Fall DNA Is Forever SSG, which forgot its tears last year, is confirmed to be third place on its own → advance to the semi-PO!
Sep 30, 2025
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SSG won the final showdown of the season 4-3 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. With this victory, SSG recently secured the third place in the regular season with four consecutive wins and 74 wins, four draws and 63 losses since the opening. On the other hand, Kiwoom, the lowest, finished all 144 regular season games with 47 wins, 4 draws and 93 losses.
▶SSG starting lineup = Park Sung-han (striker)-Eredia (left wing) - Choi Jung (third baseman) - Han Yu-sum (designated hitter) - Ko Myung-jun (first baseman) - Jihoon Choi (center fielder) - Kim Sung-wook (right wing) - Jung Joon-jae (second baseman)- Cho Hyung-woo (catcher) starting pitcher Kim Gun-woo
▶Kium starting lineup =Park Joo-hong (left fielder)-Lim Ji-yeol (first baseman)-Song Sung-moon (third baseman)-Lee Joo-hyung (center fielder)- Joo Sung-won (right fielder)-Kim Gun-hee (captor)-Eo Jun-seo (striker)-Yeo Dong-wook (designated hitter)-Yum Seung-won (second baseman) starting pitcher Alcantara
Both teams scored from the first inning. SSG provided a chance for the first and second bases with no outs with consecutive hits by Park Sung-han and Herredia in the top of the first inning, and Choi Jung hit a hit, giving them a chance to load the bases with three hits.
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Kiwoom immediately followed. Song Sung-moon's solo home run hit in the bottom of the first inning. In the absence of a two-out runner, Song Sung-moon hit Kim Gun-woo's 132km changeup and connected it with a solo shot over the right fence.
The quiet attack tilted back toward SSG in the top of the fourth inning. Ko Myung-joon, the leadoff hitter in the inning, hit a home run in the first pitch. He hit Alcantara's 149km fastball to lead to a solo home run over the right fence.
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But Kiwoom didn't just step down. After one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Joo Sung-won scored one point as he hit an RBI timely double following Lee Ju-hyung's walk on base, and luck followed by an opponent's error in the bottom of the fifth inning. With two outs and a first base opportunity made by Yeom Seung-won's hit, SSG shortstop Park Sung-han's throwing error to the second base came out when Lim Ji-yeol grounded out to shortstop, and second baseman Yeom Seung-won turned around the third base and dug home. Kiwoom quickly followed by a one-point gap and began to pressure SSG.
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Noh Kyung-eun, Kim Min, and Lee Won-woon completely blocked one inning each until the 8th inning, and Cho Byung-hyun, the closing pitcher, took the mound in the bottom of the 9th inning. Cho Byung-hyun got off to a difficult start, allowing a hit to leadoff hitter Joo Sung-won, but after inducing a ground ball against the next batter, Kim Gun-hee, he caught it himself and selected the second base to catch the leadoff runner, and drew an out decision to the first base to take a double play. And finished the game without losing a point.
As a result, SSG secured third place in the regular season on its own, regardless of the remaining three games. The advance to the postseason (the semifinals) has already been confirmed on the 29th.
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However, in the second year of coach Lee Sung-yong's appointment, he was invited to another fall feast as he secured the third place in the regular season this year and advanced to the semi-playoff. SSG has renewed its contract with head coach Lee Sung-yong on the condition of up to 1.8 billion won for 2+1 years from next year, and has already announced it on the 3rd. SSG, which gave the coach, the final season of the contract, a boost early, will wait for the winning team in the wild card match first as it confirms the best scenario, No. 3, after fierce mid-range competition.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.