It’s that time of the year again. KT defeated SSG 4-2 in a home game in Suwon, South Korea, on May 25. Trailing 0-1 in the bottom of the second inning, No. 8 Hwang Jae-gyun hit a three-run homer off SSG starter Oh Won-seok, and No. 9 Shim Woo-joon also hit a solo shot to score four runs. KT starter Ko Young-pyo pitched seven innings of one-run ball (six hits and four strikeouts) to earn the win. Two of his three wins this year have come against SSG. With its second straight win, KT (47W47L2D) pushed SSG (46W48L1D), which has lost three straight, to sixth place. KT is tied for fifth place with NC (46 W, 46 L, 2 D).
KT was in ninth place (28W41L1D) until March 16, but has since gone 19-6-1 in 26 games to post the best winning percentage (0.760) among the 10 teams. After starting the season with four straight losses, KT eventually reached a winning percentage of 5 percent for the first time this year. The team is in the mood to repeat its performance last year, when it was in last place in the regular season until early June before climbing to second place and finishing runner-up in the Korean Series. KT has had a history of struggling in the first half of the season for several years and then coming on strong in the second half. In 2020, 2022, and 2023, the team led the league in second-half winning percentage. They had a winning percentage of more than 6 percent. 토토사이트 추천 However, in 2021, when they won their first overall title, their second-half winning percentage (0.517) was the lowest of the last four years. KT is 9-2 in the second half of 11 games. Their team ERA of 3.65 is the best among the 10 teams in this period. Closer Park Young-hyun has pitched a shutout with one win and five saves in seven games, while maintaining a 0.00 ERA.
In Gwangju, NC defeated leader KIA, which had won eight straight games, 7-4.
They scored six runs in the first inning, capitalizing on three hits, three walks and an error. Kwon Hee-dong had a two-RBI double in the first and an outfield sacrifice fly in the sixth. Kia’s Kim Do-young hit a two-run homer (No. 26) in the fifth inning to pull within two of NC’s Matt Davidson (28) for the home run lead. Kim, who has 29 stolen bases, needs four more home runs and one more stolen base to reach the 30-homer-30-stolen base mark. In Jamsil, Kiwoom overcame a rain delay in the 82nd minute of the ninth inning to beat Doosan 6-1. In Busan, LG defeated Lotte 9-6 in 11 innings. The Samsung-Hanwha (Daejeon) game was canceled due to rain and will be made up at a later date.
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