KT Wiz once again won a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Lotte Giants. On the 21st, KT won 8-2 in a face-to-face confrontation on the second day of Lotte’s three-week home match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon.스포츠토토
KT was thrilled with 2 consecutive wins and became 28 wins, 2 draws and 34 losses. Also, with the victory on this day, the winning series with Lotte was also confirmed. On the other hand, Lotte maintained 4th place, but suffered two losses in a row and became 32-30.
Like the previous day (20th), Lotte took the lead. At the beginning of the second inning, Yoo Kang-nam hit a timely hit against KT starting pitcher Koh Young-pyo to take the lead. However, as in the game on the 20th, it was not possible to keep the lead.
KT Wiz Park Byeong-ho hit the final in a home game against the Lotte Giants on the 21st. KT confirmed the winning series by winning 2 consecutive wins against Lotte in this 3-game series. [Photo = iNews24 Photo DB]
After one out in the bottom of the 3rd inning, Ahn Chi-young and Kim Sang-soo scored an infield hit and a right-handed hit against Lotte starting pitcher Na Kyun-an, giving KT a chance to 1st and 2nd base. Kim Min-hyeok struck out, but the follow-up hitter, Anthony Alford, hit the right time to balance the score at 1-1.
Then Park Byeong-ho, who came out to bat, hit a timely hit once again to turn the score around 2-1. KT, who took the lead, ran away 3-1 with Alford’s timely hit at the end of the 5th inning.
He got the win in the bottom of the 6th inning. He ran away with a batter and scored 5 runs. In the safe first base situation, Hwang Jae-gyun hit a triple at the right time to make the score 4-1, followed by a timely hit by the batting team to widen the score to 5-1.
The KT batting line did not cool down. The Lotte bench put Jin Seung-hyeon on the mound as the second pitcher in place of Na Kyun-an, but KT made a chance to load the bases with Kim Sang-soo’s hit. Then, Kim Min-hyeok hit a sacrifice fly and Jang Seong-wu’s 2 RBIs and timely hits made it 8-1, consolidating the victory.
Koh Young-pyo threw 92 pitches in 7 innings against the Lotte batting line, giving up 4 hits, 5 strikeouts and 1 run (unearned), becoming a winning pitcher. I posted my 6th win (3 losses) of the season. Na Gyun-an suffered his second loss (6 wins) of the season as he became a losing pitcher with 6 runs in 5 innings.
KT Wiz pitcher Koh Young-pyo started in the home game against the Lotte Giants on the 21st and pitched 7 innings, giving up 1 run (no run) and became the winning pitcher. I posted my 6th win (3 losses) of the season. [Photo = Reporter Jeong So-hee]
Kim Sang-soo played the leadoff role that day with three hits. Kim Min-hyeok, Alford, Hwang Jae-gyun, and Ahn Chi-young each scored two hits and put their strength into the KT lineup. Hwang Jae-kyun also achieved 3,000 individual bases (21st in KBO League history) that day. Lotte added one point in the top of the 9th inning due to a KT defensive mistake.
However, it did not act as a big variable in the game. The KT batting line shook the Lotte mound with 14 hits on the day. On the other hand, the Lotte batting line was tied with 6 hits, including 2 hits by Jack Rex.
The two teams will play on the last day of the three-game series at the same location on the 22nd. Wes Benjamin (KT) and Lee In-bok (Lotte) were announced as starting pitchers. This is Lee In-bok’s first appearance in the first team after the start of this season.