LG won 7-6 against KIA at Jamsil Stadium on June 26. Starter Kim Yoon-sik took an early exit after allowing four runs in three innings, but the bullpen minimized further damage and the offense broke the game open with three runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings. Park Hae-min led the offense with three hits and three RBIs. With the win, LG improved to 15-2 and 13-1 on the season and won its second straight game. Coming off a midweek three-game sweep of Gochuk Kiwoom, KIA showed off their bats with a big four-run inning in the third, but they were not as fortunate in the fifth, when an error by catcher Kim Tae-goon led to three unearned runs, and in the sixth, when an irregular boundary allowed a run to score. Kia ended its three-game winning streak and improved to 20-8 on the season.
Kia missed an early opportunity in the top of the first inning when Lee Woo-sung struck out with runners on first and third. LG, on the other hand, 스포츠토토 took the lead in the bottom of the first inning when Austin hit a triple to right-center field with two outs.
Kia answered back with a big inning in the top of the third.
After Park Chan-ho singled to left and Lee Chang-jin singled to right-center, Kim Do-young hit a two-run double to left-center with runners on second and third. Choi Hyung-woo walked, Lee Woo-sung singled to right-center, and Socrates singled to put runners on first and third with one out and Kim scoring on a grounder by Kim Sun-bin to make it 4-1 KIA. In the top of the fourth inning, Kia made it 5-1 when Lee Chang-jin and Kim Do-young singled to put runners on first and third and LG’s Kim Dae-hyun was hit by a pitch to bring home Lee Chang-jin.
However, a momentary mistake changed the course of the game.
In the bottom of the fifth, after Oh Ji-hwan singled to left-center, Park Dong-won grounded out and Shin Min-jae was called out on strikes. However, Kia catcher Kim Tae-gun threw the ball to pitcher Nail instead of to first base, and the bases were loaded as Shin Min-jae was safe at first base. After Nail lost his composure and walked Hong Chang-ki to load the bases, Park Hae-min hit a two-run single to right. With runners on first and second, Kim Hyun-soo hit a line drive straight to the shortstop, but Austin’s replacement Moon Sung-joo lined a single to left to bring LG within one run, 5-4.
Kia added a run in the top of the sixth inning
When Socrates hit a double to right-center field with runners on first and second, making it 6-4. LG, however, regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth when Shin Min-jae singled up the middle with runners on first and second after Oh Ji-hwan singled to right-center and Park Dong-won walked. Koo Bon-hyuk, who came in for the injured Hong Chang-ki, drew a walk, but Park Hae-min singled to right, scoring Park Dong-won to tie the game. As Kia’s Yoo Soo-jin tried to catch Park Hae-min at second base on the relay play, Shin Min-jae came home to give LG a 7-6 lead.
LG extended its lead in the top of the seventh as Lee Woo-chan, who prevented a bases-loaded double in the top of the sixth, retired the next three batters. 안전 슬롯사이트 In the top of the eighth, Kim Jin-sung walked Socrates to load the bases with two outs and Young-chan Yoo at the plate. Yoo got Socrates to ground out to second base to end the inning and give LG the win. Yoo returned to the mound in the top of the ninth inning to preserve the one-run lead and secure the win for LG.