The top-ranked LG Twins continued their march to the top of the standings with a win over the bottom-ranked Kiwoom Heroes, led by Kim Hyun-soo’s game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning .LG won a 5-3 home game against Kiwoom in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL Baseball League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Nov. 11.The win was LG’s third in a row, while Kiwoom lost its second straight and remained in last place. The game was tight. LG starter Casey Kelly and Kiwoom starter Jang Jae-young were locked in a pitcher’s duel until the fourth inning. The balance shifted in the fifth inning. LG opened the scoring in the bottom of the fifth with a leadoff solo home run to right field by Moon Bo-kyung .Park Dong-won followed with a double down the left field line and Kim Min-sung’s sacrifice bunt to put runners on first and third, and then Park came home on Park Hae-min’s infield grounder. Kiwoom drew a walk and scored with no outs as Park Dong-won drew a safe call. LG’s offense continued with Park Hae-min stealing second and Moon Sung-joo 카지노사이트킹 hitting a timely double to right field to make it 3-0.LG tied the game right back up in the top of the sixth inning on defense. Kelly’s command was shaky as he gave up a straight ball to leadoff hitter Jeon Byung-woo .Kelly gave up a single to left-center to Kim Dong-heon and a straight fly ball to Kim Jun-wan to load the bases with no outs, and then gave up a single to center to Kim Hye-sung for the first run .LG brought in Kim Jin-sung, but gave up a straight fly ball to Ronnie Dawson and a sacrifice fly to center field to Song Sung-moon to tie the game at 3-3.LG scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth. Leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki singled to right off the third pitcher of the game, Moon Sung-hyun, and from second on a sacrifice bunt by Jung Joo-hyun, Kim Hyun-soo hit a two-run shot over the right field fence On a three-pitch, one-strike count, he took a hard swing and blasted the home run.With the win in hand, LG brought in Go Woo-seok to close out the game in the ninth. Kim Hyun-soo went 1-for-3 with one home run, one walk, two RBIs and one run scored .With his 10th save of the season, Go Woo-seok became the sixth player in history to record double-digit saves in five consecutive seasons. Kiwoom starter Jang Jae-young was not smiling after earning his first career quality start (six innings, three runs on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts).

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