Pro Baseball Mid-Rank Battle… 1.5 Game Difference Between 3rd Place Samsung and 6th Place Doosan

1st place KIA wins a comeback victory over Kiwoom with back-to-back home runs in the 9th inning with 2 outs… 60th win.

The battle for the mid-ranking positions has become a total brawl, with KT Wiz and SSG Landers, who were tied for 5th place, winning each other's games, while Samsung Lions and Doosan Bears, who were tied for 3rd and 4th place, lost each other's games.

KT and SSG have risen to a joint 4th place, while Doosan has dropped to 6th place.

Four teams, from 3rd place Samsung to 6th place Doosan, will have close matches within 1.5 games.

KT defeated Samsung Lions 4-3 in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League away game held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 28th, thanks to Mel Rojas Jr.'s game-winning home run in the top of the 9th inning. 사설 토토사이트

On this day, KT's batting lineup did not score a single run until the 7th inning, when Samsung starting pitcher Danny Reyes held on.

In the meantime, he gave up 3 runs.

KT starting pitcher Cho Hyun-jo gave up 2 runs in the 4th inning by allowing back-to-back home runs to Lee Jae-hyun and Kang Min-ho, and in the 5th inning, with 1 out and runners on 1st and 3rd, catcher Kang Baek-ho missed the ball and gave up another run.

However, KT started a comeback in the 8th inning when Reyes was out.

Leadoff hitter Rojas hit a left-field single off the first pitch from new pitcher Lee Sang-min, and the next batter Kang Baek-ho hit a left-field single, creating a chance for runners on first and second without outs.

The next batter Kim Sang-su advanced the bases, putting runners on second and third with one out, and Moon Sang-cheol hit a two-run RBI double to the left of left field, cutting the score to 2-3.

Then, with two outs and a runner on second, Oh Jae-il hit a tying RBI single that hit the left-field wall.

The game was decided in the 9th inning.

KT triumphantly scored after Rojas hit a solo home run over the right-center field wall against the opposing team's key bullpen pitcher, Kim Jae-yoon, with 2 outs.

Rojas was on a roll, going 3 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs in 5 at-bats, including the game-winning home run.

At Incheon SSG Landers Field, SSG Landers defeated Doosan Bears and won three games in a row.

Doosan lost four games in a row. In the bottom

of the fourth inning, with the score tied at 0-0, Choi Jeong and Oh Tae-gon each drew walks from opposing starting pitcher Choi Jun-ho, creating a chance with one out and runners on first and second base, and Park Sung-han hit a left-field RBI single to score the first point.

The game, which was becoming a pitcher's duel, was turned around when SSG Ha Jae-hoon hit a two-run homer over the left-center wall in the bottom of the seventh.

SSG held off the rest of the innings without allowing a run and secured the win.

At Changwon NC Park, the 8th-place Lotte Giants scored a lot of runs in the top of the 10th inning, beating the NC Dinos 10-6.

NC dropped from a tie for 5th to 7th place.

Lotte allowed a tying run in the 7th and 8th innings when they were leading 6-4, forcing an extra-inning match.

Lotte seemed to have lost the victory they had in their sights, but leadoff hitter Victor Reyes hit a right-field hit against NC's closer Lee Yong-chan to bring back the momentum.

The next batter, Na Seung-yeop, hit a timely double that fell to the right of right field, and pinch runner Hwang Sung-bin dashed home past 2nd and 3rd bases to score a precious run.

After Lee Yong-chan's throwing error, they added another run, and Park Seung-wook's sacrifice hit and Ko Seung-min's timely hit widened the score gap to 4 points, sealing the victory.

At Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, the first-place KIA Tigers defeated the Kiwoom Heroes 4-3 with back-to-back home runs by Kim Sun-bin and Byun Woo-hyuk in the top of the ninth inning when they were down 2-3.

KIA, having escaped a three-game losing streak, was the first to reach 60 wins (38 losses, 2 draws).

In the history of professional baseball, the team that has won 60 games has won the regular season championship with a 76.5% probability (26 out of 34 times) and has won the Korean Series with a 61.8% probability (21 out of 34 times) (excluding the first and second half of the season and both major leagues).

Kiwoom lost the victory it had in its sights, putting an end to its three-game winning streak and failing to escape last place.

KIA was tied up by Kiwoom starting pitcher Emmanuel de Geisus and fell behind 0-3 until the seventh inning, but began to catch up in the eighth inning when Geisus left.

KIA succeeded in catching up by one point, 2-3, with Lee Chang-jin's walk and Choi Won-jun's two-run homer against Kiwoom's new pitcher Yang Ji-yool.

The drama continued into the 9th inning.

In the top of the 9th inning, when KIA was on the edge of a cliff, Kim Seon-bin hit a first-pitch two-seam fastball against Kiwoom's Kim Seong-min and hit a game-tying solo homer to left field, bringing the game back to square one.

Then, the next batter, Byun Woo-hyuk, hit a go-ahead homer to left field by hitting Kim Seong-min's first-pitch two-seam fastball.

At Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, the 9th place Hanwha Eagles defeated the 2nd place LG Twins 9-6 to record their 3rd consecutive win.

LG put an end to their 7th consecutive win.

On this day, Hanwha starting pitcher Ryan Weiss gave up 3 runs in 1 inning, and LG starting pitcher Choi Won-tae gave up 6 runs in 3 innings, so it was a bullpen battle.

In the top of the 4th inning, Hanwha was leading 4-3, but Ahn Chi-hong, Ha Ju-seok, Choi Jae-hoon, and Jang Jin-hyeok hit four consecutive hits to widen the score gap to 6-3.

Hanwha allowed a two-run home run to Choi Won-young in the bottom of the 6th, allowing them to close the gap to 6-5, but in the top of the 7th inning, with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 3rd, Ahn Chi-hong and Ha Ju-seok hit consecutive RBI hits to seal the victory.

Ha Ju-seok was active with 3 hits (1 home run) and 3 RBIs in 5 at-bats.

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