The defending champions SSG Landers continued their winning streak at the end of the regular season. SSG came from behind to win 4-3 at home against the NC Dinos in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Friday. SSG’s five-game winning streak moved them up one spot to tie for fourth place with NC, which has lost six straight. The Doosan Bears, who had a two-day break without a game, moved into sole possession of third place after being tied for fourth the previous day.NC, which has been showing signs of a late-season collective slump, took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Park Min-woo singled up the middle and stole second, followed by Jason Martin’s RBI single up the middle two batters later .In the second inning, Seo Ho-cheol and Park Se-hyuk followed with back-to-back singles and Kim Han-byul scored on an infield grounder to make it 2-0.However, SSG tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the inning after Han Yoo-seom singled and Ha Jae-hoon doubled to left field, followed by Kim Sung-hyun’s RBI single and Kim Min-sik’s sacrifice fly. In the third, Oh Tae-gon drew a walk, moved to third on a stolen base and a wild pitch, and scored on Choi Joo-hwan’s grounder to make it 3-2, and Kim Chan-hyung’s RBI single in the fourth made it 4-2.NC cut the deficit to 4-5 in the top of the fifth when Park Gun-woo hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, but could not overcome the one-run deficit .In Suwon, the KT Wiz defeated the KIA Tigers 5-3.With their second straight win, KT extended their lead in the standings to 3.5 games over the third-place Doosan Bears. KIA took the lead in the top of the third inning when Kim Do-young hit a two-run home run to left field .However, KT tied the game in the bottom of the inning as Hwang Jae-gyun singled with runners on first and third and an error, followed by Park Byung-ho’s RBI single to left and Jang Jang-woo’s sacrifice fly to make it 4-2.In the fifth, Kim Sang-soo hit a solo home run to make it 5-2.KIA got one run back in the top of the sixth when Kim Do-young drew a walk and stole second, and Kim Sun-bin followed with an RBI single to left-center, but could not get any closer. KT starter Jo Jo-hyun pitched five innings, allowing two runs on three hits to earn the win. KIA starter Yang Hyun-jong took the loss after giving up five runs (three earned) on six hits in the sixth inning. In Daegu, the Samsung Lions avenged their previous day’s loss with a 3-1 victory over the Hanwha Eagles. Samsung opened the scoring in the second inning on an RBI single by Lee Sung-gyu and took a 2-0 lead in the third on an RBI single by Jose Pirela .In the fourth, Kim Young-woong hit a solo home run to make it 3-0.Hanwha got one run back in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Moon Hyun-bin .Samsung starter David Buchanan pitched eight innings, striking out six and allowing one run on five hits to improve to 12-8.The first-place LG Twins, who clinched a direct berth in the Korean Series, extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-3 victory over the visiting Lotte Giants in Busan. LG scored three runs in the second inning on two Lotte errors and added a run in the fifth on Moon Sung-joo’s RBI double .In the sixth, Heo Do-hwan’s RBI single plated a run to make it 5-0.Lotte got one run back in the bottom of the seventh on a bases-loaded single by Jeong Hoon and two more in the ninth on RBI singles by Jeon Jun-woo and Yoo Kang-nam, but it was not enough .LG starter Lim Chan-kyu pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run on six hits to 카지노사이트 improve to a career-high 13-3.
