Now they are tying for fifth place. Ahead of the final chapter of fierce competition, the two teams will meet.
SSG Landers and KT Wiz will play Game 12 between the teams at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 23rd.
The joys and sorrows of this week’s series were mixed. KT met the Kiwoom Heroes at home and lost in the first game, but won in both games to record the winning series. SSG, on the other hand, bowed its head to the losing team with one win and two losses in three consecutive away games against the LG Twins.
The two teams are tied for fifth place. SSG has 57 wins, one draw and 60 losses, while KT has 57 wins, two draws and 60 losses. The two teams will also have fierce showdowns this season. Meeting each other 11 times, SSG laughed five times, and KT laughed six times.
SSG announced Kim Kwang-hyun and KT announced Ko Young-pyo as starting pitchers.
Kim Kwang-hyun, who has 165 wins in his career, is 7 wins, 9 losses, 124 ⅔ innings, 51 walks, 121 strikeouts, and an ERA of 5.34 WHIP (per inning).
In the game against KT, he took the mound twice, recording 13 hits (three homers) with two walks and 12 strikeouts with an ERA of 4.09 in 11 innings. He pitched six innings and one run for the first time in a showdown on July 24. Since then, he has shown signs of faltering performance in four consecutive games.
Ko Young-pyo took the mound in 12 games this season, marking 3 wins, 6 losses and 66 ⅓ innings with 10 walks and 46 hits with an ERA of 5.42 WHIP 1.70.
Ko has shown strong performance against SSG. He started two games this season and became the winning pitcher. He had eight hits, two outs and nine strikeouts, one run scored with an ERA of 0.64 in 14 innings.
However, after becoming a winning pitcher with one run in seven innings against SSG on the 25th, he became a losing pitcher in all four games. 메이저사이트
Choo Shin-soo, Guillermo Herredia and Choi Jeong were the strongest hitters against KT in this season’s SSG. All three players played in all 11 games against KT. Choo had 16 hits, two homers, seven RBIs, and 10 runs batted in at 0.390 OPS 1.068, while Herredia had 16 hits, nine RBIs and eight runs batted in at 0.356 OPS 0.753, and Choi Jeong-eun had 14 hits, five homers, 13 RBIs, 12 runs batted in at 0.341 OPS 1.184. Park Ji-hwan, the rookie, played in six games, posting nine hits, one RBI, four runs batted in at 0.450 OPS 1.184.
On the contrary, the batters who swung the bat against SSG at KT were Hwang Jae-gyun, Moon Sang-cheol, Kim Sang-soo, and Kang Baek-ho. Kim Sang-soo played in 10 games, while the other three played in all games. Hwang Jae-gyun recorded 16 hits, one homer, 10 RBIs, six runs and a batting average of 0.421 OPS 0.962, Moon marked 14 hits, two homers, five RBIs, four runs and a batting average of 0.378 OPS 0.966, Kim Sang-soo marked 13 hits, one homer, seven RBIs, eight runs and a batting average of 0.361 OPS 0.910, and Kang marked 14 hits, six homers, 10 RBIs, 13 runs and a batting average of 0.341 OPS 1.229.
Still, SSG has 36 games to play, while KT has 35 games to go. The seventh-ranked Hanwha Eagles and the eighth-ranked Lotte Giants are also chasing the two teams. With fierce competition expected through September, which team will smile first in the three consecutive games? Native aces will have a showdown.
