'All-Star MVP' and 'Home Run Derby Winner' in the first three series. No. 1 and No. 2 in RBIs and No. 2 in his team. No. 4 hitter's pride is on the line
Jul 09, 2024
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The No. 1 KIA Tigers and the No. 2 LG Twins will play three consecutive games at Jamsil Stadium from the 9th. Coincidentally, the first three consecutive games in the second half became the first-place match. The game car is 3.5 games, and even if LG wins all three games, the No. 1 ranking does not change.
Still, as it is the first three consecutive games in the second half and the first and second-place games, KIA should win a lot and spread the gap, and LG should narrow the gap to get closer to the first place.
It's interesting. This is because the fourth batter of both teams won important titles one by one. LG's foreign hitter Austin Dean won the Home Run Derby, and KIA's Choi Hyung-woo became the All-Star MVP.
Austin's home run derby win was dramatic. At the Home Run Derby held after the Futures All-Star Game on the 6th, the first and second place in the preliminary round will advance to the final, and Austin hit four to tie for second place with KIA Kim Do-young. He hit a home run first at Sudden Death to advance to the finals.
Austin also hit four home runs first in the final, and Peraza, who hit as many as nine home runs in the preliminary round, hit four until five outs and later ended in a tie, and Austin hit a home run first to determine the winner with Sudden Death.
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The two are faithfully fulfilling their mission to increase the RBI as the fourth batter of the first and second-place teams. Choi Hyung-woo ranks first in the RBI rankings with 73 RBIs, while Austin ranks second with 70 RBIs.
In this three consecutive games, the game is bound to move further depending on how much Choi Hyung-woo and Austin hit at an important moment.
Choi Hyung-woo played in nine games against LG this season with a batting average of 351 (13 hits in 37 at-bats) and three home runs and 12 RBIs, while Austin had a batting average of 448 (13 hits in 29 at-bats) and two home runs and seven RBIs in nine games against KIA. Both showed very strong performances against their opponents.
In this three consecutive games, both LG and KIA will have all the aces. Casey Kelly, Detrick Ens and Lim Chan-kyu will play for LG, and James Nail, Yang Hyun-jong and Cam Aldred will take the mound for KIA. In the end, you have to score points against well-throwed pitchers to win. So the match between Mr. All-Star and Home Run Derby winner is even more interesting.
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