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| The 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at the Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the afternoon of the 16th, the match between Doosan Bears and LG Twins, LG Kelly and Yoo Gangnam Battery are smiling. 2021.4.16/News1 © News1 Reporter Lee Donghae |
Pro baseball LG Twins maintained their sole lead by defeating Jamsil rivals Doosan Bears thanks to Casey Kelly’s hard work.
2nd place NC Dinos pushed Hanwha Eagles to ’10th place’ with Aaron Altair’s full home run. Lotte Giants and KT Wiz showed back feelings from the 7th episode, ranging Samsung Lions and Kiwoom Heroes, respectively. SSG Landers had a home run for Choo Shin-soo, but couldn’t prevent the KIA Tigers from winning three consecutive games.
LG won 1-0 in the home game against Doosan in the 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 16th. LG, who succeeded in three consecutive wins, maintained the sole lead with 8-3, while Doosan became 5-6.
Kelly, who hadn’t followed up with Seungwoon even though he pitched well, blocked 6 innings with 3 hits, 4 walks and 4 strikeouts, and reported his first victory after the 3rd challenge. Ko Woo-seok, who appeared in the 9th inning and blocked Doosan’s last counterattack, became the sole leader in this division with 5 saves.
Heebi was mixed with just one point. LG stepped on to second base without missing the opponent’s check error after leading batter Hong Chang-ki hit left and on base. Ramos, the second batter, threw a ball that hit the fence in the middle and brought Hong Chang-gi to the home. It was the final score.
Kelly, who stably solved the game, brought the crisis of two companies in a row in the 5th and 6th innings. However, in the beginning of the 5th inning, Fernandez struck out a missing swing, and in the 6th inning, Park Gye-beom was treated as a left fielder, and the march continued with no loss.
Kim Dae-yu hit Park Se-hyuk’s head in the beginning of the 8th and’headshot exit’, but the LG bullpen well kept the lead by 1 point.
NC beat Hanwha 9-1 at Changwon NC Park. NC closely followed LG with 7 wins and 4 losses in one game, while Hanwha ranked 10th with 4 wins and 7 losses.
NC, which had been tackling 1-1 until the beginning of the 5th inning, broke the balance with Yang Ui-ji’s two RBIs at the end of the 5th inning, and then at the end of the 6th inning, Kwon Hee-dong’s two-point home run and Altair’s top-base home run exploded. Altair widened the gap with Choi Jung (4, SSG) in second place with the 6th home run of the season.
Dinosaur Corps ace Drew Luchinski scored a good pitch with four hits in six innings, two walks, six strikeouts, and one run, and scored a second win in the season. Luchinsky’s average ERA dropped slightly from 1.64 to 1.59.
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| At the end of the 8th inning at the ‘2021 Professional Baseball Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at the Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the afternoon of the 16th, Lotte Giants and Samsung Lions match with 1st and 2nd base runners at the end of the 8th inning. 2021.4.16/News1 © News1 Reporter Yeo Ju-yeon |
Lotte brought Samsung to the Busan Sajik Stadium and won 9-1.
Even with Dan Strayley (6 innings, 1 run, 1 ERA), he was pulled 1-3 until the middle, but he directed a flip by scoring 4 points each at the end of the 7th and 8th innings.
At the end of the 7th inning, Lotte succeeded in reversing with Kim Jae-yu’s three RBIs and two bases in a warrior man-base made by Lee Byeong-gyu and Han Dong-hee’s consecutive hits and Kim Joon-tae walk. Kim Jae-yu, who went to third base with a right fielder error, stepped home with Jang Pil-jun’s explosive blow.
At the end of the 8th inning, Kim Joon-tae’s 3-point home run and Son A-seop’s 1 RBI double hit broke Samsung’s willingness to pursue it.
Daewoo Kim, who was saved at the beginning of the 7th inning and blocked 1 inning with a zero run, enjoyed the joy of winning his first victory in 12 years after his debut in the KBO League. Kim Dae-woo, who suffered twists and turns, from pitching to batting and changing positions from batter to pitcher, finally ended the draw.
Samsung Oh Seung-hwan, who had only one left until the first 300 saves in the KBO League, pushed the challenge for a record to the next opportunity.
KT also won 7 points after the 7th inning, 8-4 in the match against Kiwoom in Suwon.
KT reversed the game with Jang Seong-woo’s sweeping doubles at the end of the 7th inning, behind by 1-3, but in the beginning of the 8th inning, Kim Min-soo beat Park Byeong-ho with a tied home run.
However, at the end of the 8th inning, Hwang Jae-gyun scored the final score with a push-out walk, and three points were added with Jo Yong-ho’s hit, Jang Seong-woo’s sacrifice, and Shim Woo-jun’s hit to solidify the victory. Kim Min-soo, who received help from other ships, recorded victory for two days in a row following the Jamsil Doosan Battle on the 15th.
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| Lee Chang-jin led the KIA Tigers 11-6 victory with 4 hits and 4 RBIs on the 16th. © News 1 |
The game at Incheon SSG Landers Field took 4 hours and 11 minutes, and KIA beat SSG 11-6 with 16 hits. With a record of 6-5, KIA jumped to third place.
Lee Chang-jin made a big success with 4 hits and 4 RBIs in 4 at-bats, and Minsik Kim also hit 3 hits. Jang Min-ki, who graduated from Yongmago and joined the 14th place in the second draft of the second round, came to salvation at the end of the fourth inning and gave two push-out walks, but won his first lucky debut.
Choo Shin-soo, who took a day off, hit a home run (#2) from the first at-bat, but could not prevent the team from losing. Choo Shin-soo’s batting average rose slightly to 0.176.