LG Twins Advances to PO… Face-off with Samsung for Korean Series Ticket
KT, the ‘winning pitcher’ Im Chan-gyu from the beginning of the second game, who failed to score additional points due to the shaky start with the bad pitches… selected as the PO MVP
The LG Twins defeated KT Wiz and earned a ticket to the Korean Professional Baseball Playoffs (PO).
LG, which finished third in the regular season, defeated KT 4-1 in the 5th game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Playoffs (PO, 5 games, 3 wins) held at Jamsil Stadium on the 11th, thanks to the excellent pitching of starting pitcher lm Chan-gyu. 카지노사이트
LG, which recorded a series record of 3 wins and 2 losses, thus surpassed KT and advanced to the playoffs.
The LG will play a best-of-five, best-of-three playoff against Samsung Lions, the second-place team in the regular season, starting on the 13th to determine which team will advance to the Korean Series (KS).
On this day, KT sidearm pitcher Eom Sang-baek and LG right-handed pitcher lm Chan-gyu had a fierce starting battle, and LG’s batting lineup was on fire from the beginning.
KT was out with three outs in the top of the first, LG opened the scoring with Shin Min-jae’s left-field hit in the bottom of the first with one out.
After that, Austin Dean hit a double to right-center to score the first point.
After two outs, Kim Hyun-soo hit a double that hit the top of the right-field fence to make it 2-0.
When Hong Chang-gi, LG’s leadoff hitter in the bottom of the third, hit a right-field hit and advanced, KT immediately took out starting pitcher Eom Sang-baek and brought in Son Dong-hyun for relief.
LG took a scoring opportunity when KT catcher Jang Seong-woo threw a wild pitch to second base, and Austin hit a sacrifice fly to left field to make it 3-0.
KT, who was being dragged, had a chance to advance to first and second base with leadoff hitter Jang Seong-woo hitting a right-field hit and Kang Baek-ho walking, and they recovered one run with Bae Jeong-dae’s ground ball to first base, but failed to score an additional run.
After that, in the bottom of the 7th, LG’s Park Hae-min hit a right-field hit with one out and successfully stole second base, then advanced to third base on the catcher’s wild throw.
After that, they scored on Moon Seong-joo’s left-field hit, widening the score gap to 4-1.