SSG Landers won the first game of the weekend’s 3-game series against Kiwoom Heroes thanks to Kim Gwang-hyun’s strong pitch and Jeon Eui-san’s home run.
SSG won 3-1 in a confrontation with Kiwoom in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 21st.
SSG starter Kim Gwang-hyun finished his comeback with 1 run (1 earned), 3 hits (1 home run), 2 walks and 6 strikeouts in 6 innings. He won his second win of the season. In the other lineup, Eui-san Jeon recorded 1 hit in 3 at-bats (1 home run), 1 RBI and 1 run, Hanyu Island went 4 at-bats with 3 hits and 1 RBI, and Kim Min-sik recorded 2 hits in 3 at-bats and 1 RBI.
Kiwoom starter Ariel Hurado pitched well with 3 runs (3 earned), 7 hits (1 home run), 1 walk and 6 strikeouts in 6⅓ innings, but took his 3rd loss (1 win) of the season. Lee Jung-hoo scored the only RBI for the team with 1 RBI, 1 RBI, and 1 RBI in 3 at-bats (1 home run).
In the bottom of the 4th, SSG scored the first run. The SSG lineup could not attack Hurado until the 3rd inning. Not a single runner made it to base. In the 4th inning, Choo Shin-soo struck out and Choi Ji-hoon left the ball. However, after Choi Jung went on base with a walk, Heredia’s hit and Hanyu-seom’s 1 RBI scored on a timely hit.
SSG ran away with a run in the bottom of the 5th inning. In a situation where there was no runner on the first runner, Jeon Ui-san came out at bat. Jeon Eui-san hit Hurado’s 149km/h four-seam fastball in the 1B0S situation. The ball went far and crossed the center wall. A large home run with a distance of 130m hit.
Kiwoom caught up with 1 point in the top of the 6th inning. In a situation where there were no runners in the first company, Lee Jeong-hoo hit Kim Gwang-hyun’s 140km/h four-seam fastball and crossed the right fence. Lee Jung-hoo’s third home run of the season narrowed the gap to one point. 안전놀이터
In the bottom of the 7th, SSG succeeded in widening the score gap. Leading hitter Choi Joo-hwan got a hit and was replaced by lead runner Choi Kyung-mo. Choi Kyung-mo succeeded in stealing the base when Kim Min-sik was at bat, and after that, Kim Min-sik’s 1 RBI hit at the right time scored.
In SSG, after Kim Gwang-hyun threw 6 innings and went down, Roun Lee (1 inning), Noh Gyeong-eun (1 inning), and Seo Jin-yong (1 inning) blocked Kiwoom’s batting line and kept the team’s victory.
