Professional baseball’s Kiwoom Heroes ended their long losing streak against the NC Dinos thanks to Ronnie Dawson’s game-winning hit and Joohyung Lee’s three RBIs.
Kiwoom won 6-4 in the home game against NC in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 23rd,
breaking away from two consecutive losses and belatedly reaching the 20-win (28-loss) mark.
In addition, their 4-game losing streak against NC, which began with the Changwon game on March 26th of this year, ended.
What saved the team was Dawson’s problem solver ability. 무료슬롯사이트
When leadoff hitter Song Seong-moon reached base with a base hit in the 8th inning with the game tied 4-4,
Dawson decorated the game’s second double with the game’s final timely hit.
Then, with one out and runners on second base,
Lee Joo-hyung hit a single to left field, increasing the score to 6-4.
For Kiwoom, Dawson led the batting line with 2 hits in 4 at-bats, 1 RBI, 2 runs, and Joohyung Lee with 2 hits in 4 at-bats, 3 RBIs.
Song Seong-moon, the number one hitter, played a leading role in the attack with 1 hit, 2 walks, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored in 1 at-bat.
Kiwoom, who had the opportunity to get on second and third base with no outs thanks to consecutive hits by Song Seong-moon and Ronnie Dawson in the first inning,
retired with Kim Hye-seong’s infield fly ball,
but Joo-hyung Lee coolly turned the bat from the first pitch and hit a timely hit with two RBIs.
NC shortstop Kim Joo-won jumped with all his might to catch Lee Joo-hyung’s batted ball,
but it slightly grazed his glove.
Then, in the second inning, with no outs on first and second base thanks to back-to-back hits by Lim Byeong-wook and Kim Jae-hyun,
Kim Hwi-jip’s big fly ball advanced the runners one base each,
and Song Seong-moon sent the ball to the outfield again and added one run with a sacrifice fly.
In the 5th inning, when the team was ahead 3-1, Kim Hwi-jip added 1 point to the team with his 5th home run of the season.
Kim Hwi-jip targeted NC starter Kim Si-hoon’s high fastball and shot a 120m home run that went over the left-center fence.
NC began its pursuit with second-year pro outfielder Park Han-gyeol hitting home runs in his first consecutive home runs since his debut.