With the victory, Kiwoom avenged its defeat (0-2 loss) the previous day (21st) and broke the chain of eight consecutive losses. 토토사이트 Kiwoom had 39 wins, 2 draws and 47 losses. On the other hand, Lotte failed to continue its winning streak the previous day and fell below 50% again as it recorded 39 wins and 40 losses. Kiwoom took the lead. Lotte starter Park Se-woong did not miss the shaking.
After one out in the top of the first inning, Kim Hye-sung got on base with a ball that hit his body, and Lee Jung-hoo picked up a walk and became a first and second base chance. Follow-up hitter Roy Dawson made his first hit on the KBO League debut stage, and Kim Hye-sung came home and scored the first run.
Dawson also scored his first RBI with this timely hit. Kiwoom also scored an additional point right away. Lee Won-seok, who came to bat, then hit a timely hit to make it 2-0. And Song Sung-moon picked up a walk and loaded the bases. Joo Sung-won struck out, but Park Se-woong allowed Lee Ji-young and Kim Joo-hyung a series of walks, and Kiwoom ran away 4-0.
I chased Lotte right away. In the bottom of the first inning, leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee got on base with a double against Kiwoom starter Ariel Furado, and An Chi-hong hit a timely hit to make up for one point.
At the bottom of the fourth inning, Yoon Dong-hee hit a timely hit to catch up 2-4. Lotte’s leadoff hitter Yoo Kang-nam fired a solo home run (season No. 6) against changed pitcher Yang Hoon in the bottom of the sixth inning, narrowing it to 3-4.
However, Lotte failed to score in the one-out full base opportunity that it later caught. Jeon Joon-woo hit a double play that led to third baseman, second baseman, and first baseman, ending the inning. Kiwoom, who overcame the tie and reversal crisis well, ran away.
In the top of the seventh inning, leadoff hitter Kim Hye-sung hit a triple to Lotte’s third pitcher Kim Jin-wook to get on base, and follow-up hitter Lee Jung-hoo hit a timely hit to make it 5-3. On the Lotte bench, he took out left-handed pitcher Kim Jin-wook’s card to face left-handed hitters Kim Hye-sung and Lee Jung-hoo, but it didn’t fit well. Lotte failed to take advantage of the chase opportunity. After leadoff hitter Park Junghoon Lee hit a hit in the bottom of the seventh inning, Park Seung-wook’s sacrifice bunt failed to score in a chance with one out and second base and two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, the last of the regular inning, leadoff hitter Park Seung-wook picked up a double and Noh Jin-hyuk walked against Kiwoom closer Lim Chang-min to face a chance to first and second base with no outs, but he bowed his head as a follow-up hit did not come out.
Lotte’s Kim Min-seok hit four hits in his first game since his professional debut, including a double, but his team’s defeat faded. Furado allowed two runs in five innings, but became the winning pitcher and earned his sixth win (8 losses) of the season. Lim Chang-min overcame the crisis well and succeeded in saving and made his 14th save of the season (1 win and 1 loss).
He also achieved his 110th career save (16th in KBO League history). Park Se-woong became a losing pitcher by allowing four runs in five innings and suffered his fourth loss of the season (4 wins). The two teams will face off on the last day of three consecutive games this weekend at the same venue on the 23rd. Choi Won-tae (Kiem) and Lee In-bok were announced as starting pitchers, respectively.