The LG Twins won a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Samsung Lions with Park Dong-won’s home run.
LG won 6-3 in an away game against Samsung in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 16th.
LG, who lost 5-6 to Samsung the previous day (15th) and had a winning streak that stopped at 5 games, succeeded in revenge that day. Also, with 62 wins, 2 draws and 36 losses in the season, they firmly kept their lead.
Park Dong-won, who played as the 7th 먹튀검증 hitter catcher, became the main player in the victory by being responsible for 5 RBIs alone.
In the beginning of the second inning, when the team was trailing 0-1, Park Dong-won hit a third baseman ground ball from 1 out 2nd and 3rd base and called third base runner Austin Dean home.
At the end of the 5th inning, LG allowed a sacrifice fly to Kim Seong-yoon on 1st and 3rd base, and was dragged 1-2, but immediately reversed the charter in the top of the 6th inning.
Kim Hyun-soo and Austin hit, and Kim Min-seong got a walk and took the opportunity to load the bases with two outs. And Park Dong-won, who was at bat, hit Dae-woo Kim’s mistake in the middle and hit a grand slam that went over the left wall. Park Dong-won’s 6th home run in his career.
In the top of the 8th inning, LG scored a victory by Kim Hyun-soo with a solo shot.
Lee Jung-yong endured 6 innings with 6 hits, 1 strikeout and 2 runs, and won his 5th win (1 loss) of the season. Ko Woo-seok, who took the mound at the bottom of the 9th inning and recorded 3 strikeouts and no runs in 1 inning, posted his 11th save of the season.
Samsung could not overcome the bad news that ace David Buchanan was replaced after throwing only 2 innings (1 run) due to neck muscle pain. Samsung suffered the 59th loss of the season (42 wins and 1 draw).