Aldred, 6⅔ Innings, 9K, No Runs… KIA Beats LG, 6 Consecutive Wins
Back-to-back-to-back' Samsung, 2 consecutive wins after 5 consecutive losses... 'Anderson's great pitch' SSG, revenge on Lotte.
Kiwoom Dawson, 11th inning end in extra innings... Doosan, defeats KT and takes sole 3rd place.
The KIA Tigers, who are currently in the lead, have won six consecutive games, led by the dazzling pitching of 'replacement foreign pitcher' Cam Aldred.
KIA defeated LG Twins 4-2 in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium on the 11th, with Aldred on the mound. 카지노사이트 추천
With this, KIA, which has won six consecutive games, has solidified its lead over the second-place Samsung Lions by 5.5 games.
It was a game in which Aldred completely shut down the LG batting line.
Aldred, a tall left-handed pitcher, threw a fastball with a top speed of 149 km/h, a sharp slider, and a two-seam fastball, striking out nine batters in 6⅔ innings and allowing only one hit, two walks, and no runs.
Aldred previously pitched 6 innings with 2 hits and no runs against LG on June 20.
KIA took advantage of the bases-loaded opportunity in the top of the first inning, and Choi Hyung-woo and Na Sung-beom hit consecutive sacrifice flies to score 2 runs first.
After 2 outs, Kim Sun-bin hit a left-field hit to make it 3-0.
In the 8th inning, Choi Won-jun hit a left-center hit, stole second and third bases in succession, and scored on Na Sung-beom's ground ball to make it 4-0, deciding the game.
On the other hand, LG was held without a hit until the 6th inning, but in the bottom of the 7th, with one out, Austin Dean hit a center hit, barely breaking the silence.
In the bottom of the 9th, they recovered two points due to an opponent's error, but were unable to turn the game around.
In Daegu, where a home run battle unfolded, the Samsung Lions defeated the NC Dinos 6-4.
Samsung made it 5-0 with a back-to-back home run by Lee Jae-hyun in the bottom of the third, followed by solo home runs by Koo Ja-wook and Kang Min-ho.
This is the second time this season that three consecutive home runs have been hit by three batters, and the 29th time in the KBO League.
The first record this season was also set by Samsung against NC on June 20.
In the top of the fourth, Matt Davidson and Kwon Hee-dong hit back-to-back home runs to close the gap to 2-5.
However, Samsung took the lead again with Ryu Ji-hyeok hitting a solo home run over the right-center field wall after the offense and defense changed.
In the top of the fifth, Park Min-woo hit a two-run home run to close the gap to 4-6, but they were unable to turn the tables.
Samsung, which won two games in a row after losing five in a row, maintained sole second place.
In Incheon, SSG Landers, dominated by Drew Anderson on the mound, overtook Lotte Giants’ late pursuit 5-4.
SSG took the lead in the bottom of the first inning when Choi Jeong hit a two-run homer into the outfield stands.
In the second inning, Go Myeong-jun hit a solo homer to take a 3-0 lead.
In the fourth inning, SSG added a run on Park Seong-han’s infield hit, and in the bottom of the sixth, Choi Jeong hit a timely hit to take a 5-0 lead.
Lotte recovered two runs in the top of the seventh inning with Noh Jin-hyeok’s timely hit with two outs and bases loaded.
In the top of the ninth, they scored two runs with Jeon Jun-woo’s solo homer, but ultimately failed to turn the game around.
SSG starting pitcher Anderson earned the win by striking out 10 batters in 6⅔ innings, allowing two hits and two runs (unearned).
In Suwon, Doosan Bears crushed KT Wiz 12-1 and took sole possession of 3rd place.
Doosan, which scored first with a solo home run by Henry Ramos in the top of the first, added 3 more runs in the top of the second with a 2-RBI double by Jeong Su-bin.
KT recovered 1 run in the bottom of the second with a timely hit by Mel Rojas Jr., but Doosan extended the lead to 5-1 in the top of the fourth with a solo home run by Park Jun-young.
Doosan, which added 1 run each in the 7th and 8th innings, scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning due to an opponent error, deciding the game.
Leadoff Jeong Su-bin led the offense with 3 hits and 4 RBIs in 6 at-bats.
Doosan's second pitcher Lee Kyo-hoon pitched 2⅔ innings with 2 hits and no runs, recording his first win since joining the team in 2019.
At Gocheok Sky Dome, where extra innings were played, Kiwoom Heroes won a comeback victory over Hanwha Eagles 5-4 thanks to Ronnie Dawson's walk-off hit.
In the top of the first inning, Hanwha scored the first run with Chae Eun-seong's left-field hit with two outs and runners on first and second base, and Hwang Young-mook hit a two-RBI triple and Lee Do-yoon hit a right-field RBI single to take an early 4-0 lead.
Kiwoom chased Dawson with a two-RBI RBI single in the bottom of the third inning with one out and bases loaded.
Kiwoom added another run in the fifth inning with Dawson's RBI single and tied the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the seventh with Kim Hye-seong's RBI double.
In the bottom of the 11th inning, Dawson hit a walk-off double to right-center with one out and runners on first and second base to put an end to the long game.
Hanwha Eagles starter Ryu Hyun-jin pitched 6 innings, allowing 6 hits and 3 runs, but failed to record a win or loss.