Now, we are on a full-fledged victory countdown. The LG Twins of professional baseball has reduced the magic number to ’10’. LG beat the Hanwha Eagles 5-1 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 24th. LG, which has won two consecutive games, has 78 wins, two draws and 48 losses (winning rate of 0.619). Hanwha (52 wins, 6 draws and 70 losses), which lost three consecutive games, ranked eighth.
With 16 games left, LG set the magic number to 10 to seal the top spot in the regular season. The third-place NC Dinos (68 wins, 2 draws and 55 losses) have more remaining games than the second-place KT Wiz (73 wins, 3 draws and 56 losses), so if LG wins or NC loses, the magic number will decrease. 실시간 바카라사이트
LG starter Choi Won-tae, who came up in two weeks after going down to the second division, allowed six hits, one walk, eight strikeouts and one run in seven innings, winning his ninth win of the season (six losses). He has only one win left to win in double figures for four consecutive years. LG hitters hit four home runs. Oh Ji-hwan has achieved 100 hits for six consecutive seasons for the 67th time in history.
LG took the lead in the bottom of the third inning when Hong Chang-ki hit an RBI timely hit in a chance created by Lee Jae-won’s hit and stolen base. In the fourth inning, Austin Dean’s solo shot to mid-wicket made the difference by two runs. In the top of the fifth inning, Hanwha followed Lee Jin-young’s solo home run (his seventh in the season).
However, LG’s long-range artillery hit one after another in the second half of the game. Kim Hyun-soo hit a solo home run (No. 6) in the sixth inning, and Oh Ji-hwan (No. 7) and Kim Min-sung (No. 7) hit consecutive home runs in the seventh inning.
LG, which recently operated a group finishing system, kept its victory by Yoo Young-chan, Park Myung-geun, and Kim Jin-sung taking the mound one after another. Kim Jin-sung gave up one-third of the innings and made a save for the second consecutive day.
KT beat KIA 3-2 in Gwangju. KT, which won two consecutive games, remained in second place. Starter Ko Young-pyo pitched seven scoreless innings, and Park Kyung-soo hit a two-run shot over the middle of the final in the top of the ninth inning when he faced 1-1. Park Kyung-soo’s first home run of the season. KIA Yang Hyun-jong pitched six innings, six hits, one walk, five strikeouts, and one run, but failed to become a winning pitcher.
NC won a dramatic 6-5 walk-off victory over the Doosan Bears. Doosan took the lead with pinch hitter Huh Kyung-min’s two-run shot in the top of the 11th inning of extra time against 3-3. However, with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning with no outs, Park Han-kyul hit a two-run hit that separated the right-center. He had two RBIs due to a miss in Doosan’s relay play, but he brought in all the runners. Rookie Park Han-kyul, who came up to the first division the day before, had a hit that brought victory in his first at-bat since his debut.
In Incheon, Lotte Giants beat SSG Landers 8-1 to avenge their defeat the previous day. Starting pitcher Wilkerson gave up a leadoff home run to Choo Shin-soo in the first inning, but blocked it without additional runs until the sixth inning to win.
Meanwhile, professional baseball has surpassed 7 million spectators in four years since 2019. Fifty-five hundred4 people entered the four games held on the 24th, recording a cumulative audience of 7,045,672 in 641 games. The average number of spectators per game was 10,991, an increase of 34% from the previous year.
LG drew the largest number of spectators among the 10 teams. LG surpassed 1 million cumulative spectators in 61 games on the 22nd. It is the first time since 2020, when spectators were restricted due to COVID-19. SSG is second with 903,319 people. Although it was difficult to proceed with the schedule due to the heat wave and frequent rain, it succeeded in mobilizing spectators thanks to fierce competition in the rankings.