Bullpool Day Success! SSG, KT escaped for three consecutive losses by blocking four consecutive wins

Jun 08, 2025

throwing SSG Choi Min-jun. Sports Chosun DB

The bullpen day was a huge success. SSG Landers succeeded in escaping consecutive losses by mobilizing all the mound.

SSG won 3-2 against KT Wiz in Game 8 of the season at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 8th. With this victory, SSG recently escaped three consecutive losses and finished the weekend series with one win and two losses. KT, on the other hand, failed to win four consecutive games.

▶SSG starting lineup =Jihoon Choi (center fielder)-Eredia (left fielder)-Choi Jung (designated hitter) - Han Yu-sum (right fielder)- Ko Myung-jun (first baseman)-Park Sung-han (foster)- Cho Hyung-woo (third baseman)-Kim Chan-hyung (third baseman)-Seok Jung-woo (second baseman) starting pitcher Park Ki-ho

▶KT starting lineup = Bae Jung-dae (center fielder)-Lee Ho-yeon (first baseman)-Heo Kyung-min (third baseman)-Lohas (designated hitter)-Junghoon Lee (left fielder)-Kim Sang-soo (second baseman)-Jang Jin-hyuk (right fielder)-Kwon Dong-jin (striker)-Cho Dae-hyun (catcher) starting pitcher Cuevas

In the top of the second inning, SSG shook Cuevas to quickly score the first run. Ko Myung-joon's double started after one out. Park Sung-han brought second baseman Ko Myung-joon home with a timely double falling to the right of the right field.

SSG's second baseman Park Sung-han entered third base when Cho Hyung-woo's fly to right field. 2 outs and 3rd base chance. As the opponent foil came out, even third baseman Park Sung-han dug home. SSG took a 2-0 lead.

SSG 고명준. Sports Chosun DB

KT also scored a follow-up score in the bottom of the second inning. After Junghoon Lee and Kim Sang-soo hit back-to-back, Jang Jin-hyuk opened the scoring with an infield hit to second base. With two outs and runners on first base, Kwon Dong-jin also walked to get on base, increasing the number of runners. KT then launched a one-run chase as No. 9 hitter Cho Dae-hyun called in second baseman Jang Jin-hyuk with a timely hit falling in front of right field.

KT prepared a chance to tie the game with a hit by leadoff hitter Lee Ho-yeon in the bottom of the third inning, but Heo Kyung-min's double play cut the flow. After two outs, Rojas drew a walk, but this time, he struck out swinging against pitcher Park Si-hoo, whose Junghoon Lee changed.

SSG scored a run-away run in the top of the fifth inning with a home run. In the absence of a runner with one out, No. 9 hitter Seok Jung-woo hit a solo home run over the left-center fence against Cuevas. In 2B2S, he hit the fifth cutter and crossed the fence. It was Seok Jung-woo's first home run as a professional player, who joined SSG in 2022. The home run gave SSG a 3-1 run.

The KBO League match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 4th. The striking SSG Seok Jung-woo. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.04/

SSG continued to provide chances for the third base with two outs due to the Jihoon Choi's hit ball, successful steal of second base and an error in throwing the opponent's catch, but failed to escape further as Han Yu-sum was caught with a ground ball to first base.

KT's lineup, which had been quiet, woke up with Kim Sang-soo's home run. Kim Sang-soo faced SSG Lee Eui-woon in the bottom of the sixth inning without a runner with two outs. He hit a changeup on the fifth pitch in 2B2S and connected it to a solo home run in pursuit over the left fence. KT again went on a one-point chase.

On this day, SSG's bullpen was dispatched after starter Park Ki-ho retired after scoring one run in two ⅔ innings. Park Si-hoo allowed one inning and Choi Min-joon allowed no runs in one ⅓.

Kim Sung-wook. Photo=SSG Landers

Lee Rowoon, a must-win group, allowed Kim Sang-soo to hit a solo home run, but he finished one inning without much shaking, and Kim Min took the mound in the seventh inning and struck out all three batters.

In the eighth inning, Noh Kyung-eun took the mound. No Kyung Eun is Lee Ho YeonThe center hitters leading to Heo Kyung-min and Rohas were treated as three-way withdrawal. Kim Sung-wook, who was traded on the 7th and joined the team for the first time, played his first defense in the bottom of the 8th inning as a right fielder.

SSG, which is still leading by one point, took the mound in the bottom of the last nine innings, with closer Cho Byung-hyun. Cho Byung-hyun, who caught pinch hitter Jang Sung-woo with a fly ball to left field, also caught Kim Sang-soo, who had a home run in the previous at-bat, with a fly to right field. And in the absence of a runner with two outs, he struck out pinch hitter Ahn Hyun-min to end the game.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.