Jang Sung-woo hits a thrilling 12th inning...KT stays 0.5 games ahead of SSG for 5th place
Jang Sung-woo hits a thrilling 12th inning...KT stays 0.5 games ahead of SSG for 5th place
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KT WIZ defeated the Kiwoom Heroes in a thrilling 12-inning extra innings to boost its chances of advancing to the fall baseball season.
KT won a thrilling 8-7 victory over the Kiwoom Heroes in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League on Sunday at Katie Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea, thanks to Jang Sung-woo's game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 12th inning of extra innings.
With the win, KT, with 71 wins, 70 losses, two ties and a .504 winning percentage, moved into sole possession of fifth place, half a game ahead of the SSG Landers (70 wins, 70 losses, two ties and a .500 winning percentage), who had the day off.
However, KT's postseason hopes are far from assured.
Even if KT wins the season finale against the Kiwoom Heroes on Nov. 28, SSG will still finish fifth if they win both of their remaining games.
In that case, KT and SSG will play a single-game, best-of-five series to determine which team will advance to the fall baseball season.
KT took the lead in the top of the first inning when Jang Sung-woo hit a three-run home run to left field.
In the bottom of the second, Jang Jang-woo doubled again to score a run, and KT added another run in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Shim Woo-joon to take a 5-0 lead.
Kiwoom got one run back in the top of the fourth inning on Kim Hye-sung's RBI single with runners on second and third before Choi Ju-hwan hit a three-run homer to right field to cut the deficit to 4-5.
In the top of the fifth, Kim Tae-jin tripled down the right field line and came home on Lee Joo-hyung's infield grounder to tie the game at 5-5.
With momentum on their side, Kiwoom scored two runs in the top of the eighth on a double by Kim Hye-sung and an RBI single by Jang Jae-young to take a 7-5 lead.
However, 토토사이트 KT scored a run in the bottom of the eighth on a double by Kim Min-hyuk, and then tied the game at 7-7 in the bottom of the ninth on a solo home run by Kang Baek-ho to force extra innings.
In the 12th inning, when the score remained tied, Jang Sung-woo came to the rescue again.
With one out in the bottom of the 12th, Jung Jun-young was hit by a pitch and Mel Rojas Jr. singled up the middle to put runners on first and third.
Jang then came to the plate and hit a big sacrifice fly to right field to bring in the tying run and end the game.
Jang Jang-woo led the KT offense with six hits, two doubles and five RBIs.
In Busan, the Lotte Giants defeated the NC Dinos 13-6.
Lotte scored three runs in the top of the first inning, and NC answered with one run in the top of the third and fourth innings.
However, Lotte scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, including a three-run home run by Go Seung-min, to take a 7-2 lead.
Lotte added three more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, including a two-run double by Park Seung-wook and an RBI single by Hwang Sung-bin.
Go Seung-min led the offense, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs.
LOTTE starter Han Hyun-hee earned his fifth win in five starts, allowing two runs on six hits over five innings.
With his 1-for-4 performance, LOTTE foreign-born hitter Victor Reyes now has 199 hits on the season, tying him with Jose Fernandez (then of the Doosan Bears) for second on the all-time single-season hits list.
The KBO's all-time leader in a single season is Seo Gun-chang (now with the KIA Tigers), who had 201 hits in 2014.
Reyes still has two games left to break the record.
In Daejeon, the Hanwha Eagles swept the KIA Tigers 8-0.
Hanwha opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth inning with runners on first and third on an infield single by Chae Eun-sung and then scored on a bases-loaded walk by Lee Do-yoon to take a 2-0 lead.
In the fifth inning, Choi In-ho doubled and Noh Si-hwan singled to make it 3-0.
In the seventh, Hanwha scored two runs on an error and added three more in the bottom of the eighth, including a two-run homer by Choi In-ho.
Kia's Kim Do-young, who has 38 home runs and 40 stolen bases, batted leadoff and went 0-for-4.
Hanwha starter Ryan Weiss pitched six innings of three-hit ball with six strikeouts to earn the win.