'Succeeded in 8 games?' He scored the most four points this year to natural enemy Benjamin. We've had eight games, five wins and no losses in two years... Four runs (two earned) in five innings are on the verge of losing for the first time

Aug 27, 2024

A game between LG and KT at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 27th. Austin hit an RBI triple in the bottom of the third inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.08.27/

A game between LG and KT at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 27th. Moon Bo-kyung hit an RBI timely hit in the bottom of the third inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.08.27/

A game between LG and KT held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 27th. KT Benjamin, who is pitching as a starter. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.08.27/

LG Twins finally caught their natural enemy.

LG put KT Wiz Wes Benjamin, its arch-nemesis, on the verge of defeat.

In the home game against KT at Jamsil on the 27th, LG got on base every inning against Benjamin, the starting pitcher, and bullied Benjamin to score four runs by making six hits until the fifth inning. Benjamin was on the verge of becoming a losing pitcher as he was replaced by Woo Kyu-min in the bottom of the sixth inning with a 4-0 lead.

Benjamin's performance is six hits, two walks and one out in five innings, two strikeouts and four runs (two earned). Although he failed to make an early steel plate due to his enormous firepower, Benjamin made him throw at least two innings against LG for two years.

Benjamin is a representative of LG's natural enemy. He has won five games, lost five games, and has a 1.07 ERA in eight games last year and two years this year. He allowed 12 runs in 50 ⅔ innings, but only six earned runs.

LG once scored five runs on five hits with two home runs in six innings from Benjamin in Jamsil on May 16 last year. However, Benjamin had only one earned run due to an error.

Other than that game, two points from Benjamin were the most scored points.

The most hits in a game against Benjamin were six hits in seven innings in Jamsil on June 21.

I met another natural enemy in an important game, which was the 9th game of 8 games. This time, he bullied Benjamin to the point where he could say with certainty 'I got you'.

In the bottom of the first inning, Shin Min-jae walked, but failed to steal second base, ending the attack with three batters, but he scored the first run in the bottom of the second inning after overcoming the crisis of loading the bases with one out in the top of the second inning.

A game between LG and KT held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 27th. KT Shim Woo-joon made a defensive error in the second inning when Oh Ji-hwan hit an infield ground ball with one out and runners on the first and second bases. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.08.27/

A game between LG and KT held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 27th. In the second inning, Oh Ji-hwan and Park Hae-min tried a double steal with two outs and runners on first and third bases. Oh Ji-hwan, the third baseman who succeeded in scoring. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.08.27/

Luck has come. After one out, Oh Ji-hwan hit a ground ball in front of the ordinary second base with one out and runners on the first and second bases, which was made with a ball hit by No. 5 Kim Hyun-soo and No. 6 Park Dong-won's left-handed hit. It ended with a double play, but second baseman Oh Yoon-seok's toss was a little low, and he fell to the ground after being hit by Shim Woo-joon's glove, who was trying to catch him at second base. When Shim Woo-joon hurriedly grabbed the ball again and raised his arm to tag Park Dong-won, the first baseman running to second base, Park Dong-won's knee hit the glove, and the ball escaped the glove and rolled into the left outfield. Kim Hyun-soo stepped home, followed by a chance of second and third bases with one out. When Park Hae-min grounded out in front of the shortstop, the third baseman was out of Park Dong-won's home, making it two outs and runners on the first and third bases. During No. 9 Koo Bon-hyuk's at-bat, LG launched a one-run operation. Park Hae-min tried to steal second base, and when catcher Cho Dae-hyun threw to second base, third baseman Oh Ji-hwan stole double running home. Park Hae-min stopped on his way, and when second baseman Oh Yoon-seok caught and looked at the home, he was late for timing. Instead of giving up one out count, he got one more point and scored two runs without a timely hit in the chance he got with one hit and one walk.

LG added two more runs with a hit in the bottom of the third inning. After one out, Hong Chang-ki's double to right-center created a chance, and Shin Min-jae's hit was caught by Oh Yoon-seok's defense, but Hong Chang-ki ran to third base. Austin's triple to the right-center hit with two outs and a third base made it 3-0, followed by Moon Bo-kyung's hit to the right-center, adding one more run to make it 4-0.

I made another chance in the bottom of the fifth inning. Hong Chang-ki, the leader, hit a single, but ran to second base and was out due to an operation failure, but Shin Min-jae went out due to a second baseman error, and Austin's left-handed hit created a chance for first and second bases. However, Moon Bo-kyung failed to score additional points as he retired with a fly to center field and Kim Hyun-soo to left field.

By the fifth inning, the number of pitches reached 101, and eventually, the second pitcher Woo Kyu-min came up in the bottom of the sixth inning.

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