Oh Tae-gon, who led his family to five consecutive wins, made a dramatic two-run shot at the end of the 12th inning

Aug 01, 2024

The match between SSG and Lotte at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 31st. Oh Tae-gon hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon, reporter song@sportschosun.com

Oh Tae-gon hit a come-from-behind two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning.

Oh Tae-gon congratulated by his colleagues

SSG infielder Oh Tae-gon hit a thrilling walk-off two-run home run against his family members, leading the team to five consecutive wins.

A match between SSG and Lotte at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the last day of July. After a close game, SSG won 12-11 against Lotte with Oh Tae-gon's walk-off come-from-behind two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning.

SSG Oh Tae-gon started as the seventh batter and first baseman. Lotte scored from the first inning. With consecutive hits by Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min, Jeon Joon-woo and Reyes hit a timely hit with runners on the second and third bases with no outs. Lotte also scored an extra point in the second inning. With two outs and a runner on the second base, Ko Seung-min hit a timely RBI.

Lotte led 3-0 early in the game.

SSG launched a counterattack in the bottom of the second inning. When Herredia hit a leadoff double, Han Yu-sum hit a timely RBI single to bring Herredia in. Lee Ji-young's center fielder fly, Oh Tae-gon hit an RBI double that separated the left-center field with one out and one on the first base. After that, Kim Sung-hyun scored three points with a timely hit that even brought in Oh Tae-gon. It's a three-to-three balance.

The match between SSG and Lotte at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 31st. SSG Oh Tae-gon hit a timely RBI single in the second inning.

Lotte took a two-run lead again in the top of the third inning with back-to-back home runs by Son Ho-young and Jung Hoon. SSG brought the game back to square one in the bottom of the fourth inning. When Lee Ji-young walked to the base, Oh Tae-gon hit another double to left-center. First baseman Lee Ji-young scored during Lotte's defensive error. Oh Tae-gon tied the score on Jihoon Choi's infield ground. The game at the bottom of the fourth inning is again 5-5.

Lotte, which gave up the tie, scored four points in the bottom of the fifth inning and ran away again. After Son Ho-young's double and Jeong Hoon's hit, Park Seung-wook struck out, but Hwang Sung-bin, a pinch hitter, hit a timely RBI. With one out and runners on the first and second bases, Yoon Dong-hee hit a three-run home run over the left-center fence against SSG Lee Eui-woon. 9-5. Lotte's lead.

Lotte widened the gap to 10-5 in the top of the seventh inning with Son Ho-young's one-run timely hit.

At 10-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Lotte's long-haired closer Kim Won-joong took the mound. It was not a save situation, but due to the exhaustion of the relief team, Kim Won-joong eventually took the mound. He seemed to finish the game easily until he handled leadoff hitter Oh Tae-gon with an infield grounder, but he faced a crisis with a walk and consecutive hits.

Kim Won-joong allowed five runs against seven SSG batters while holding two outs. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, he hit a three-run home run by Herredia and was pulled out after allowing a 10-10 tie.

9 shocking 5 runs. Kim Won-joong allowed a tiebreaking three-run home run to SSG Eredia.

The game, which seemed to end, headed for extra time. Both teams, who failed to score points in the 10th and 11th innings, got a chance to win each of the last 12 innings.

Lotte took the lead first. With the bases loaded with one out in the top of the 12th inning, Jung-hoon hit a precious RBI sacrifice fly that led 11-10 again.

He also didn't give up on SSG in the bottom of the 12th inning. Leadoff hitter Herredia walked on base and hit Choi Sang-min's body with no outs and runners on first and second bases. Lotte replaced the pitcher from Kim Do-gyu to Hyun Do-hoon.

The changed pitcher Hyun Do-hoon made a double play by outing the next batter Kim Min-sik with a line drive in front of the pitcher and dealing with the second baseman with a force-out.

In an instant, it changed from first and second base with no outs to first base with two outs. Lotte wins if it doesn't hit a home run.

Taking the batter's box for the sixth time, Oh hit Hyun Do-hoon's five pitches with two strikes and two balls, and hit a walk-off come-from-behind two-run homer over the left-center fence.

It was a lie-like walk-off home run made by the last batter after two outs. Hyun Do-hoon collapsed on the mound, and Oh Tae-gon slowly turned around the ground and became a proud protagonist in front of his teammates.

End-reversal two-run shot Oh Tae-gon.

Hyeon Do-hoon sat down. Oh Tae-gon circling the ground.

He played his first four-hit game this season. 4 for 6, 3 RBIs, 3 runs scored. We've come from behind to hit a two-run home run...Oh Tae-gon, who made his professional debut with Lotte Giants in 2010, performed best this season against his former team. SSG booked a winning series with Lotte with Oh Tae-gon's come-from-behind two-run homer and recently won five consecutive games.