Now SSG and the 1G Miracle Director "Cho Hyung-joon shows us when it's good.""

Sep 24, 2024

The KBO League KT Wiz and Lotte Giants match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 24th. KT manager Lee Kang-chul is putting in Song Min-seop, a pinch runner. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.24/

The KBO League KT Wiz and Lotte Giants match at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 24th. KT Kang Baek-ho hits a timely hit in the bottom of the seventh inning with no outs and runners on second base. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.24/

The KBO League KT Wiz and Lotte Giants match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 24th. KT Cho Hyung-joon is pitching hard. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.24/

KT Wiz coach Lee Kang-chul expressed anxiety ahead of the game against the Lotte Giants in Suwon on the 24th, saying, `We are at a disadvantage.' I'm fighting SSG Landers for 5th place, and the relative performance between the two teams is 8-8. If the two teams have the same performance, they are usually ranked based on their performance against each other, but if they are tied, they are set to score multiple points, so KT, with 92 points, has an advantage over SSG, which has 87 points. But this is when I was second, third and fourth. If they are tied for first place and tied for fifth place, they are required to play a separate ranking match. Therefore, unless KT and SSG are tied for fourth place, it is meaningless to get ahead of each other in the performance of the showdown. And before the game, KT had only three games left and SSG had five, so even if KT wins all three games, SSG will turn the tables if SSG wins all five games, so it was clear that it was not in an advantageous situation for KT.

While KT won 5-1 against Lotte, SSG lost to LG 5-14. Now, if KT wins all two remaining games against Kiwoom, SSG must win all four games to tie the game with 72 wins, 2 draws and 70 losses and play in the fifth place.

It was a difficult match. Lotte also made all-out efforts because if it loses that day, it will be confirmed that it will be eliminated from the semifinals.

KT led 1-0 in the bottom of the third inning due to Kim Min-hyuk's triple and Rojas' timely hit, but after two outs in the top of the fifth inning, Bae Jeong-dae's catch error led to a crisis of first and second bases and allowed Son Ho-young to tie the game 1-1.

KT won the bullpen fight in the end. KT decided the game in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Leader Oh Yoon-seok hit a left-handed double from Lotte Han Hyun-hee, and pinch hitter Kang Baek-ho hit a right-handed winning hit from left-handed pitcher Chung Hyun-soo to lead 2-1. In the chance of Shim Woo-joon's sacrifice bunt, Kim Min-hyuk's hit to the right-center hit broke out 3-1. Rojas was caught on a fly to the second base, but Na Kyun-an's first pitch fastball, which Jang Sung-woo changed, was followed by a wedge two-run shot over the left fence to make it 5-1.

KT's starter Um Sang-baek allowed five hits, one walk, three strikeouts, and one run (non-earned) in five innings, and Kim Min-soo gave up two walks in the top of the sixth inning, but Park Seung-wook's bunt hit was caught diving and connected to a triple play, and So Hyung-joon, who took the mound in the top of the seventh inning, silenced Lotte's batters by blocking two perfect innings. In the top of the ninth inning, Park Young-hyun gave up one walk, but he stopped the game without losing a point.

After the game, KT manager Lee Kang-chul said "Starting pitcher Um Sang-baek did his part, and the bullpen pitchers who followed also defended well." Cho Hyung-joon is showing his best performance as he goes on innings"After praising the pitchers, "Lojas first RBI brought the atmosphere of the game. After allowing the tie, Kang Baek-ho Kim Min-hyuk combined for two RBIs and Jang Sung-woo's two-run home run was able to determine the game"It was also a compliment to the batters.

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Now SSG and the 1G Miracle Director "Cho Hyung-joon shows us when it's good.""

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