The Hanwha Eagles in professional baseball failed to continue starter Moon Dong-joo’s good pitching, allowing two runs (one earned run) in 5 2⅓3 innings, marking their fifth draw of the season.
While the third-place NC Dinos to the sixth-place KIA Tigers are fighting for the mid-range, they narrowed the gap by only two games, driving the direction of autumn baseball into fog.
Lotte Giants recorded a “team no-hit no-run” for the third time in KBO League history against SSG Landers.
Hanwha led 4-2 until the 7th inning against the KIA Tigers in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Champions Field in Gwangju on the 6th, but ended up drawing 4-4 after an extended game.
When Choi Hyung-woo walked after one out in the bottom of the second inning, KIA scored first with Socrates Brito’s double and then with an opponent’s mistake.
In the top of the fourth inning, Hanwha Noh Si-hwan hit a solo home run, his 23rd of the season, to make the score 1-1.
In the beginning of the 5th inning, Roh Si-hwan’s timely hit and Chae Eun-sung’s sacrifice fly added one point and ran away to 4-1.
KIA added 1 point in the bottom of the 5th inning with a timely hit by Kim Kyu-seong, and then Socrates made up for the 1 point with a push walk at the end of the 8th inning with 1 out and bases loaded, leading to a 3-4 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, when the match was close to defeat, Park Chan-ho went to base with a superior double after two outs, Kim Do-young walked, and Na Seong-beom tied the game 4-4 with a right-handed hit, pushing the game into extra time.
The two teams battled bloodily until the 12th inning, but ended up with a draw.
Hanwha starter Moon Dong-joo secured victory by blocking 3 hits, 3 walks and 2 runs (1 earned) in 5⅓ innings, but the bullpen was blown.
In the first professional confrontation with Kim Do-young, who drew attention, he won by decision with 2 hits and 1 walk.
- kt, Koh Young-pyo won 10 consecutive games with QS… Exclusively ranked 4th after beating Doosan
In Jamsil, kt wiz defeated Doosan Bears 3-1 and moved up one step to 4th place.
In the beginning of the first inning, lead hitter Kim Min-hyuk walked, and kt Lee Ho-yeon and Hwang Jae-gyun scored consecutive hits to lead 1-0.
Lee Ho-yeon, who went from 2nd base to 3rd base when Park Byung-ho’s right fielder floated on 1st and 2nd base safely, made it 2-0 by digging home when Anthony Alford’s pitcher grounded.
Doosan, which was being dragged, made up one point with Jose Rojas, who hit a double at the bottom of the 6th inning, and stepped home with a follow-up grounder and wild throw.
However, in kt, Bae Jeong-dae, who hit a double in the top of the 7th inning, scored on Kim Min-hyeok’s sacrifice fly following a balk, widening the score to 3-1.
Koh Young-pyo, the starter for kt, blocked 7 innings with 6 hits and 1 run, achieving 10 consecutive quality starts (QS, 6 innings or more and 3 earned runs or less).
*Doosan was pushed from a tie for 3rd to 5th.
- Lotte, led by Wilkerson, the third ‘team no-hit no-run’… Escape from 3 consecutive losses
Lotte was the third team in the history of the KBO League to write a ‘team no hit no run’.
In the home game against SSG Landers held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 6th, Lotte won 1-0 without allowing a single hit.
Lotte, thrown by Aaron Wilkerson, Koo Seung-min, and Kim Won-joong, allowed only two walks against SSG, but completed a ‘team no-hit-no-run’ without giving up a single hit and score.
There have been 14 times in KBO League history when a pitcher has achieved a no-hitter through the ninth inning, but it is the third time that a team has recorded a joint no-hitter.
Prior to Lotte, on October 6, 2014, the LG Twins achieved against NC Dinos, and in the opening game on April 2, 2022, SSG was written against NC.
For SSG, only No. 1 hitter Choo Shin-soo got on base with two walks, but did not get a single hit.
Choo Shin-soo walked as the lead batter in the top of the 7th inning, 0-0, but failed to score as the follow-up hit failed.
In the top of the ninth, SSG trailed 0-1, and after two outs, Shin-soo Choo went on base again, but Ji-hoon Choi, the follow-up hitter, grounded to first base and was humiliated by a no-hitter.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, with 0-0, pinch hitter Lee Jung-hoon went on base with a right-handed hit, and Lotte, who scored 5 hits, scored a winning run with a superior double by Yoon Dong-hee, a pinch hitter, following a send-off bunt.
Lotte starter Wilkerson struck out 6 up to the 7th inning and blocked it with 1 walk and no run without a hit.
Koo Seung-min, who took the mound in the 8th inning, blocked 1 inning with a tripartite offense, and Kim Won-joong, who reached the mound in the 9th inning, finished the game with 1 walk, no hits and no runs.
Lotte recently escaped from three consecutive losses amid brilliant pitching on the mound.
- NC, Son Ah-seop, 3 stores, etc. 15 hits, 4 consecutive victories… Kiwoom’s 8th consecutive loss
The NC Dinos beat the Kiwoom Heroes 12-7 with 15 hits, including a 3-run home run by Son A-seop, in the Changwon home game.
3rd place NC, who had 4 consecutive wins, approached 2nd place SSG Landers, who lost that day, by 4 games.
At the end of the second inning, NC took the lead with two consecutive doubles by Jason Martin and Kim Seong-wook, and after a run, Choi Bo-seong and Ahn Joong-yeol scored consecutive hits to lead 2-0.
In the continued 2nd out 1st and 3rd bases, Son A-seop hit a superior 3-run homer, widening the score to 5-0 at once.
Kiwoom made up for the 3 runs in the top of the 4th inning with Lee Joo-hyung’s 2-run homer and Kim Soo-hwan’s double.
However, NC tied up two hits and three walks, including Martin’s two RBIs, and three walks at the end of the fourth inning, and ran away again with 8-3.
When Kiwoom made up for 1 point at the beginning of the 6th inning, NC tied up 2 hits and 3 walks, including Martin’s 2 RBIs and timely hits at the end of the 7th inning, and ran away with 4 points and 12-4, seizing the victory.
Kiwoom also scored 3 runs at the end of the 8th inning, but could not make up for the large number of runs.
Son A-seop led the attack with 2 hits and 4 RBIs in 4 at-bats, and Martin led the attack with 3 hits and 4 RBIs in 4 at-bats.
- Moon Seong-joo 2 Run Four 1st place LG, 2 consecutive losses to last place Samsung
In Daegu, where the first place and last place faced each other, the LG Twins defeated the Samsung Lions 7-4 and escaped their two-game losing streak.
In the top of the second inning, lead batter Moon Bo-kyung hit a superior triple and scored with a follow-up grounder to score first.
Lee Jae-hyun, who appeared after two outs at the end of the second inning, drew a solo arch against LG starter Lim Chan-gyu to make it 1-1.
However, LG took a 3-1 lead with 2 outs and bases loaded in the top of the 5th inning, with Oh Ji-hwan scoring 2 RBIs and a heavy hit.
In the 6th inning, LG added 2 runs thanks to a timely hit by Hong Chang-ki and Kim Hyun-soo, and in the top of the 8th, Moon Seong-joo hit a superior 2-run homer and ran away 7-1.
At the end of the 8th inning, Lee Jae-hyeon’s timely hit and Lee Seong-gyu’s sacrifice fly made up for 2 points.
Meanwhile, Samsung starter Albert Suarez was replaced early due to calf pain after two outs in the first inning.
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