'LG PO goes 100%' Austin upset three-run + Son Joo-young 5.1 scoreless innings + Eli Tuhon's save LG, 6-5 come-from-behind victory. There is one win left for Daegu. Player Benjamin failed KT's cliff edge.
Oct 08, 2024
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In Game 3 of the semi-playoff against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 8th, Son Joo-young's come-from-behind three-run shot and Hernandez's fighting save led to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory and two consecutive losses. If they win one of the remaining two games, they will play a playoff against the second-place Samsung Lions to advance to the Korean Series.
In the best-of-five semi-playoffs, there were six cases of one win and one loss, and the winning team of Game 3 advanced all six times. LG has a 100% chance.
KT has formed a new lineup consisting of Rojas (right wing), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Jang Seong-woo (catcher), Oh Jae-il (first baseman), Hwang Jae-gyun (third baseman), Kim Sang-soo (second baseman), Bae Jung-dae (middle fielder), Shim Woo-joon (striker), and Jung Joon-young (left wing). Kim Min-hyuk, who was a top hitter, is unable to play due to his cold. Instead, Jung Joon-young stepped up, and Oh Jae-il entered instead of Moon Sang-chul, and the overall lineup was adjusted.
LG's nine main players remain the same, but the order has been adjusted. It consists of Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Park Dong-won (captor), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Moon Sung-joo (left wing). The order of Park Dong-won and Oh Ji-hwan and Kim Hyun-soo has been changed five to seven times.
Director Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "Number 1 to 5 should be solved."Now that we're at Suwon Stadium, shouldn't it be a big ball?" I think the game will go better if it becomes a big ball because five to six people in our batting lineup have the ability to hit home runs.
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In the top of the second inning, Park Dong-won hit a first solo shot. He sent a 132-kilometer slider from 1B to the middle of the second pitch over the left fence without missing it. 1-0. Coach Yeom scored the first point with his big ball.
KT tied the game immediately in the bottom of the second inning. It was thanks to LG's error. After 1st base, Kim Sang-soo's hit ball was thrown long as shortstop Oh Ji-hwan caught it, and Austin managed to catch it, but his foot fell off the first base and became a safety. Kim Sang-soo then ran to third base during Bae Jeong-dae's heavy hit, and when the center fielder threw to third base, Bae Jeong-dae jumped to second base. Moon Bo-kyung's throw back to second base made an error to fall into the outfield, and Kim Sang-soo homered and made it 1-1.
KT even created a come-from-behind chance with one out and third base, but Shim Woo-joon and Jung Joon-young had to swallow their disappointment as they stepped down with an outfield fly.
LG took the lead again in the top of the third inning. Leading Park Hae-min hit a double that fell inside the right line and settled to third base with Moon Sung-joo's sacrifice bunt. Hong Chang-ki then led 2-1 with a double hitting the right-center fence after a full count match. Shin Min-jae's walk on a wild pitch led to a chance of one out and runners on first and third bases.
And when Austin struck out on his fifth fastball in 2B2S, first baseman Shin Min-jae ran to second base and stopped. Hong Chang-ki, the third baseman who was intentionally threatened, said he would give Hong a chance to dig home. Second baseman Kim Sang-soo chased Shin Min-jae and looked toward Hong Chang-ki, then suddenly turned and threw to third base. But Hong Chang-ki quickly returned to third base and was safe. And Shin Min-jae settled on second base. Austin struck out and was out with two outs, so if Shin Min-jae was well threatened and out, the inning could have ended, but he was too conscious of the third baseman and gave LG a chance to second and third bases with two outs.
However, LG did not take this opportunity. Moon Bo-kyung struck out Benjamin swinging.
And KT did not miss the chance that came after the crisis. Oh Jae-il's sacrifice fly to right field made it 2-2 with one out and runners on first and third bases, which was made with a walk by the lead Rojas and a heavy hit by Jang Sung-woo, and Hwang Jae-kyun's left-handed hit led to a chance of two outs and runners on first and second bases.
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However, in the top of the fifth inning, the same thing happened as Game 3 of last year's Korean Series. Austin once hit a three-run shot from Benjamin at the top of the third inning with one out and runners on the second and third bases when it was 0-0 in Game 3 of the Korean Series held in Suwon on November 10 last year. But this time, he made another come-from-behind three-run shot to Benjamin. In the top of the fifth inning, Benjamin's 141km cutter, with one out and runners on the first and second bases, came into the low strike zone, and he rolled up the ball to make it a home run. a 5-3 turnaround.
LG ran one more run in the top of the sixth inning with Hong Chang-ki's sacrifice fly to center field with one out and runners on first and third base, which made two hits against KT's second pitcher Kim Min-soo.
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Son Joo-young, who blocked him with a three-out strikeout in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings, gave up a heavy hit to Hwang Jae-kyun after one out in the bottom of the sixth, but struck out Kim Sang-soo and handled the allocation team with a fly to right field. In the bottom of the seventh inning, he finished with three outs, showing incredible perfect pitching in his first postseason appearance. He pitched after two outs in the bottom of the third inning and had only 53 pitches in four ⅓ until the bottom of the seventh inning. It came out in the eighth inning and ended with a three-way exit.
In an interview with reporters before the game, Son Joo-young said, "(Choi) Won-tae and I want to finish." Wouldn't it be good if the older guys took a break?" he said. "If he goes to the playoffs, he will start." You have to do this today to go to the playoffs. I'll thoroughly prepare and throw well no matter what." As he said, he pitched tremendously. At the bottom of the ninth inning, hand over the mound to Yoo Young-chan Although he did not finish the game with his own hands as he said, he gave the team a valuable victory as he became a winning pitcher in his postseason debut with two hits, no four outs and seven strikeouts in five ⅓ innings.
Yoo Young-chan, who rose in the bottom of the ninth inning, was on the verge of second base with no outs with a hit and a balk, and was chased 6-5 by Bae Jeong-dae after one out. Coach Yeom showed a winning move again. He put Elijah Hernandez on the mound, who was supposed to rest on the day. Hernandez finished the game by catching pinch-hitter Chun Sung-ho with a ground ball in front of the first base and pinch-hitter Kim Min-hyuk with a fly to center field.
Austin made 3 hits and 3 RBIs in 5 at-bats, including a come-from-behind three-run shot, and Park Dong-won also had 2 hits (homer) in 4 at-bats. Hong Chang-ki had one hit in four at-bats, but he had two RBIs and a run scored. On this day, LG showed active offense by hitting 10 hits.
KT's trusted 'LG Killer' Benjamin was largely dragged away by allowing six hits (two home runs), two walks, four strikeouts, and five runs in five innings, and the batters also failed to target Son Joo-young at all, unfortunately losing two consecutive games after one win. It became an urgent situation to go to Daegu only after winning all the remaining 4th and 5th games.
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