5 Runs in the 9th Inning' KIA, 3 Consecutive Days of Comebacks… Finishes First Place in the First Half for the First Time in 7 Years

The sole leader KIA Tigers finished the first half of the season with a pleasant three-game winning streak.

KIA showed fierce concentration by scoring five runs in the top of the ninth inning in the away game against Samsung Lions held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 4th, and won 8-3.

KIA, which achieved a comeback against Samsung for three consecutive days, has a record of 48 wins, 33 losses, 2 draws, and a winning percentage of 0.593, taking first place in the first half of the season for the first time in seven years since 2017.

Since 1989, when the KBO League was held as a single league, excluding 1999 and 2000, when two leagues were held, the team that took first place in the first half of the season until last year has won the Korean Series 21 out of 35 times, recording a 60% chance of winning. 토토사이트 순위

KIA (including its predecessor Haitai) has taken first place in the first half of the season a total of six times (1989, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2017) and has taken the championship trophy four times, excluding 2002 and 2011.

It was another game where KIA showed their stamina.

Samsung took the lead in the bottom of the first when Kim Ji-chan hit an infield hit and stole second base, then scored on a ground ball.

KIA tied it 1-1 in the top of the second when Choi Hyeong-woo hit a solo arch.

Samsung took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning with back-to-back home runs by Kim Heon-gon and Koo Ja-wook.

KIA recovered one point with a right-field hit by Kim Tae-gun in the top of the fourth.

In the eighth inning, they added another point with a double by Choi Hyeong-woo, tying the score at 3-3.

With momentum, KIA's batting line exploded in the top of the 9th against Samsung's closer Oh Seung-hwan.

After two outs, Kim Sun-bin hit a double, and Kim Do-young got on base on an intentional walk, and Park Jeong-woo hit a two-RBI double over the right fielder to turn the score around to 5-3.

In the continued attack, KIA Tigers added one point with Hong Jong-pyo's timely hit, and Socrates Brito hit a two-run homer over the right-center wall to make it 8-3, tying the game.

KIA 's third pitcher, Dong-ha Hwang, pitched 3⅔ innings without allowing any hits or runs and became the winning pitcher.