Samsung Lions, led by homegrown ace Won Tae-in, sent the Kiwoom Heroes to their fifth straight loss.
Samsung won 3-0 against Kiwoom in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at the Gocheok Sky Dome on Saturday, thanks to a perfect game from Won Tae-in, Kim Jae-yoon, and Oh Seung-hwan.
With the win, Samsung improved its record to 16 wins and 12 losses and remained tied for third place, while Kiwoom, which lost its fifth straight game, dropped to 13 wins and 14 losses, dropping below the 5 percent win rate.
The pitching staff went all out. Starter Won Tae-in pitched seven innings of two-hit ball with eight strikeouts and no walks to improve to 4-1 on the season. Set-up man Kim Jae-yoon and closer Oh Seung-hwan followed with one inning each to complete the shutout.
Samsung scored the game's first run in the fifth inning on Kim Ji-chan's RBI single to left field with runners on second and third, then added a run in the seventh on Kim Sung-yoon's sacrifice fly and another in the eighth on Ryu Ji-hyeok's RBI single to left-center field.
Oh earned his eighth save of the season. With his 408 career saves in the KBO, Oh surpassed Hitoki Iwase's Asian record for saves (407), which he held from 1999-2018 in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Kim In-beom started for Kiwoom and pitched five innings of one-run ball, but was unable to get any help from his team's bats and took the loss.In Incheon, SSG Landers defeated KT Wiz 5-2 behind 토토사이트 Shin-soo Choo's season-ending home run. SSG's Shin-soo Choo, who is retiring after this season, hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning with the bases loaded and two outs.
It was Shin-soo Choo's first home run of the season and the 50th of his KBO career in 2021. He now has 268 career home runs in the Korean-American game, including 218 in Major League Baseball (MLB).
KT's Hwang Jae-gyun was ejected in the top of the fourth inning for protesting a pitch that was ruled a strike by the Automatic Pitch Review System (ABS). It was the first ABS-related ejection in history.
The NC Dinos swept the Lotte Giants 4-0 at home in Changwon, Korea. NC left-hander Kyle Hart pitched seven innings of four-hit shutout ball with 10 strikeouts to improve to 3-1 on the season.
The Doosan Bears pounded out 13 hits, including two home runs, to defeat the Hanwha Eagles 10-5. Second-year Doosan right-hander Kim Yoo-sung pitched five innings of three-hit ball in his first career start, allowing two runs on three hits to earn his first career win.
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