Yang Hyeon-jong, a "great pitcher," pitched six innings of five hits, one walk, four strikeouts and one run. However, the batters remained silent. He failed to hit Lee Yong-joon, who was a substitute starter for NC. Park Chan-ho's timely hit in the top of the fifth inning allowed the first run, but Kim Do-young and Choi Won-jun both stepped down as poor batters in the first and third bases with one out. Lee displayed good pitching by allowing four hits, two walks, four strikeouts and one run in five innings against KIA's batters on the day.
While allowing the game to be tied in the sixth inning, Park Kun-woo with runners on the first and second bases with no outs, but faced a timely hit by Davidson with two outs and a third base. It was a flow that could have been strained on the day the ace took the mound. Kia, however, remained calm. It continued to play at their pace and as they had been doing. The 1-1 tie continued. Jang Hyun-sik in the seventh inning with Choi Ji-min in the eighth inning to defend himself.
And in the top of the ninth inning, he targeted Lee Yong-chan, the closing pitcher of the opponent team. In the top of the ninth inning, Na struck out and Choi Hyung-woo grounded out to the first base, resulting in two outs. Lee Woo-sung, who appeared with two outs and no runners, served as the troubleshooter on the day. Lee hit Lee's 134-km slider with the third pitch at the second ball, and fired a solo shot to the left wall. The final shot of the game.
Jeong Hae-young, who came up in the ninth inning, allowed a walk to pinch hitter Oh Young-soo after one out, but ended the game by turning Park Se-hyuk into a double play. This is how the series sweep was completed.
In fact, not only this game, but also the three consecutive away games in Changwon were matches that allowed KIA to feel the perfection. On Thursday, substitute starter Kim Geon-guk took the mound and showed his potential to win with chasing teams at a time when four of the must-win teams were unable to take the mound. And Hwang Dong-ha, who started the season as a substitute starter, won his first game of the game on Sunday with two runs in five innings. With the harmony of pitching and hitting, he earned all of his third-year player's first wins together.
Again on the day, Kia displayed perfect performance by showing off its potential to overcome a tight race. Kia is now three games ahead of second-ranked Samsung, which suffered a crushing defeat to Hanwha by 2-12 on the day, and four games behind third-ranked NC.
In addition, KIA achieved a sweep against NC in 2,502 days after three consecutive games against NC in Gwangju from July 11 to 13, 2017, and completed the Changwon sweep in 2,884 days after three consecutive games against NC in Masan from June 24 to 26, 2016.
BY: 스포츠토토
