SSG Landers Catches KIA, Who Hit 3 Home Runs, and Solidifies 5th Place… Seong-hyun Kim’s Walk-Off Hit
The SSG Landers won a come-from-behind match against the KIA Tigers for 5th place and hastened their steps toward fall baseball.
SSG Landers
In the home game against the KIA Tigers in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th, SSG won 4-3 thanks to Kim Seong-hyun’s walk-off hit with bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th overtime.
SSG, ranked 5th, widened the gap with KIA, ranked 6th, to 1.5 games. 바카라사이트
SSG began to race toward the end of the game when leadoff hitter Oh Tae-gon hit a valuable double in the bottom of the 10th inning with the game tied 3-3.
KIA’s error occurred during Kim Kang-min’s sacrifice bunt,
putting the team on first and third base with no outs, and Kim Kang-min even stole second base,
putting runners on second and third base.
Hanyuseom struck out and Guillermo Heredia walked on purpose, leaving all bases loaded.
KIA Tigers
At this time, Ha Jae-hoon struck out and the opportunity seemed to have been lost.
Here, Kim Seong-hyun attacked KIA closer Jeong Hae-young’s ball on the first pitch and scored a hit that was slightly over the shortstop’s height, putting an end to the game.
This is the 6th walk-off hit in Kim Seong-hyun’s career.
SSG starter Seung-won Moon hit three home runs, including one-run home runs to Socrates Brito and Woo-sung Lee in the second inning, and another one-run home run to Chang-jin Lee in the fourth.
However, he lasted 7 innings and pitched 91 pitches, allowing 5 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 3 runs, completing his duties as a starting pitcher.
SSG infielder Kim Chan-hyung hit a 1-run home run to start the chase in the 6th inning when the team was trailing 0-1.
Then, in the 7th inning, with one out and runners on third base, a timely hit to right field tied the score at 3-3.
KIA starter Yang Hyun-jong lasted 6⅓ innings with 8 hits (1 home run), 2 strikeouts, and 3 runs, completing exactly 150 innings of the season.
Yang Hyun-jong, who pitched 150 innings for 9 consecutive seasons,
became the second player in KBO League history to achieve that record after Lee Kang-cheol (10 seasons from 1989 to 1998).