The Samsung Lions beat the Kiwoom Heroes with a single blow by Lee Seong-gyu and made a 6-game winning streak exciting.
Samsung won a 4-3 come-from-behind victory in the 2023 KBO League demonstration game against Kiwoom held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 24th.
With 8 wins and 2 losses, Samsung maintained the lead in the demonstration game. From the match against KT Wiz on the 18th to this day, he succeeded in winning 6 consecutive wins, raising expectations for the regular season.
On the other hand, Kiwoom was unable to maintain a 3-point lead in the second half of the game and lost again. Kiwoom has 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses.
In Samsung, starting pitcher Heo Yoon-dong laid the foundation for victory with 6 hits, 2 strikeouts and 1 run in 4 innings. On the other line, Lee Seong-gyu played an active role with 2 hits, 1 home run and 3 RBIs in 3 at-bats.
Kiwoom’s starter Choi Won-tae also pitched well with 2 hits and 6 strikeouts in 4 innings. However, relief pitcher Lee Seung-ho suffered a loss by allowing 4 runs in 1⅓ innings.
Kiwoom’s foreign player Edison Russell rebounded with 3 hits, 1 home run and 3 RBIs in 3 at-bats, but could not smile brightly due to the team’s defeat.
Kiwoom took the lead.
After Kim Hye-seong, the lead hitter, hit a triple in the 3rd inning, Lim Ji-yeol and Lee Jung-hu retreated with a big hit, but Russell hit a heavy hit and brought Kim Hye-seong home.
In the 5th inning, Russell’s bat flashed.
After Lim Ji-yeol’s walk, Lee Jung-hoo hit an infield fly, but the next batter, Russell, hit Lee Ho-seong with a left-handed home run of 110m. Demonstration match cannon.
Samsung, which was blocked by Kiwoom’s mound until the 6th inning, followed Jae-il Oh and Won-seok Lee on base in a row in the beginning of the 7th inning, followed by Kim Jae-seong with an RBI in a timely manner.
Afterwards, Kim Dong-yeop struck out, but Lee Seong-gyu responded to Lee Seung-ho’s 139km fastball and turned it into a reverse three-run.
Samsung, who took the lead, maintained a good atmosphere at the end of the 7th inning when Lee Jae-ik treated Kiwoom’s batting line as a tripartite offense.
Afterwards, the Samsung bench prevented Kiwoom from pursuing Lee Seung-hyun in the 8th inning and Choi Choong-yeon in the 9th inning. In the end, Samsung won a thrilling come-from-behind victory by one point.
The Doosan Bears beat the rising Hanwha Eagles 8-3.
Doosan, who got out of 3 consecutive losses, became 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in demonstration games, and Hanwha recorded 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
On this day, the Doosan lineup hit the Hanwha mound and scored 10 points with 12 hits.
Batter 4 Kim Jae-hwan made a splash with 3 hits in 4 at-bats (1 home run), 4 RBIs and 1 run, including a beastly home run. Kang Seung-ho and Kim Dae-han also hit multi-hits, and leadoff Sue-bin Sue got 1 hit and 2 walks to go on 3 bases.
On the mound, starting pitcher Gwak Bin blocked the Hanwha batting line with 3 scoreless innings. Choi Seung-yong, who came out as the second pitcher, was shaken with 3 runs in 3⅓ innings (visa), but the 4 bullpens who came out behind prevented Hanwha batting line without additional runs and kept the victory.
From the beginning of the first inning, Doosan scored two runs with Jose Rojas and Kim Jae-hwan’s timely hits, but in the top of the third, Kang Seung-ho’s one RBI and timely hit made it 3-0.
Doosan succeeded in scoring an extra point in the top of the 7th inning with Kim Jae-hwan’s exciting shot.
Kim Jae-hwan, who was at bat in the second and third base chances without a hit, hit a large superior three-run gun with a distance of 120m against Yoon Dae-kyung. Kim Jae-hwan’s first home run in an exhibition game.
Doosan gave Hanwha 3 points at the end of the 7th inning, but added 2 points each in the 8th and 9th innings to fill the double-digit score. Later, in the bottom of the 9th inning, Hong Kun-hee took charge of the first inning and finished the game.
The Hanwha batting line struggled with 3 hits against the Doosan mound and could hardly use their strength.
The news of the release of pitcher Seo Jun-won, who was involved in a sex crime the previous day, was transmitted, and the atmosphere subsided, and the Lotte Giants defeated the NC Dinos 6-5.
Lotte, who won a valuable victory after 5 consecutive losses, took the 2nd win (1 draw and 6 losses) in the demonstration game.
NC, who lost 2 consecutive losses, became 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.
Lotte was dragged by NC with 3 runs at the end of the 1st inning, but Jack Rex’s 3 runs in the top of the 3rd inning balanced the game.
In the top of the 5th inning, Lotte succeeded in turning the game around with Ahn Chi-Hong’s two-run catcher, giving up 1 point each in the bottom of the 5th and 6th innings and allowing the score to be tied again, but in the top of the 7th inning, Ahn Kwon-soo’s right-handed hit from 2nd and 2nd base succeeded in scoring and took the lead again.
Lotte put Kim Do-gyu, Koo Seung-min, and Kim Sang-soo in turn from the 7th inning to calm the NC lineup and confirm victory.
NC dedicated the victory as starter Shin Min-hyuk and second pitcher Song Myeong-ki both performed sluggishly. On the other line, Park Kun-woo struggled with multi-hits including home runs.
The KT Wiz defeated the LG Twins 7-1 at home.
KT, who took revenge for the loss the previous day, recorded 4 wins (1 draw and 5 losses) in the demonstration game, and LG, whose winning streak ended, suffered 3 losses (7 wins). 스포츠토토
KT, who took a chance at the end of the second inning, scored two points with Kang Hyeon-woo and Son Min-seok’s consecutive timely hits, then Kang Baek-ho hit a right-handed hit from second base and ran away 3-0.
After giving 1 point to LG at the beginning of the 5th inning, KT scored an extra point at the end of the 5th inning with Kang Baek-ho’s solo shot, and scored in every inning from the 6th to the 8th inning, putting a wedge in the game.
KT starting pitcher Bo Shul-seo gave up 1 run in 4 innings, and Son Dong-hyun, Bae Seong-seong, Park Young-hyun, and Kim Jae-yoon jointly pitched 5 scoreless innings to win.
In the other lineup, Kang Baek-ho, who started as a left fielder, shone the most with 2 multi-hits.
LG’s starting pitcher Kim Yeong-joon gave up 3 runs in 2 innings (with his own fault), and the bullpen failed to properly block KT’s lineup, resulting in a loss.
As for the batting line, Oh Ji-hwan built up his pride by going 3 on base with 2 hits and 1 walk.
SSG Landers beat the KIA Tigers 3-2 and escaped from a three-game losing streak.
SSG, who scored first with the best timely hit in the top of the first inning, took the lead by adding two points with consecutive timely hits by Choo Shin-soo and Guillermo Heredia in the top of the fifth inning, which was 1-1.
SSG gave KIA a run in the bottom of the 8th inning due to overlapping defensive errors, but the bullpen blocked the remaining innings without allowing additional runs and won the victory.
SSG starting pitcher Moon Seung-won pitched well with 1 run in 5 innings, and Seo Jin-yong, who came out in the 9th inning, blocked 1 inning without a run and made a save.
SSG recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the demonstration game, and KIA recorded 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.