KIA beat Kiwoom to win 4 consecutive victories-JoongAng Ilbo



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KIA Tigers increased the chance of advancing to the postseason.

KIA beat Kiwoom Heroes 3-1 in the 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Professional Baseball League Away Game held at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on Day 1.

KIA continued its fourth game in a streak that began against Lotte Giants in Gwangju on September 27. On the other hand, Kiwoom fell into the swamp with 4 consecutive losses, and 3rd place was at stake.

The brightest player at Hangawi and Gocheok Dome was KIA right-hander Kim Hyun-soo. When Ahn Chi-hong left for the Lotte Giants, Kim Hyun-soo, who wore a KIA uniform as a free agent (FA) reward player, made a total of 16 relief appearances for Lotte and KIA prior to this day. .

Kim Hyun-soo, who took the opportunity to start the first team stage for the first time, blocked 5 innings with 3 hits, 1 walk and 7 strikeouts and won the first team victory.

There were two crises, but there was no goal. After two deaths in the second inning, Kim Hyun-soo was beaten up by Addison Russell and Byeon Sang-kwon in a row, but passed the first crisis by catching Park Dong-won as center fielder. In the third inning, 1 company, 1st and 2nd base, he defeated Seo Kun-chang and Lee Jeong-hoo with a daring direct ball game to avoid concessions.

In the first inning, KIA’s top hitter Won-joon Choi received the opponent’s first ball, Won-Tae Choi’s first ball, and took a chance by landing a three-base hit from right and center, and took the first ball. point with the heavy hit of Kim Sun-bin.

In the third inning, Kim Tae-jin scored an extra point by hitting the infield alongside Kim Sun-bin’s shortstop, Preston Tucker’s right-field double, and Choi Hyeong-woo’s deliberate single-base male point guard.

Kiwoom recovered 1 point by hitting Russell’s third base from 2nd, 1st and 2nd base at the end of the 6th inning, when Kim Hyun-su fell to the mound, and a double hit that flowed in front of the left fielder. However, at second and second base thereafter, Byeon Sang-kwon struck out and lost the opportunity to call the game out.

When KIA passed the crisis, Park Chan-ho, who walked at the end of the seventh inning, managed to steal second base, and Choi Won-joon sent Park Chan-ho to third base with a sacrifice bun, and Kim Sun -bin hit a sacrifice fly from the center fielder and ran to 3-1. In fact, it was a scene where the game was divided.

The two teams played the final game of the 2020 regular season on this day. KIA won the last match, leading opponents 9-7.

Reporter Choi Yong-jae




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