LG defeats Doosan in doubleheader...remains in third place after two games
LG defeats Doosan in doubleheader...remains in third place after two games
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The LG Twins split a doubleheader with the Doosan Bears to remain in third place after two games.
LG dropped the first game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League doubleheader at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, 7-14, but rebounded to win the second game 2-0.
The gap between third-place LG and fourth-place Doosan is still two games. The two teams will meet for the final time this season on April 22.
With LG's first-round loss, the Samsung Lions can clinch second place and head directly to the playoffs if they defeat the Kiwoom Heroes on Feb. 22. Even if LG loses to Doosan on the 22nd, Samsung will have no trouble clinching second place.
In Game 1, Yang Seok-hwan led Doosan to a big win.
Yang hit a bases-loaded single in the first inning and then launched a huge two-run arch over the left field fence in the sixth inning for a 7-2 lead.
It was Yang's 32nd home run of the season and his 101st RBI, making him the 92nd player in history to surpass the 30-homer, 100-RBI mark in a season.
With Doosan trailing 9-7 in the eighth inning, Yang hit a three-run homer to left-center with runners on second and third. Yang finished with two home runs and six RBIs.
Doosan starter Kwak Bin gave up seven runs in five and a third innings, 카지노사이트 but the offense helped him pick up his 14th win of the season (9-1) to move into a tie with Won Tae-in (Samsung Lions) for the most wins in the league.
In game two, LG's next-generation left-handed ace, Son Ju-young, saved the day.
Son struck out nine in seven innings of work, holding the Doosan bats scoreless.
Austin Dean hit a solo shot to left in the first inning and Park Dong-won hit a solo home run in the same direction in the fourth inning to help Son.
LG's foreign pitcher Eliezer Hernandez, who started Game 1 and was automatically ejected for a head shot that hit Heo Kyung-min in the head with one out in the first inning, repaid his team with a two-inning perfect save in the eighth inning of Game 2.
It was only the fourth time in history that a pitcher who started game one of a doubleheader pitched in relief in game two. Hernandez left the mound after throwing just five pitches in Game 1.
SSG defeated KT 4-1 in Suwon, South Korea.
SSG starting pitcher Roenis Elias pitched seven innings with six hits, two walks, seven strikeouts, and one run on seven hits with his strong fastball to give his team a valuable win.
SSG has seven games left in the season and can clinch fifth place on its own. KT has a red light on fifth-place Mercury with four games left.
As expected from two teams fighting for the fifth spot with the last postseason ticket on the line, the game was intense.
KT took the lead in the third inning when Kim Min-hyuk singled to left field with two outs.
SSG responded with two home runs to tie the game.
In the top of the fourth inning, Guillermo Heredia led off with a solo home run over the left field wall to tie the game at 1-1 against KT starter Ko Young-pyo.
In the sixth inning, Han Yoo-seom hit a solo home run over the right field wall to make it 2-1.
SSG put runners on second and third in the top of the eighth after a leadoff walk, Choi Jung-jeong's single to left and Heredia's walk put runners on second and third, and Park Sung-hyun followed with a single to right off reliever Park Young-hyun.
KT halted the rally in the bottom of the eighth when Oh Jae-il, who was racing home after pinch-hitting for Kang Baek-ho, hit a ball in front of the first baseman with runners on first and third, was thrown out at home by SSG first baseman Oh Tae-gon.
Park Sung-hwan went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
Meanwhile, the Lotte Giants-Hanhwa Eagles (Daejeon), Kiwoom Heroes-Samsung Lions (Daegu), and NC Dinos-KIA Tigers (Gwangju) games were canceled due to rain.