Even after the Kiwoom starters struggled
The match between Kiwoom Heroes and SSG Landers in the KBO League held at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 21st. Kiwoom starting pitcher Hurado is pitching hard.
Kiwoom Heroes, last place in professional baseball, defeated SSG Landers with the help of foreign starting pitcher Ariel Jurado’s excellent pitching.
Kiwoom won 7-2 against SSG in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League away game held at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 21st.
Kiwoom escaped a six-game losing streak.
The start was shaky. In the bottom of the first, Hurad gave up a triple to leadoff hitter Choi Ji-hoon and then gave up a sacrifice hit to Choo Shin-soo, giving up the first run.
Kiwoom, who had not allowed a single batter to get on base until the top of the third inning, succeeded in turning the game around in the fourth inning by taking advantage of the opposing team’s starting pitcher Song Young-jin’s poor control.
Leadoff hitter Lee Ju-hyung’s infield hit to second base started the game. Ronnie Dawson and Song Seong-moon each got a walk and a hit-by-pitch, respectively, creating a bases-loaded opportunity.
Afterwards, when Kim Hye-seong hit a second base infield hit, Lee Ju-hyeong, who was on third base, scored.
The following batters Choi Joo-hwan and Kim Geon-hee hit consecutive sacrifice hits to turn the game around to 3-1.
Kiwoom allowed consecutive hits to Choi Jeong and Guillermo Heredia in the bottom of the 4th, allowing them to close the gap to 3-2, but did not give up the lead.
SSG brought in SSG foreign pitcher Roenis Elias, who had been scheduled to start the previous day in the 6th inning but was canceled due to rain, as the second pitcher, and Kiwoom scored the decisive point against Elias.
In the bottom of the 8th, pinch hitter Ko Young-woo walked, then Lee Hyeong-jong’s sacrifice bunt and Lee Ju-hyeong’s infield hit created an opportunity with runners on 1st and 3rd with 1 out. Then Dawson hit a 3-run home run over the right field fence to make it 6-2.
In the final attack of the 9th inning, Choi Joo-hwan hit a solo home run.
Hurado pitched well for 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, no walks, striking out 6, and giving up 2 runs, earning his 9th win (5 losses) of the season.
SSG’s Choo Shin-soo took the field at the age of 42 years and 8 days, tying the record for oldest batter to appear in the KBO League, held by former Lotte Giants foreign player Felix Jose. 토토사이트