Baseball’s Kiwoom Heroes have won two straight games. Lotte Giants’ Son Ho-young had his 30-game hitting streak halted.
Kiwoom won 5-2 against the Lotte Giants in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Nov. 21. With the win, Kiwoom extended its winning streak to two games.
Returning home after a three-game series in Cheongju, Kiwoom’s starting lineup was Lee Ju-hyung (designated hitter), Ronnie Dawson (left fielder), Kim Hye-sung (second baseman), Song Sung-moon (third baseman), Choi Ju-hwan (first baseman), Lee Yong-gyu (right fielder), Kim Jae-hyun (catcher), Lee Jae-sang (shortstop), and Jang Jae-young (center fielder). The Kiwoom bats pounded out 11 hits. Dawson went 3-for-4 with a home run and a run scored, while Lee chipped in with two hits, two runs scored and a walk. Song Sung-moon also had a multi-hit game and Kim Jae-hyun had a key RBI double.
Starter Enmanuel De Jesus pitched six innings of two-hit ball, striking out six and walking two. With his eighth win of the season, he moved into a tie with Dietrich Enns (LG) for the team lead in wins. The bullpen of Moon Sung-hyun (0 IP), Kim Sung-min (1⅔ IP, 2 runs), and Cho Sang-woo (1⅓ IP, no runs) preserved the win. Cho earned his first save of the season.
Lotte’s starting lineup was Hwang Sung-bin (center field), Ko Seung-min (second base), Son Ho-young (designated hitter), Victor Reyes (left field), Yoon Dong-hee (right field), Na Seung-yup (first base), Jung Hoon (third base), Son Sung-bin (catcher), and Park Seung-wook (shortstop). Hwang Sung-bin had a multi-hit performance. Son Ho-young went 1-for-3 with a walk and a hit to end his 30-game hitting streak.
Starter Park Se-woong took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits with four walks and five strikeouts in six innings. The bullpen of Kim Kang-hyun (1 inning of scoreless relief), Jin Hae-soo (0 innings, 1 run), and Koo Seung-min (1 inning of scoreless relief) battled back but could not prevent the team from losing. The loss was Lotte’s second straight.
Lotte got on the board in the top of the first inning with a leadoff single by Hwang Sung-bin. Go Seung-min grounded out to shortstop to load the bases, and Son Ho-young flied out to right field. Reyes singled to put runners on second and third, but Yoon Dong-hee grounded out to second base.
Kiwoom put runners on second and third in the bottom of the inning when leadoff hitter Lee Ju-hyung drew a walk and Dawson followed with a 메이저토토사이트 double. Kim Hye-sung hit a grounder to third base, but Song Sung-moon picked off the throw to load the bases. Lee Yong-kyu drew a walk and scored the go-ahead run. Kim Jae-hyun followed with an RBI double to center field.
Lotte started the fourth inning with a leadoff walk to Son Ho-young. Reyes and Yoon struck out, but Na Seung-yup drew a walk to put runners on first and second. However, Jeong Hoon was stranded on a fly ball to center field to end the threat.
Kiwoom got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Lee Ju-hyung led off with an infield single. Dawson followed with a single to put runners on first and third. Kim Hye-sung hit a grounder to the third baseman to load the bases, but Song Sung-moon followed with an RBI single to score another run.
In the top of the seventh, leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee and Na Seung-yup drew back-to-back walks to put runners on first and second with no outs. But Jung Hoon grounded out to center field and Son Sung-bin struck out. Park Seung-wook couldn’t capitalize on the 메이저사이트 opportunity as he hit a fly ball to left field. But in the top of the eighth, Hwang Sung-bin walked and Go Seung-min singled to put runners on first and third with no outs. Son Ho-young followed with an RBI single to give the team its first run of the game. However, his 30-game hitting streak came to an end as he went 0-for-3.
After Reyes walked, Yoon Dong-hee followed with an infield single to center field to cut the LOTTE lead to 2-4. However, they were unable to get any closer as Na Seung-yeop was caught fouling out at third base by Cho Sang-woo, who came in for Kim Sung-min.
Kiwoom got on the board in the bottom of the eighth when leadoff hitter Song Sung-moon reached on an infield single. After a single by pinch-hitter Won Sung-joon put runners on first and third with no outs, Lee Yong-kyu and Kim Jae-hyun struck out, but pinch-hitter Kim Tae-jin delivered an RBI single to make it 5-2. In the top of the ninth, Cho Sang-woo put runners on second and third with two outs after a double by pinch-hitter Lee Jung-hoon and an infield single by Hwang Sung-bin, but the team got out of the inning unscathed. In the bottom of the ninth, Go Seung-min’s final at-bat was caught by Dawson in left field.