The professional baseball KIA Tigers won a come-from-behind victory over the Lotte Giants with Yang Hyun-jong’s milestone and approached the Korean Series direct ticket.
KIA won a thrilling 6-5 victory over Lotte in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 21st.
KIA, which has won five consecutive games, widened its gap with the second-place Samsung Lions to six games.
KIA scored with the batting lineup cohesiveness and Lotte with a home run.
KIA led 3-0 in the bottom of the second inning with Kim Sun-bin’s first RBI double, Han Jun-su’s RBI double and Park Chan-ho’s RBI double.
Lotte then turned the game around by combining Noh Jin-hyuk’s one-run home run and Son Ho-young’s three-run home run in the top of the fifth inning.
When KIA tied the game 4-4 with Kim Sun-bin’s timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning, Lotte led again in the top of the sixth inning when Jeon Jun-woo drew a solo arch.
The only difference between victory and defeat is two errors.
KIA tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning when leadoff hitter Choi Won-joon got on base due to an error by Lotte’s second baseman, advanced to third base with a hit and a fly ball, and then homered with Na Sung-bum’s sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Byun Woo-hyuk got on base with a double after two outs and went to third base during a wild pitch, and Lotte’s third baseman’s catch error came out of Park Chan-ho’s at-bat to score the winning run.
KIA starter Yang Hyun-jong struck out seven in five innings that day, beating Song Jin-woo (2,48) with a total of 2,53 strikeouts to become the No. 1 strikeout in the KBO League. 안전놀이터
He also became the third player in KBO League history to record triple-digit strikeouts for 10 consecutive seasons.
However, Yang gave up four runs with two home runs in the fifth inning alone, failing to win.
