Pushing the bases loaded with no outs for the fourth time in a row! SSG scored 6 points in the 8th inning to prevent Kiwoom from winning 5 consecutive games and escape consecutive losses
Mar 30, 2025
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SSG won 8-2 against Kiwoom Heroes in Game 3 of the season at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. With this victory, SSG, which recently escaped from two consecutive losses, has also escaped the sweep crisis. The season record is five wins and three losses. On the other hand, Kiwoom tried to sweep three consecutive games and win five consecutive games, but unfortunately failed, taking its fourth loss of the season (4 wins).
▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi(center fielder)-Jung Joon-jae(second baseman)-Eredia(left fielder)-Han Yu-sum(designated hitter)-Park Sung-han(striker)-Ko Myung-jun(first baseman)-Oh Tae-gon(right fielder)-Lee Ji-young(catcher)-Park Ji-hwan(third baseman) starter Moon Seung-won
▶Kium starting lineup = Puig (left fielder)-Lee Joo-hyung (center fielder)-Cardines (designated hitter)-Song Sung-moon (second baseman)-Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman)-Jeon Tae-hyun (third baseman)-Park Joo-hong (right fielder)-Kim Jae-hyun (captor)-Kim Tae-jin (striker) starter Kim Yoon-ha
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SSG continued its chances on the first and second bases with one out as No. 4 hitter Han Yoo-som walked to get on base, but failed to score additional points as Park Sung-han and Ko Myung-joon ended up hitting.
Kiwoom also missed a chance to catch up straight away. In the bottom of the first inning, Lee Joo-hyung walked with a hit ball and Song Sung-moon walked, facing a chance at the first and second bases, but he remained scoreless as a timely hit did not hit.
Since then, a tight pitching battle between the two teams has unfolded. Kiwoom's flow was cut off by Yasiel Puig's double play after leadoff hitter Kim Tae-jin's hit in the bottom of the third inning, and SSG also failed to target Kim Yoon-ha.
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Since then, the game, which had been quiet, has tilted back toward SSG with a home run. The top of the sixth when it was 1-1. In the absence of a two-out runner, SSG No. 4 hitter Han Yoo-sum hit a solo home run against Kim Yoon-ha in the middle of the month. He rolled up a 145km fastball in the middle and connected it with a 125M large home run that goes over the deepest part of Gocheok Sky Dome. SSG regained a 2-1 lead.
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Kiwoom opened the door again in the bottom of the seventh inning with a hit by Jeon Tae-hyun, the first batter of the inning. Park Joo-hong's successful sacrifice bunt led to one out and second base. Eo Jun-seo, a pinch hitter, stepped down with a fly to right field, and the runner on second base went all the way to third base. With two outs and a third base, even Kim Tae-jin failed to catch up as he ended up hitting a fly to right field.
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Han Yu-sum got one run with a push walk, and even Park Sung-han called in a runner on third base with a push walk. Kiwoom struggled with sudden ball control by bullpen pitchers.
SSG's attack continued in the top of the eighth inning. Choi Sang-min's first ball pushes it back with a ball that fits his body. Oh Tae-gon scored another point with a walk. The score was piling up. It was a five-base hitter streak.
Lee Ji-young stopped pushing back after striking out swinging, but Park Ji-hwan's RBI sacrifice fly and Jihoon Choi's timely hit allowed SSG to run to 8-1, 7 points. He scored as many as six points in the top of the eighth inning alone.
After Moon Seung-won stepped down with three hits (one home run) in five ⅔ innings, Seo Jin-yong took the mound in the eighth inning, followed by Han Doo-sol and Noh Kyung-eun. Seo Jin-yong allowed one run in the eighth inning when Choi Joo-hwan hit an RBI timely hit, but it did not affect the victory or defeat.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.