'Miracle KT! We're coming!' KT's first-ever fifth-place match to win the WC (Suwon Review)
Oct 01, 2024
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KT won the 5th place match against SSG Landers 4-3 at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 1st.
The two teams recorded a .507 winning rate of 72 wins, 2 draws and 70 losses side by side in the 144 games schedule that ended by September 30. Tickets for the wild card final are placed, and if the winning rate is tied according to league regulations, a ranking match will be held. The two teams played a single game that had nothing to do with the regular season record.
▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi(designated hitter)-Jung Joon-jae(second baseman)-Choi Jeong(third baseman)-Eredia(left fielder)-Hanyu Island(right fielder)-Lee Ji-young(catcher)-Park Sung-han(first baseman)-Oh Tae-gon(first baseman)-Jung Hyun-seung(middle fielder) starting pitcher Elias
▶KT starting lineup = Kim Min-hyuk (left wing) - Rojas (right wing) - Jang Seong-wu (catcher) - Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Moon Sang-cheol (first baseman), Oh Yoon-seok (second baseman), Hwang Jae-gyun (third baseman) - Bae Jeong-dae (middle fielder)- Shim Woo-jun (striker) starting pitcher Um Sang-baek
As the game was full of tension, it unfolded in the form of a pitching match. In the top of the first inning, Um Sang-baek treated the top batting order from Jihoon Choi to Jung Joon-jae to Choi Jeong of SSG as a three-way offense.
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SSG missed a chance to chase in the top of the second inning. After 1 out, Han Yu-sum's hit and Lee Ji-young's dead ball accumulated runners, but the opportunity was canceled as Park Sung-han and Oh Tae-gon stepped down with consecutive ground balls.
However, SSG's 'Table Setter' co-opted the tie. There is no runner with one out in the top of the third inning. Following Jihoon Choi's double as the first batter, Jung Joon-jae's timely hit came out. Jung Joon-jae touched Um Sang-baek's change-up and connected it with a good course hit that fell in front of center field, and second baseman Jihoon Choi came home. a 1-1 tie.
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KT was also frustrated. Oh Yoon-seok got on base steadily by getting a walk in the fourth inning following a double in the second inning, but he could hardly break down Elias as the follow-up hitters remained silent.
Then at the beginning of the fifth inning. SSG broke the tie balance. After two outs, the table setter's attack began. Jihoon Choi recorded a hit to the right, and KT started to replace the pitcher ahead of Jung Joon-jae's at-bat. Um Sang-baek went down and Cho Hyung-joon was put in.
However, as Jung Joon-jae added a single against So Hyung-joon, the runners accumulated. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases. The next batter, Choi Jung, hit a timely hit by hitting So Hyung-joon's first pitch, two-seam fastball, and Jihoon Choi, who was on the second base, turned the third base and dug home. SSG took the lead 2-1 for the first time in the game.
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SSG put in the bullpen from the seventh inning after Elias pitched well with two hits (one home run) and two walks and one run with one out in six innings. Noh Kyung-eun took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning and neatly caught hitters with three outs.
In the top of the eighth inning, SSG's eagerly awaited additional point broke out. 'Living Legend' It was Choi Jeong's home run. Choi Jung-eun hit a mid-month home run against Ko Young-pyo in the absence of a one-out runner. He hit Ko Young-pyo's 134-kilometer two-seam fastball and hit a huge home run that hit the top of the structure deep inside the center fence of Wizz Park. The home run allowed SSG to take a breather from one point to two.
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Kim Kwang-hyun, who faced Rojas on the first and third bases with no outs, was hit by a changeup for the third pitch in 2B, and Rojas fired a dramatic come-from-behind three-run home run over the left-center fence. KT, which had been dragged after the third inning, turned the game around with just one shot.
KT, which has taken the lead again, has now started to keep it. In the top of the ninth inning, closer Park Young-hyun took the mound. Park Young-hyun struck out Park Sung-han, the first batter, and allowed the next batter, Oh Tae-gon, to hit to the left. Park Young-hyun, who then struck out pinch hitter Choo Shin-soo with a swing and miss, allowed the third base to advance by stealing the opponent's second base and throwing wild pitches. However, he ended the game by striking out the last batter, Jihoon Choi, with two outs and a third base.
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