Baseball LG sacrifices 4 NC pitchers in 7th inning for 8-run big inning
Baseball LG sacrifices 4 NC pitchers in 7th inning for 8-run big inning
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The LG Twins snapped a losing streak with a "big inning" (four or more runs in an inning).
The Twins defeated the NC Dinos 9-6 on Tuesday at Changwon NC Park in Changwon, Gyeongnam, in the visiting 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League.
LG scored eight runs in the top of the seventh inning to break open a 1-1 tie.
A walk and a double to right-center put runners on first and third against NC second baseman Kim Jae-yeol.
NC's third pitcher Song Myung-ki came on and walked Kim Bum-seok to load the bases, and Koo Bon-hyuk broke the tie with an RBI single to center.
Park Hae-min reached on a throwing error by left-handed reliever Lim Jung-ho, and Hong Chang-ki followed with an RBI double to center to make it 5-1.
LG's No. 2 hitter Shin Min-jae drew an infield single from NC's Bae Jae-hwan to load the bases again, 바카라사이트 추천 and Kim Hyun-soo followed with a sacrifice fly.
With runners on second and third, Austin Dean, batting for only the second time in the seventh inning, drove in the final run with a three-run arch to left-center field for a 9-1 lead.
Jung, who came on in relief in the sixth and pitched one scoreless inning, picked up his first win of the season.
NC scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh and then took advantage of the LG bullpen's struggles in the bottom of the eighth to score three runs on a passed ball, sacrifice fly, and Matt Davidson's RBI single.
KT WIZ finished the doubleheader (DH) against the Samsung Lions in Suwon with a 1-1 tie.
After taking a 2-1 lead in the first game and tying it 2-2 thanks to a crucial throwing error by third baseman Hwang Jae-gyun in the top of the ninth inning, KT battled back to win the second game 40 minutes later, 2-1, thanks to Kang Baek-ho's game-winning home run.
Ninth-ranked KT won its third straight game and began its climb out of the bottom half of the standings, while Samsung slipped to third.
After Samsung opened the scoring in the top of the second inning on David McKinnon's sacrifice fly with runners on first and third, KT tied the game 1-1 on Oh Jae-il's sacrifice fly with runners on first and third after back-to-back singles by Mel Rojas Jr. and Kang Baek-ho.
In a physical battle of two games in one day, KT had the last laugh with Kang Baek-ho's home run in the eighth inning.
Kang launched a two-run shot over the right-field fence off Samsung's fourth pitcher, Kim Jae-yoon, who was a one-hitter until last year.
At Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, the SSG Landers edged the Doosan Bears 3-1.
SSG took the lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by rookie Park Ji-hwan with runners on first and third.
After Doosan tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning on a big sacrifice fly by Yang Seok-hwan with runners on first and third, SSG scored the game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning, this time on an RBI single by freshman Jung Hyun-seung.
With runners on first and third, the ninth batter, a left fielder, drove in Doosan closer Kim Taek-yeon with a single to center field.
SSG drove in a run in the top of the ninth with Lee Ji-young's double to left-center field.
SSG reliever Cho Byung-hyun retired four more batters on the day to extend his streak to 10 straight, tying the KBO record in that category set by Lee Dae-jin in 1998 for the Hyundai Unicorns.
He pitched one inning each against KT on the 26th and Doosan on the 29th, striking out all three batters he faced.
The doubleheaders of the Hanwha Eagles-Lotte Giants (Sajik Stadium in Busan) and Kiwoom Heroes-KIA Tigers (Kia Champions Field in Gwangju) were canceled due to rain.
The first game of a doubleheader in Changwon, Gyeonggi-do was also canceled.
The number of games that will be rescheduled was increased to 26.
The KBO does not organize doubleheaders in July and August during the heat wave.