Last year’s professional baseball champion SSG suffered a shocking fifth straight loss and fell to sixth place for the first time this season. On the other hand, Doosan, which was in 9th place last year, went on a 6-game winning streak and rose to 4th place, and the rankings of the two teams crossed for the first time this year.
SSG lost both away double headers to LG in the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at Jamsil Stadium on the 17th. After losing 3 to 8 in the first game, 메이저놀이터 they also lost 5 to 9 in the second game.
They lost all 5 games last week. SSG, which was tied for 5th place with Doosan until the previous day, suffered two losses in one day and fell to 6th place for the first time this year with 62 wins, 59 losses, and 2 draws.
In the first game, SSG left-handed ace Kim Gwang-hyeon started the mound, and due to a throwing error by third baseman Choi Jeong in the third inning, SSG retired without a win or loss with 3 runs (2 earned) in 5 innings. In the bottom of the 6th inning with a 3-2 lead and no outs on first base, SSG gave up the win by allowing Noh Kyung-eun to hit a double from Kim Hyun-soo and timely hits from Moon Bo-kyung and Park Dong-won to make it 3-5.
LG, which gained momentum, went from being down 0 to 2 in the second game to winning 3 to 2 with three doubles in the bottom of the third inning. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Heo Do-hwan’s 1-run home run and Austin Dean’s triple added 3 runs.
LG took first place with 74 wins, 47 losses, and 2 draws. With 4 consecutive wins, the gap with 2nd place KT (69 wins, 54 losses, 3 draws), which swept both Hanwha and double headers that day, was maintained at 6 games.
Doosan laughed in the ‘Dangun Match’ with KIA held in Gwangju. Thanks to Yang Seok-hwan’s 4-RBI one-man show, they won 8 to 3.
Doosan, which recently had six consecutive wins, rose to 4th place with 63 wins, 57 losses, and 2 draws. KIA (60 wins, 56 losses, 2 draws), who suffered 4 consecutive losses, fell from 4th to 5th place.
Yang Seok-hwan hit a timely hit in the top of the 3rd inning in a 1-1 match, followed by a 2-RBI double in the top of the 5th inning and a timely hit in the top of the 7th inning to give the team the win. In the top of the 9th inning, Yang Eui-ji hit a 1-run home run to left and center.
KT won both the double header against Hanwha in the Daejeon expedition. KT, which won 7 to 0 in the first game, also won 3 to 1 in the second game. In particular, when Hanwha attacked in the bottom of the 5th inning, the rain became heavier and the game was stopped, but the game resumed after 3 hours and 34 minutes, the longest in history.
Lotte won 7 to 4 in the away game against Samsung and Daegu, led by Ahn Chi-hong,