KT’s 20 hits crush Doosan 12-6
League leaders KT Wiz beat the Doosan Bears 12-6 at Jamsil on the 27th. KT pounded out 20 hits and took control early with a five-run second inning. Leadoff hitter Choi Won-jun went 5-for-6 with two RBIs, while Jang Seong-woo and Han Seung-taek both homered. The win was KT’s 81st of the season (81-49-4), tying the club’s single-season record of 81 wins set in 2020. KT also stretched its lead over second-place Samsung Lions, who did not play that day, back to three games, moving one step closer to the regular-season title.
Source: Ilgan Sports
Hanwha beat Lotte, snap 11-game skid
The Hanwha Eagles beat the Lotte Giants 6-2 at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th, ending an 11-game losing streak that began on the 10th. In a bullpen-day approach with Lee Sang-gyu starting, Joo Hyun-sang earned the win in relief and Kim Seo-hyun picked up a scoreless save. At the plate, Choi In-ho went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, Kang Baek-ho added two hits including the go-ahead RBI (two RBIs in total), and Park Jeong-hyeon had two hits with two RBIs, including a solo homer. Hanwha extended its winning streak at Sajik to 11 games and stays ninth (55-76-4), while seventh-place Lotte’s six-game winning streak came to an end.
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Last-place Kiwoom top NC 8-4
The last-place Kiwoom Heroes beat the NC Dinos 8-4 in Changwon on the 27th for their second straight win. Kiwoom attacked NC’s pitching with 10 hits, including home runs from Matt Davidson and Im Byeong-uk. On the mound, starter Ha Young-min held on through six innings, allowing three runs, to earn his seventh win of the season (7-9). Davidson, who joined Kiwoom this summer after being placed on waivers by NC, drew attention by homering against his former club. NC, going for a third straight win, fell short and remains in sixth place.
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KIA-LG in Gwangju ends as rain no-game
The KIA Tigers–LG Twins game in Gwangju on the 27th was declared a no-game after two rain delays. Both teams had named their starters, Shirakawa for KIA and Carrasco for LG, but the heavy rain made it impossible to continue normally. Because a no-game does not count in the official records, neither team received a win or a loss for the day. With the late-season standings race heating up, both clubs now have one more game pushed back, adding a little more pressure to their remaining schedules. The other three KBO games that day were played as scheduled.
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Korea beat Japan for 5th straight AG gold
South Korea’s national baseball team, led by manager Ryu Ji-hyun, beat Japan 3-1 in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games final in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on the 27th to win the gold medal. It is Korea’s fifth consecutive Asian Games title, dating back to Guangzhou 2010. With the score tied 1-1 in the eighth inning, Kim Do-young (KIA) delivered the go-ahead hit with two outs and runners on first and third, while starter Kwak Bin (Doosan) held the mound with 6⅓ innings, one run and nine strikeouts. After a bumpy tournament that included a super round loss to Japan, Korea got its revenge in the final.
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Doosan to start gold medalists Kwak, Choi
Doosan Bears manager Kim Won-hyung said he plans to put Kwak Bin and Choi Min-seok, returning with Asian Games gold medals, straight back into the starting rotation. Kwak started the final against Japan on the 27th, while Choi led Korea to victory over China on the 26th with seven innings of one-run ball. “Bin will get five days of rest and go back into the rotation as normal. Min-seok is preparing to pitch Thursday on four days’ rest,” Kim explained. Doosan, fighting to hold fifth place, sees next week’s six-game stretch against NC and Samsung as a key turning point in the late-season race.
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KT’s Bae Je-seong posts 0.66 ERA as fill-in starter
KT Wiz pitcher Bae Je-seong is perfectly filling the rotation gap created by Asian Games call-ups. Against Doosan on the 27th, he threw six scoreless innings on three hits, his third quality start this month, shutting down the Doosan lineup with a four-seam fastball topping out at 148 km/h and his slider. Since September 4 he has allowed just three runs (two earned) over 27⅓ innings in five games, a remarkable 0.66 ERA. KT has held firm in first place even with So Hyeong-jun, Oh Won-seok and closer Park Young-hyun away with the national team for about two weeks since the 14th.
Source: Ilgan Sports