'Despite Kim Jin-sung's SNS scandal, LG won six consecutive games'ens scoreless → Yoo Young-chan Blone → Kim Hyun-soo's final hit. Kim Won-joong lost two games in a row
Jul 23, 2024
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LG allowed Yoo Young-chan to tie the game 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning with a timely hit in an away game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 23rd, but Kim Hyun-soo's timely hit won 2-1 in the top of the ninth inning.
The previous day, veteran pitcher Kim Jin-sung reportedly wrote a controversial article on SNS, and went down to the second division on the day, causing a big hole in the bullpen, but LG continued its winning streak by winning a one-point match against Lotte.
Six consecutive wins are LG's record for the most consecutive wins this season. There was only one match from the match against Hanwha on May 23 to the match against SSG on the 29th. This is the second time.
Lotte's starting lineup consisted of Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Reyes (right fielder), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Son Sung-bin (catcher), and Park Seung-wook (striker). He prepared for LG's left-handed starter N.S. by starting all right-handed hitters that can be used. Jeon Jun-woo was placed at No. 2 for the first time this season.
LG selected Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (left wing), Park Dong-won (catcher), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), Kim Bum-seok (designated hitter), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman).
The ace's showdown with the pitcher was played.
LG had a chance to score a large amount in the top of the first inning, but the result was not good. With consecutive hits by Oh Ji-hwan and Austin, Moon Bo-kyung's straight walk created a chance to load the bases with one out. However, Kim Hyun-soo's sacrifice fly to right field only scored one point. Park Dong-won struck out.
Lotte made a triple in the bottom of the third inning when center fielder Park Hae-min tried to catch the leadoff Son Sung-bin's hit to the middle of the third inning, creating a chance to tie the game with no outs. However, Park Seung-wook and Yoon Dong-hee struck out consecutively, and Jeon Joon-woo grounded out in front of the third base and missed a big opportunity.
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While Wilkerson took the LG lineup until the seventh inning, Lotte continued to harass the LG mound to create a chance to tie the game, but no shot came out.
Yoon Dong-hee's left-center double and Jeon Joon-woo's walk in the bottom of the sixth inning gave him a chance to get first and second bases with one out, but Son Ho-young stepped down with a foul fly on the first baseman, and Reyes hit a heavy hit, but second baseman Shin Min-jae blocked it and became an infield hit and loaded the bases. Jung Hoon struck out swinging and went scoreless. Lotte ended up with four hits and no runs until the sixth inning, failing to attack the N.S.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, another clear chance came. Na Seung-yeop drew a walk against the changed pitcher Baek Seung-hyun, and Ko Seung-min hit a hit to the right-center to create a golden opportunity with no outs. LG immediately put up left-handed Kim Yoo-young and Lotte also countered with a pinch-hit Junghoon Lee. The result is a fly to center field. It was too short a fly, so the third baseman couldn't dig home. And Park Seung-wook's hit went into pitcher Kim Yoo-young's glove and became a double play leading to second base-1.
I knocked and knocked and finally opened it. Lotte created another opportunity in the bottom of the eighth inning and succeeded in tying the game.
Leader Yoon Dong-hee hit a left-handed hit from the changed Jung Woo-young, and Jeon Joon-woo became a one-out runner with a sacrifice bunt. When Son Ho-young hit a grounder to third base, second baseman Yoon Dong-hee, who was heading to third base, was threatened and tagged out. Even when he was on first base with two outs, did the chance fail again, but after Reyes took a walk from Lotte's changed closer Yoo Young-chan, Jung-hoon hit a timely hit to the left to make it 1-1. Choi Hang struck out swinging and failed to reverse the game at the opportunity to turn the tables on the first and third bases.
LG took the lead again in the top of the ninth inning. From Lotte closer Kim Won-joong, Austin's left-handed hit and pinch runner Choi Seung-min stole second base, and Kim Hyun-soo hit a heavy hit to bring Choi Seung-min home to lead 2-1 again. He led the team to victory with two hits and two RBIs in three at-bats, including a winning hit in the ninth inning, on a sacrifice fly that scored the first run in the first inning.
LG tried to put more pressure on them to score an extra point, but they failed. pinch runner Lee Young-bin went to second base during the wild pitch, and Park Dong-won took a walk and got one out and runners on first and second bases. Lotte raised left-handed Chung Hyun-soo to strike out Park Hae-min, then raised Koo Seung-min to ground out Kim Bum-seok in front of third base to prevent additional runs and put hope in the bottom of the ninth inning.
After two outs, Yoo Young-chan suddenly shook. He gave up a walk to Park Seung-wook and a straight walk to Yoon Dong-hee, putting him on the verge of first and second bases. A match against Lotte's Jeon Jun-woo. He struck out swinging in 2B2S.
The two starting pitchers' good pitching shone on the day. Lotte Wilkerson struck out as many as 10 in seven innings, recording a quality start plus three hits, one walk, and one run, while LG Ens also recorded four hits, two walks, and seven strikeouts in six innings. Ence met the requirements for a winning pitcher, and Wilkerson was on the verge of losing the game, but it was tied 1-1 in the eighth inning, and both ended without a win or loss.
For Lotte, it was a frustrating game because there were no scoring hits in many chances Closer Kim Won-joong was in trouble as he became a losing pitcher for two consecutive games following the match against Samsung on the 22nd.
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