'Choi Hyung-woo's Grand Slam' KIA Catches LG and Runs to the Top… 4.5 Games Behind 2nd Place

Kiwoom wins a comeback victory over Hanwha, who made a fatal mistake.

SSG also takes advantage of Lotte pitcher Kim Sang-soo's mistake to defend 5th place.

The KIA Tigers continued their lead by beating the second-place LG Twins in their first game of the second half.

KIA crushed LG 11-4 in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League away game held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 9th.

KIA has won four straight games, widening the gap between LG and Doosan Bears, who are tied for second place, to 4.5 games.

The day with the largest gap between first and second place this season was the 9th, the start of the second half. 바카라사이트

On April 25th, the gap between first place KIA and second place NC Dinos was 4 games, and after that, the gap between first and second place was fiercely fought within 4 games, but on the 9th, KIA won against LG, widening the gap to 4.5 games.

KIA took the lead in the top of the first inning by hitting LG starting pitcher Casey Kelly.

With one out and a runner on first base due to Choi Won-jun's walk, Kim Do-young hit a left-center RBI double to score the first run. With

Choi Hyeong-woo's one-run center-field RBI single and Na Sung-beom and Kim Sun-bin's consecutive hits, KIA scored three runs in the first inning alone.

In the third inning, with runners on second and third with no outs on Kim Do-young's center hit and Choi Hyeong-woo's double to left field, Na Sung-beom hit a sacrifice fly to center field to add another run, and in the fifth inning, with one out and a runner on second, Kim Sun-bin hit a right-field RBI single to take another step closer.

In the bottom of the fifth, LG gave up two runs, but in the top of the sixth, '2024 Mr. All-Star' Choi Hyeong-woo hit the winning hit.

In the sixth inning, with one out and bases loaded, Choi Hyeong-woo hit a grand slam over the right field fence by pulling a low slider from LG's left-handed bullpen Lee Sang-young.

On this day, Choi Hyung-woo led the team to victory with 3 hits, 5 RBIs, and 2 runs in 5 at-bats, including his 9th career grand slam.

Choi Hyung-woo, who hit a grand slam at the age of 40 years, 6 months, and 23 days, also set the record for the oldest grand slam by a domestic player, surpassing Lee Dae-ho (40 years, 2 months, and 30 days).

The oldest grand slam by a foreign player in the KBO is held by Felix Jose (formerly of the Lotte Giants, 41 years, 3 months, and 29 days).

Kiwoom Heroes won 5-3 against Hanwha Eagles in a home game at Gocheok Dome, starting their escape from last place.

The gap between 10th place Kiwoom and 9th place Hanwha was reduced to 0.5 games.

Hanwha took a 3-0 lead with back-to-back home runs by Yonatan Peraza and Ahn Chi-hong in the third inning.

However, they lost the lead due to a crucial infield error and a catcher's fastball.

Kiwoom had a chance to have runners on first and third with no outs in the bottom of the sixth with Lee Joo-hyung's left-field triple and Ronnie Dawson's walk.

Hanwha starter Ryan Weiss induced a grounder from the next batter, Kim Hye-seong, but gave up one run due to a throwing error by Hanwha second baseman Hwang Young-mook without any outs. Then,

with runners on first and second base and no outs, Song Seong-moon hit a timely hit to right field to bring home the runner on second.

Hanwha self-destructed in the bottom of the 8th.

Hwang Jun-seo, who came in as a relief pitcher, walked two batters in a row after one out, and Han Seung-hyeok, who received the ball, also walked a bases-loaded ball with one out.

When pinch hitter Kim Geon-hee was at bat, Hanwha catcher Lee Jae-won allowed the tying run with a fastball.

Then, with two outs and runners on second and third, pinch hitter Ko Young-woo hit an infield hit, and third baseman Ha Ju-seok's wild throw to first base overlapped, giving up two runs.

The game ended like that.

SSG Landers defeated Lotte Giants 7-4 at Incheon home and maintained 5th place.

Lotte gave up the winning run due to a critical error.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, with the score tied at 4-4, SSG had an opportunity when leadoff hitter Park Sung-han walked.

The next batter, Kim Min-sik, attempted a sacrifice bunt, and Lotte pitcher Kim Sang-soo caught the ball and slowly moved toward first base to make a throwing motion.

However, Kim Sang-soo's throw went past second baseman Ko Seung-min's glove, who covered first base, and flew over the foul line and over the fence.

Meanwhile, Park Sung-han, who was on first base, ran home.

It was the winning run of the day.

SSG solidified their victory by hitting a right-field RBI single with runners on third and out, and Choi Ji-hoon hit a left-field sacrifice fly with runners on first and third with one out after Lee Ji-young's sacrifice bunt and Park Ji-hwan's infield hit.

The Daegu game between NC and Samsung Lions and the Suwon game between Doosan and KT Wiz were canceled due to rain.