'The raising was fair' Choi Jung 2 Run - Manlupo Explosion...SSG and KT are tied for 5th place 'Tiebreaker destined for 1st day'

Sep 30, 2024

'The raising was fair' Choi Jung 2 Run - Manlupo Explosion...SSG and KT are tied for 5th place 'Tiebreaker destined for 1st day'
The match between SSG Landers and Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th. In the bottom of the fourth inning, SSG Choi Jung, with two outs, is cheering after hitting a full base. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.30/



Eventually, the tiebreaker was opened. The end of the all-time fifth-place competition came to an end with a brutal bout.

There was no waiver for the SSG Landers in fall baseball. He tied for fifth place.

In the final game of the season against the Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th, SSG won 7-2 with Choi Jung, who swept six RBIs alone with a two-run shot and a wedge full base, and Anderson, who pitched five scoreless innings as a starter. With the victory, SSG finished with 72 wins, 2 draws and 70 losses in 144 games, ending the season with KT Wiz and both wins, no losses. The two teams will have a single match of tiebreakers in Suwon on the 1st for the fifth place. The team that won the game will be the final fifth, and will play the wild card match against the Doosan Bears from the 2nd.



'The raising was fair' Choi Jung 2 Run - Manlupo Explosion...SSG and KT are tied for 5th place 'Tiebreaker destined for 1st day'
The match between SSG Landers and Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th. SSG coach Lee Sung-yong is lost in thought. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.30/
For SSG, it was a game that they had to win with their lives. If you win, you're a tiebreaker, and if you lose, you're out of fall baseball. There was no tomorrow. I had to win no matter what.

Kiwoom was at the bottom, but it could not be easy. On the 27th and 28th, SSG's competition team played two consecutive games against KT. He gave up two wins to KT at the time, but it was a huge blood clot that Kiwoom was able to win in both games.



'The raising was fair' Choi Jung 2 Run - Manlupo Explosion...SSG and KT are tied for 5th place 'Tiebreaker destined for 1st day'
The match between SSG Landers and Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th. Kiwoom Yoon Seok-won is pitching hard. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.30/
First of all, SSG had no choice but to take the lead in the pre-match power struggle. This is because SSG's ace Anderson, who took five days off, will take the mound, while Kiwoom has no starter, so left-hander bullpen Yoon Seok-won took the mound.

However, SSG did not easily solve the game. In the bottom of the first inning, he failed to take advantage of the first and third bases with one out, and in the second inning, he failed to score the first point with a chance with one out and second base.



Fortunately, Anderson, who was hit hard in the LG Twins match just before, overwhelmed Kiwoom's batters by spraying a fastball that was well over 150 kilometers. If Kiwoom had given up the first run, the game would have been twisted, but he aimed for Anderson's opportunity in good pitching.

'The raising was fair' Choi Jung 2 Run - Manlupo Explosion...SSG and KT are tied for 5th place 'Tiebreaker destined for 1st day'
The match between SSG Landers and Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th. SSG Anderson is pitching hard. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.30/
And when it was difficult, star Choi Jung came forward as a troubleshooter. Choi Jung hit a two-run shot in the third inning against pitcher Kim Sun-ki, who was changed to face him. SSG's blocked blood was pierced when Choi Jeong hit a huge home run with one out and one base.

This wasn't the end of it. SSG, which made it 3-0 with Park Sung-han's timely hit in the fourth inning, brought the victory completely with Choi Jung hitting a grand slam once again against Kim Dong-hyuk, a two-out bases-loaded opportunity. Choi Jeong's 15th grand slam. And the 28th consecutive homer came when it really mattered. From Kiwoom's point of view, it was regrettable that Kim Hye-sung made a throwing error when Jung Joon-jae grounded out with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. The inning should have ended, because Choi Jeong's home run hit immediately after this error.

'The raising was fair' Choi Jung 2 Run - Manlupo Explosion...SSG and KT are tied for 5th place 'Tiebreaker destined for 1st day'
The match between SSG Landers and Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th. In the bottom of the fourth inning, SSG Choi Jung, with two outs, is cheering after hitting a full base. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.30/
Kiwoom avoided Youngbong's defeat by scoring one run with Park Soo-jong's triple and Kim Tae-jin's sacrifice fly when Han Doo-sol came out following Anderson in the sixth inning. And as if to repay the away fans who cheered enthusiastically until the end, Kim Gun-hee scored an additional point with a timely hit in the ninth inning.

A day later, SSG tried to minimize bullpen bleeding with consecutive throws by Han Doo-sol, Seo Jin-yong, Park Si-hoo and Jung Dong-yoon in preparation for the tiebreaker. However, it was Oketi ahead of the doomed KT match that he was on the verge of loading the bases with the last two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and eventually put in closer Cho Byung-hyun. Still, it was profitable to cut Anderson, who was tired, with five innings at the end of the season, and save his physical strength. It was possible because of Choi Jeong's home run.

'The raising was fair' Choi Jung 2 Run - Manlupo Explosion...SSG and KT are tied for 5th place 'Tiebreaker destined for 1st day'
The game between SSG Landers and Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th. SSG Choo Shin-soo, a pinch hitter with one out, greets the batter at the bottom of the eighth inning. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.09.30/
The SSG bench, which was relaxed, sent Choo Shin-soo as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning of Ha Jae-hoon's at-bat. Choo Shin-soo, who has been closed due to a shoulder injury, announced his retirement after this season, and there was a possibility that this at-bat would be his last at-bat in front of active home fans. It gave the home fans a chance to say goodbye. Choo Shin-soo grounded out to second base, and in the dugout, coach Lee Sung-yong and players greeted him with applause. Even if SSG advances to the postseason, Choo Shin-soo is in a physical condition that is not easy to play.

Kiwoom will play two games against KT and the final game against SSG at the end of the season, and suddenly grab the fifth-place fight casting boat. They lost all three of these games, putting the two teams in the fifth place game fairly.



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