Samsung headed to PO - LG needs 1 more win to clinch 3rd
Samsung headed to PO - LG needs 1 more win to clinch 3rd
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The Samsung Lions put on a “direct playoffs (PO) ceremony” in front of 24,000 fans.
The LG Twins, who won their rivalry game in Jamsil, need just one more win to clinch third place.
While the battle for the top spot is all but over, the battle for the fourth and fifth spots, which will determine the wild card, is still fierce.
Samsung withstood a late rally by the Kiwoom Heroes to win 9-8 in a home game of the KBO Baseball Playoffs 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea, on April 22.
With 77 points (61 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws), Samsung will remain in second place even if it loses all four of its remaining games.
Samsung, which entered the PO as the runner-up in 2021, is back in the postseason for the first time in three years.
Samsung's native ace Won Tae-in pitched six innings, allowing one run on five hits and striking out five to earn his 15th win of the season.
With the win, Won tied his career high for wins in a season (previously 14 in 2021) and moved past Kwak-Bin Kwak (Doosan Bears) for sole possession of the most wins.
Samsung got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning with Park Byung-ho's three-run homer to left-center that put runners on first and second.
Two batters later in the inning, Koo Ja-rook hit a solo arch over the center field fence.
Won gave up a run in the top of the fourth inning when Jang Jae-young singled to left field with runners on first and second with two outs, but he stayed on the mound until the sixth inning without allowing another run.
Samsung extended its lead to 6-1 in the bottom of the sixth on a bases-loaded, two-run double by Koo Ja-uk.
Down 2-9, Kiwoom scored six runs in the top of the ninth, capitalizing on five hits, including a three-run homer by Kim Gun-hee, and one Samsung error to pull within 8-9.
However, Samsung reliever Kim Jae-yoon struck out Jang Jae-young with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to end the game.
The LG Twins defeated the Doosan 9-5 in their Jamsil rivalry game, leaving them just one win away from the semi-postseason.
LG will clinch third place with one win in their remaining four games, 카지노사이트 or if Doosan and SSG Landers suffer at least one loss.
The game tilted in LG's favor early on.
LG got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning when Hong Chang-ki singled up the middle and Austin Dean doubled to left field to put runners on first and second with nobody out.
With runners on second and third, Moon hit a three-run home run over the right-field wall.
In the second inning, Park Hae-min led off with a single to left and came home on Hong Chang-ki's double to left field, and after a sacrifice bunt by Shin Min-jae, Austin added an RBI with a big bounce in front of the pitcher.
Doosan cut the deficit to 4-6 in the top of the third on Jared Young's RBI double and Kim Jae-hwan's two-run single.
LG got back on the board in the third with Park Hae-min's first career ground ball. Doosan right fielder Cho Sung-hyun threw himself to catch Park's line drive to right field, but the ball rolled in front of the fence and Park sprinted home.
Doosan got a run back in the fourth inning when Jung Soo-bin hit a sacrifice fly to center field with runners on first and third off an error.
However, the Doosan bats went silent after that, and LG added two more runs in the seventh on a double by Park Dong-won and a sacrifice fly to center field by pinch-hitter Lee Young-min in the eighth to seal the win.
SSG Landers extended their winning streak to six games with a 6-2 victory over KT Wiz in Suwon.
After sweeping KT for the second straight day, SSG moved up to fifth place for the first time in a month since August 22nd. They also narrowed the gap with fourth-place Doosan to one game.
KT, which had been in a tie for fifth place with SSG on Aug. 22 and had been fluctuating between fourth and fifth, dropped to sixth place in a month, putting its postseason hopes in jeopardy.
SSG's “symbol,” Kim Kwang-hyun, dominated the KT bats with six innings of one-hit shutout ball, while SSG rookie Park Ji-hwan hit his first career two-homer game.
In the top of the third inning, SSG Ha Jae-hoon led off with a walk and reached third base on back-to-back stolen bases.
He came home on Lee Ji-young's grounder to the second baseman from first.
With the bases loaded, Park Ji-hwan took a fastball from KT starter Wes Benjamin for a solo shot over the wall in left-center field.
SSG got one run back in the sixth inning when Han Yoo-seom doubled to center field with the bases loaded.
Two batters later, Park Sung-ki drew a two-run arch to right-center field.
Park capped the scoring in the seventh inning with a solo home run over the left field wall with the bases loaded to make it 5-0.
Kim Kwang-hyun pitched a complete game to earn his 11th win of the season.
The Hanwha Eagles moved up one spot to seventh place with an 8-4 come-from-behind win over the Lotte Giants at home in Daejeon.
Lotte dropped to eighth with its third straight loss.
Trailing 1-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Hanwha rallied for four runs on five hits and two walks.
In the eighth inning, the team added three more runs on RBI singles by Choi In-ho and Chae Eun-sung with the bases loaded after a walk and an error.
Second-year Hanwha High School graduate Kim Seo-hyun came on in relief in the seventh inning and pitched one hitless inning to earn her first win of the season.
Despite the loss, Lotte's Victor Reyes added two hits, leaving him seven hits shy of 200 for the season.
The game between the NC Dinos and KIA Tigers in Gwangju was canceled due to rain.