Kiwoom, the lowest in professional baseball, won four consecutive games by beating the leader LG thanks to the hard pitching of the new pitcher Raul Alcantara.
Kiwoom beat LG in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League 4-1 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 7th.
Having grabbed four consecutive wins, the most in this season, Kiwoom has secured 20 wins (one draw and 45 losses) this season. Notably, the team has secured three consecutive wins by garnering six wins (one loss) in the recent seven games.
On the other hand, LG, the leader, was caught by Kiwoom for two consecutive days, recording 37 wins, 1 draw, and 25 losses.
Kiwoom starter Raul Alcantara pitched 101 pitches in eight innings, leading the victory with three hits, no outs, six strikeouts, and one run. Alcantara, who joined the team as a substitute, won two consecutive games following a six-inning scoreless victory over Doosan on the 1st. He gave up just one run in 14 innings with a 0.64 ERA.
Kiwoom captain Song Sung-moon hit hard with two hits and two RBIs in four at-bats, and rookie Eo Jun-seo hit the final hit.
LG starter Lim Chan-kyu allowed six hits, one walk, one strikeout, and three runs in five innings, marking his second loss (8 wins) of the season. 토토사이트
Kiwoom gave the score in the top of the third inning when it was hit by an opponent's double steal with two outs and runners on first and third bases.
However, he immediately fought back in the bottom of the third inning. Song Sung-moon's timely hit came out with two outs and a third base made by the leadoff Kim Jae-hyun's double.
He turned the game around in the bottom of the fifth inning. Kim Jae-hyun's hit made a chance, and Eo Jun-seo's double made a come-from-behind victory. With two outs and runners on the second base, Song hit another timely hit, widening the gap to 3-1.
After allowing a run in the third inning, Alcantara continued his batting streak of 12 consecutive batters from the fourth to the seventh inning. In the eighth inning, he had an infield hit to Moon after one out, but struck out pinch hitters Lee Young-bin and Son Yong-joon in a row.
Kiwoom scored a point in the bottom of the eighth inning with Lim Ji-yeol's timely hit with two outs and runners on first and second bases.
Joo Seung-woo, who took the mound in the ninth inning, earned his ninth save (2-1) of the season by allowing no runs in one inning.
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