LG Twins laughed at the end of the 11th inning. With runners on the second and third bases with one out, Koo hit a timely hit to the right and succeeded in the winning series.
LG won 8-7 at a game against NC in Jamsil on Tuesday local time. The two teams repeated chances and crises each other, but LG allowed Hong Chang-ki and Kim Hyun-soo to get on base consecutively in the bottom of the 11th inning, and Koo Bon-hyuk hit a walk-off hit to win the game.
The early phase of the game was a slugfest. In the top of the first inning, Kwon Hee-dong and Son Ah-seop consecutively had hits in the middle of the game. When Son had a hit in the middle of the game, center fielder Park Hae-min threw a pitch to the third base toward Kwon Hee-dong, who was heading to the third base after passing the second base, but the third baseman Kwon Hee-dong was safe. In the meantime, Son advanced to the second base. With one out, second and third bases loaded by Matt Davidson’s grounder to the second base, Kwon Hee-dong stepped home, and NC took the lead.
LG immediately hit back. In the bottom of the first inning, Park Hae-min had a walk, Hong Chang-ki had a double hit, and Kim Hyun-soo had a walk to complete the bases loaded with no outs. Austin made a timely two-run homer, turning the game around. Moon Bo-kyung’s sacrifice fly to center field led the team to score the third run. However, with Park Dong-won’s hit to left at the first base with two outs, Austin was tagged out at home, and the team failed to score the fourth run.
NC, which was turned around, made a big inning in the top of the second inning. Leading hitter Seo Ho-cheol doubled. Kim Sung-wook hit a double in the middle. Kim Hyung-joon walked. With the bases loaded, Kim Joo-won made a timely hit to the left, and Detrick Ence made a wild pitch again with the bases loaded, making third baseman Kim Sung-wook score easily. Kim Hyung-joon scored on Choi Jung-won’s grounder to second base. Kwon Hee-dong’s double and Davidson’s timely hit to the left led NC again 6-3.
In the top of the third inning, the NC Dinosaurs reached the third base with two stolen bases after Kim Sung-wook had a hit in the middle. With one out and a runner on the third base, Kim Joo-won hit a ground ball to expand its lead to 7-3.
LG started the game again in the bottom of the third inning with Moon Bo-kyung’s hit in the middle and Oh Ji-hwan’s hit in the left-handed game. Park Dong-won had a timely hit in the middle. Moon Seong-joo scored two runs with a timely hit in the left-handed game.
The game, which had been in a lull in the fourth and fifth innings, fluctuated again in the sixth inning. Hong walked to get on base in the bottom of the 토토 sixth inning, and Austin fired a two-run shot that hit the left foul pole with two outs and a runner on first base. The game was tied 7-7. The game went back to square one in the second half.
NC had a right-handed hit by Park Min-woo in the top of the ninth inning, and made an error by Oh Ji-hwan on Park Kun-woo’s hit, making it to the first and second bases with no outs. Seo Ho-cheol failed to bunt the ball to hit the catcher’s fly. However, Kim Sung-wook got on base with a hit ball, and the bases were loaded with one out. A chance to win the game. However, Yoo Young-chan overcame the crisis. He swung and missed Kim Hyung-joon with a slider and struck out with a swing and miss. Kim Joo-won struck out with a splitter.
It was an opportunity after the crisis. LG got on base with Moon Bo-kyung on a walk in the bottom of the ninth inning. Oh Ji-hwan’s sacrifice bunt made it to the second base with one out. However, Park Dong-won grounded out to the third base and pinch runner Choi Seung-min aimed for the third base, but was tagged out at the third base, ending the regular inning.
In the top of the 11th inning, NC’s Park Min-woo had a hit to the right field and Park Kun-woo had a walk, making it to the first and second bases with no outs. Seo Ho-cheol faced the first and second bases with no outs in three consecutive at-bats, but Seo tried to fake bunt and slash, but was out due to a double play by a grounder to the second base. The two outs became to the third base, and Kim Sung-wook drew a walk, but Kim Hyung-joon failed to score as he only grounded out to the second base.
The game was decided in the bottom of the 11th inning. For LG, leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki got on base with a walk. Kim Hyun-soo also got on base with a walk. With runners at the first and second bases with no outs, Austin’s fly to center field was one out, runners at the second and third bases. Koo Bon-hyuk had a hit to the right field to end the game.