On a crazy day for all 5 stadiums, SSG was the last one to go crazy! Big twist → 5 consecutive wins '4th place alone'
Jul 31, 2024
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SSG Landers won 12-11 against the Lotte Giants in Game 12 of the season at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 31st. With the victory, SSG has recently won five consecutive games and maintained its fourth place, and the third-place Samsung Lions lost on the day, narrowing the gap one step further. SSG was also far ahead of Lotte with 8 wins and 4 losses this season. On the other hand, Lotte suffered a shock defeat when its closing pitcher collapsed and recently lost two consecutive games.
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▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi(center fielder)-Park Sung-han(striker)-Choi Jeong(third baseman)-Eredia(designated hitter)-Han Yu-sum(right fielder)-Lee Ji-young(catcher)-Oh Tae-gon(first baseman)-Ha Jae-hoon(left fielder)-Kim Sung-hyun(second baseman) starter Oh Won-seok
On this day, the two teams fought a close game in the form of a batting battle. Lotte succeeded in attacking first. Lotte had a chance to take the first and third bases with no outs with Ko Seung-min's infield hit following a double by leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee in the top of the first inning, and led 2-0 with consecutive timely hits by Jeon Joon-woo and Reyes.
The opportunity came in the top of the second inning as well. First batter Park Seung-wook got on base with a straight walk, and Information Geun succeeded in a sacrifice bunt. Yoon Dong-hee struck out with one out and second base, but Ko Seung-min's timely hit in front of center field brought second baseman Park Seung-wook home, making a 3-0 run.
SSG, which remained silent in the bottom of the first inning, tied the score at once in the bottom of the second inning. Heredia's double opened the door, and the next batter Han Yoo-som hit a timely hit. After one out, Oh Tae-gon followed by one more point as he recorded an RBI timely double that separated left-center. After one out, Ha Jae-hoon drew a walk and continued runners on first and second bases. SSG succeeded in tying the game 3-3 as Kim Sung-hyun scored a timely hit to the right-center.
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SSG chased again in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lee Ji-young's walk to first base with no outs. Oh Tae-gon hit a timely double that completely penetrated the left-center field, and Lee Ji-young came home as the opponent's center fielder's catch error overlapped. After 1 out, runners on 1st and 3rd bases due to an error in catching a grounder to the opponent's shortstop. When Jihoon Choi grounded out to shortstop, third baseman Oh Tae-gon homered, and Jihoon Choi was safe at first base to prevent a double play. SSG brought the game back to square one, 5-5 again.
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Since the reversal was allowed, the SSG lineup has calmed down. After scoring in the fourth inning, he failed to create a significant opportunity.
In the meantime, Lotte scored an additional point. After two outs in the top of the seventh inning, the concentration hit broke out. Reyes' hit and Na Seung-yeop's hit piled up the runners. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Lotte ran away by 10-5, five points as Son Ho-young called in third baseman Reyes with a timely hit falling in front of left field.
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Jung Joon-jae hit a timely RBI single, and the bases loaded again. The atmosphere grew a little strange. Lotte's pitching coach Joo Hyung-kwang visited the mound once and cut off the flow. Park Ji-hwan showed tremendous concentration to reach 11 pitches in the match against Kim Won-joong and brought in a third baseman with a sacrifice fly. Now, there's a 3-point gap.
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Even after Herredia's home run, Choi Sang-min's hit came out, but SSG failed to finish in the bottom of the ninth inning and the game flowed to extra time.
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The last 12 episodes. Lotte's leadoff hitter Kim Min-seok hit a heavy hit against Moon Seung-won and got on base. Jang Doo-sung's attempt at a sacrifice bunt. As third baseman Jung Joon-jae ran in, he slipped while trying to catch a ball, and Lotte provided a chance for the first and second bases with no outs. Na Seung-yeop also threw a sacrifice bunt, with runners on the second and third bases with one out. The SSG battery, which skipped Noh Jin-hyuk with four pitches on purpose, failed to block the third baseman's score with Jung Hoon's sacrifice fly. Let's turn the tables again.
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But baseball wasn't over until it was over. Two outs and one base in the bottom of the 12th inning. Oh Tae-gon hit Hyun Do-hoon's slider and hit an upset two-run home run over the left-center fence. It was a thrilling home run to end the game.
On this day, the KBO League scored a total of 109 points in five stadiums. Only the Kiwoom Heroes, a scoreless team, had five teams, including SSG, Lotte, LG, Doosan and Hanwha, with more than 10 points. Among them, Doosan won a great victory against KIA 30-6, setting a new KBO league score record and a new game record for the most points scored.
On the day when the hitting of almost the entire stadium exploded, the last team among them was SSG. SSG was the last to laugh after 4 hours and 48 minutes of bloodshed.
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