‘End of Park Hae-min’ LG escapes 3 consecutive losses…
9 wins, 2 losses, dominance over Doosan confirmed
The LG Twins pulled off a thrilling comeback and broke away from a 4-game losing streak.
LG Twins
LG won 3-2, 10th inning over Doosan Bears, in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home game held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 31st. 카지노사이트
After one out in the bottom of the 10th inning with the game tied 2-2,
LG Twins created an opportunity to reach first and second base with Oh Ji-hwan’s hit to right and Park Dong-won’s walk.
Seong-Joo Moon retired with a fly ball to left field, but Hae-Min Park targeted Doosan’s Young-Ha Lee on first and second base with two outs and hit a timely hit to left.
Oh Ji-hwan
A bloody 10th inning overtime ended with runner Oh Ji-hwan hitting home on second base.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, when the team was behind 0-2, LG opened the ‘dark electrode’ with firepower and mobility.
With one out and no runner on base, LG foreign batter Austin Dean hit Hong Kun-hee’s 147 km/h fastball and drew a solo arch that went over the left-center wall.
The batting speed was 173.7 km/h.
Moon Bo-kyung and Oh Ji-hwan hit consecutive hits against Hong Geon-hee, allowing LG to continue the opportunity with one out and runners on first and third base,
Doosan Bears
Doosan hurriedly put Jeong Cheol-won on the mound.
LG Park Dong-won, who was in a strong stance,
changed his stance and attempted a squeeze bunt on a high ball near the first pitch.
The batted ball quickly rolled towards Doosan pitcher Jeong Cheol-won.
At this time, Doosan bears made a fatal mistake.
Third base runner Choi Seung-min stopped after taking a few steps in front of the base,
Jeong Cheol-won threw the ball to first base following third baseman Heo Gyeong-min’s ‘call’.
Jeong Cheol-won
The moment Jeong Cheol-won threw the ball to first base, Choi Seung-min ran home again.
Doosan’s throw passed through first base and reached home plate much later than Choi Seung-min’s.
LG chased down with a home run and tied the score by taking advantage of the opponent’s mistake by running on base.
It was Doosan who broke the balance of 0.
With two outs in the top of the sixth inning, Yang Seok-hwan hit LG starter Casey Kelly’s curveball and hit a double that flew toward left field, and Kim Jae-hwan,
who had moved down to number six due to poor batting,
targeted Kelly’s first pitch fastball and delivered a timely hit to left.
Kim Jae-ho
In the top of the 8th inning, Kim Jae-ho and Jose Rojas had a chance to get to first and second base with no outs thanks to consecutive hits,
when Yang Eui-ji’s fly ball to left field and Yang Seok-hwan’s fly ball to right field,
Kim Jae-ho stepped on third base and home plate in turn to score an additional run.
The Leader
However, LG, the leader, showed great courage and tied the score in the bottom of the 8th inning,
ended the game with Park Hae-min’s timely hit in the bottom of the 10th overtime.
With the win on this day, LG took the lead against Doosan this season with 9 wins and 2 losses, confirming its ‘season head-to-head advantage.’
Even if LG loses all five of its remaining games against Doosan, it is ahead of its opponent.
LG, which was behind in the head-to-head record against Doosan for 6 consecutive seasons from 2016 to 2021,
overwhelmed its opponent with 10 wins and 6 losses last year, and this year,
it confirmed its ‘dominance’ early on by recently winning 5 consecutive games against Doosan.
Doosan has lost five straight games against LG, and has recently fallen into a swamp of three consecutive losses.