, if I do my best, I'll get good results.” To be cool-headed, I don't think there is much difference in the team's atmosphere between losing consecutive games and now winning consecutive games.”
Kiwoom has been underdogged as “absolutely weak 1.” However, the team is enjoying the game as if mocking the team's performance at the beginning of the season. Kim Hye-sung said, “Baseball is where the 10th place team wins the first place. In this regard, the players did their own thing and worked out hard, not paying attention to the underdog evaluation.”
Kim Hye-sung will try to advance to the U.S. after the end of this season. He is a prospective major leaguer. “I value (the game) with the same mindset this year, and I am working hard with a mindset to do better than last year,” he said, expressing his commitment in a short but bold manner.
