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As of the 25th, the Kiwoom Heroes, who call the Gocheokdome home, have played 72 games and are halfway through the regular season.
Playing their 71st game of the season, the KBO’s second-place LG Twins pulled within 0.5 games of first-place SSG Landers with a come-from-behind win over the Lotte Giants.
LG capitalized on costly errors by the opposing infielders to win 7-3 at home against Lotte in the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League 2023 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Friday.
The loss dropped fourth-place Lotte to 33 wins and cut their win-loss margin to zero.
LG, which used reliever Lee Jung-yong as a substitute starter, fell behind early in the game.
Trailing 0-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning, LG began to rally. They took advantage of a tired Dan Streeley.
A leadoff single by Heo Do-hwan, a single to left by Shin Min-jae, and a walk to Hong Chang-ki loaded the bases, and when Moon Sung-joo grounded out to second, pinch-hitter Jung Joo-hyun scored from third.
LG tied the game in the bottom of the seventh. After a leadoff walk by Shin Min-jae, Moon Sung-joo and Kim Hyun-soo hit back-to-back RBI singles to tie the game at 3-3.
The game was decided in the eighth inning. A critical fielding error by Lotte proved decisive.
LG had runners on first and second with one out after Moon Bo-kyung singled to right against Koo Seung-min, Park Hae-min’s sacrifice bunt and Park Dong-won’s walk.
The next batter, Shin Min-jae, hit a grounder to shortstop, which was a dead giveaway.
The Lotte infielders then committed an error. LOTTE shortstop Park Seung-wook caught the ball and tossed it to second baseman Ahn Chi-hong, who lost the ball when his step got tangled.
In the meantime, second baseman Moon Bo-kyung stole home past third base and scored.
Lotte brought in closer Kim Won-joong to try to win the game, but the LG batters didn’t take advantage of the opportunity.
After Hong Chang-ki drew a walk to load the bases, Moon Sung-ju and Kim Hyun-soo exploded for back-to-back RBI singles to send cold water into the Lotte dugout.
Moon went 2-for-5 with two doubles, four RBIs and two runs scored. Kim Hyun-soo also went 5-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.
■ Samsung Buchanan scores one run in seven innings to beat SSG, snap five-game losing streak
The last-place Samsung Lions snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over first-place SSG at SSG Landers Field in Incheon.
Samsung moved to within two games of the ninth-place Hanwha Eagles, who did not play today. Top-ranked SSG saw its five-game winning streak come to an end.
Samsung opened the scoring in the top of the second inning, taking advantage of SSG starter Cho Sung-hoon.
With runners on first and second after a leadoff single by Kang Min-ho and a walk to Kang Kang-ul, Ahn Joo-hyung singled to right to score a run.
Ryu Seung-min and Cho Min-sung then exploded for back-to-back RBI singles to make it 4-0.
Samsung continued to pressure SSG. In the top of the fourth inning, after a hit by pitch and a walk to Ahn Joo-hyung put runners on first and second, Ryu Seung-min lined a single to right to extend the lead to 5-0.
There was a crisis. Samsung trailed 5-1 in the eighth inning.
The second pitcher, Kim Tae-hoon, gave up two walks to put runners on first and second, and the switch-hitter, left-hander Lee Seung-hyun, gave up a single to left to score Choi Jung and make it 5-2.
However, Lee got out of the jam by getting pinch-hitter Kim Kang-min to fly out to right field with runners on first and second.
In his final defense in the bottom of the ninth, Lee faced the threat of a two-out rally, but he struck out the final batter, Choi Ji-hoon, on a swinging strikeout to end the game.
Buchanan earned his fifth win of the season with seven innings of six-hit ball, striking out three and walking one.
The game between the KT Wiz and KIA Tigers at Gwangju Kia Champions Field was canceled due to rain.
On the same day, the Hanwha Eagles-NC Dinos game at Changwon NC Park was canceled due to rain in the second inning.