KIA defeats KT and takes first place 2nd place LG beats Lotte to escape 4th consecutive loss Samsung with 5 consecutive wins, Doosan with 2 consecutive wins, chasing second place by half a game. SSG defeats Hanwha and maintains 5th place Achieved 100 sellouts in 340 games this year
KIA Choi Hyeong-woo
On the day that the 2024 professional baseball game, which is enjoying a box-office sensation, sold out 100 games, a grand competition for record-breaking games also took place.
KIA Tigers’ veteran slugger Choi Hyeong-woo (40) swung a hard hit with 4 hits and 6 RBIs in 5 at-bats, including a home run, in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League visiting game against KT Wiz in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 14th.
Choi Hyung-woo, who ranked first in history with 1,598 RBIs until the previous day, achieved 1,604 RBIs in 2,139 games since joining the team in 2002, becoming the first player in professional baseball to surpass the 1,600 RBI mark.
KIA maintained the lead by defeating KT Wiz 11-1, led by Choi Hyeong-woo’s exciting bat.
KIA, who took the lead with Choi Hyung-woo’s two-run home run in the top of the first inning, scored six runs in the top of the second inning, including Choi Hyung-woo’s three RBI doubles, and took an 8-0 lead, taking the lead early.
Choi Hyung-woo added one point in the third inning with a timely hit to left.
KT made up for one run with Cho Yong-ho’s timely hit in the bottom of the 7th inning, but KIA scored in the top of the 8th inning when Na Seong-beom hit a two-run home run to left.
KIA’s new foreign pitcher, Cam Aldred, recorded his first win by striking out 7 and allowing 5 hits and no runs through the 5th inning.
KT starting pitcher William Cuevas gave up 8 runs on 6 hits and 7 walks in 2 innings and was eliminated.
In Changwon, where the home run battle took place, the 3rd place Samsung Lions defeated the 6th place NC Dinos 7-4 and recorded their 5th consecutive win.
NC took the lead in the bottom of the first inning when Matt Davidson hit a two-run home run to left.
In the top of the second inning, Samsung made up one run when Kim Young-woong, who hit a triple, was called in by Jeon Byeong-woo for a sacrifice fly, and in the top of the fourth inning, Yoon Jeong-bin hit his first home run in the first-team league after seven years of joining the team, making the score 2-2.
NC took a 3-2 lead again in the bottom of the 4th inning when Kwon Hee-dong hit a solo arch, but Samsung went ahead 4-3 in the top of the 5th inning when Lee Jae-hyun hit a two-run home run to left.
NC tied the score for the third time in the bottom of the 6th inning when Son Ah-seop hit a solo home run, but Samsung scored 1 run in the top of the 7th inning with Koo Ja-wook’s double and ran away with the score 5-4.
Koo Ja-wook hit a 2-RBI double in the top of the 9th inning to tie the game.
NC Son Ah-seop swung a hard hit with 3 hits in 4 at-bats despite the team’s loss.
Son Ah-seop, who recorded 2,499 hits in his personal career, is on the verge of becoming the second player in history to reach 2,500 hits, following Park Yong-taek (2,504 hits).
If Son Ah-seop adds another 6 hits, he will surpass Park Yong-taek and take first place with the most hits in the KBO League. 스포츠토토