The SSG Landers of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) have earned a win over the Hanwha Eagles.
SSG came from behind to win 4-3 against Hanwha in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on Tuesday.
With the score tied 3-3 in the top of the sixth inning, Choo Shin-soo, who pinch-hit for Hanwha with the bases loaded, scored on a straight bunt. From the fifth inning onward, the bullpen of Ko Hyo-joon, Lee I-roon, Noh Kyung-eun, Cho Byung-hyun, and Moon Seung-won combined for five scoreless innings to preserve the lead.
No. 4 SSG, which won the best-of-three series with two straight wins after losing the first day of the series, is 19-14-1. No. 8 Hanwha, which failed to win the best-of-seven series, is 13-20.
SSG took the lead in the second inning. After Guillermo Heredia led off the inning with a single up the middle against Hanwha starter Hwang Jun-seo, Go Myung-joon hit a big double off the center field fence to put runners on second and third with no outs. Ha Jae-hoon retired the next batter on a fielder’s choice, but Lee Ji-young made a good play on Hwang Jun-seo’s high forked ball outside. It sailed past Hanwha first baseman Ahn Chi-hong for a two-run single into right field.
Hanwha answered right back in the bottom of the inning. Noh Si-hwan singled up the middle after a seven-pitch battle with SSG starter Oh Won-seok and stole second base. Kim Tae-yeon singled to put runners on second and third, and Park Sang-un singled to center field to score the first run of the inning, but Hwang Young-mook was caught stealing second base and was thrown out at home by the SSG defense.
The inning came to an unfortunate end, but in the bottom of the third inning, Han Hwa turned the tide with a home run. After Lee Do-yoon singled to center field, Choi In-ho stole second after the lead runner was out on a grounder to second base. A fly ball to right field by Lee loaded the bases for Jonathan Peraza, who hit a two-run homer to left-center field. With a two-strike count, he lifted a four-pitch fastball from Oh Won-seok low and away over the left-center field fence. It traveled 125 meters and was his 10th home run of the season. It was the one that changed the score to 3-2.
However, SSG tied the game again in the top of the fifth inning. Ahn Sang-hyun singled to right, stole second, and Choi Ji-hoon singled to left to put runners on first and third with no outs, and Park Sung-sung’s grounder to second scored a 안전놀이터 run to tie the game at 3-3. Choi Ji-hoon’s walk loaded the bases with two outs, but SSG answered with Choi Jung-jeong’s double to left-center and Han Yoo-seom’s groundout to bring in Hanwha starter Hwang Jun-seo.
Heredia was thrown out at the plate by reliever Jang Min-jae on a fly ball to right field, but the lead was finally restored in the top of the sixth. Go Myung-joon singled to shortstop and Ha Jae-hoon singled to right to put runners on first and second with no outs, and Lee Ji-young laid down a sacrifice bunt. Hanwha third baseman Noh Si-hwan made a quick dash to third base, but was one step too late. With the bases loaded on a fielder’s choice, SSG brought in Choo Shin-soo to pinch-hit for Ahn Sang-hyun.
Hanwha made another pitching change. They brought up left-hander Lee Chung-ho, who hadn’t made a first-team appearance this season. With his first-pitch slider low and away, Lee threw 2-4 pitches for strikes, but none of them cleared the zone. Straight fly ball. Choo Shin-soo drove in the winning run with a pushing grounder to center field without a single at-bat.
In the next at-bat, SSG got Choi Ji-hoon to strike out on 스포츠토토 사이트 추천 three pitches and Park Sung-hwan to ground out to first base. Choi then hit a three-pitch line drive that Hanwha shortstop Hwang Young-mook leaped to catch it and quickly threw to second base. After video review, the initial call was upheld, keeping the game at one run apiece.
However, SSG had an ironclad bullpen. After starter Oh Won-seok gave up three runs on four hits (one home run) with three walks and three strikeouts in four innings, the bullpen of Go Hyo-joon (1 inning), Lee Iroon (1 inning), Noh Kyung-eun (1 inning), Cho Byung-hyun (1 inning), and Moon Seung-won (1 inning) combined for five scoreless innings to preserve the lead. Ko Hyo-joon picked up his second win of the season, while Lee I-roon earned his third, Noh Kyung-eun his 10th, Cho Byung-hyun his seventh, and Moon Seung-won his ninth. At the plate, Choi Ji-hoon, Choi Jung, Heredia, and Ko Myung-joon each had two multi-hit games.
For Hanwha, starter Hwang Jun-seo was tagged with the loss after allowing three runs on eight hits with one walk and two strikeouts in 4⅔ innings. Lee Chung-ho gave up the game-winning pushoff double in the sixth inning, but Jang Min-jae took his first loss of the season in relief. Lee Min-woo (1 1/3 innings), Lee Tae-yang (1 inning), and Joo Hyun-sang (1 inning) pitched scoreless innings, but the offense failed to capitalize on the SSG bullpen and fell to its knees with a one-run deficit.
In the bottom of the ninth, Jung Eun-won led off with a double to right-center, but the next two batters failed to reach base. Hwang Young-mook struck out swinging after a failed bunt, and pinch-hitter Chae Eun-sung followed with a foul fly to first base. In the ensuing two-out rally, Moon Hyun-bin, who was on the first team for the day, stepped up to pinch-hit but grounded out to second base to end the game. / Photo.