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Professional baseball league leaders KT have extended their winning streak to six games. Native ace Ko Young-pyo led the team to victory, recording his third consecutive scoreless outing and extending his scoreless streak to 20 innings.
Reporter Hong Seok-jun has the story.
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Ko Young-pyo, who has not allowed a single run since the second half of the season, dominated the Hanwha batters yesterday (August 2).
Commanding his signature changeup along with a curveball that was even more effective than usual with pinpoint control, he pitched 7 scoreless innings, allowing 6 hits with no walks and 8 strikeouts.
Extending his scoreless streak to 20 innings across 3 games, Ko picked up his 9th win of the season.
The KT lineup broke the game open in the 6th inning with two outs, scoring 7 runs following back-to-back RBI hits by Jang Jun-won and Choi Won-jun, a 3-run home run by Kim Hyun-soo, and a 2-run home run by Hilliard, his 29th of the season.
Securing a 12:1 landslide victory, KT surged to their 6th straight win, maintaining sole possession of first place one game ahead of the second-place Samsung.
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Doosan defeated LG to extend their winning streak to 3 games, propelled by a strong outing from starting pitcher Benjamin, who allowed 3 runs over 6 innings, and the performance of Kim Dae-han, who recorded multiple hits after being deployed as the leadoff hitter for the first time this season.
The 4th-place Doosan narrowed the gap with 3rd-place LG, who suffered their 2nd consecutive loss, to 2 games.
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In the Sajik game, which started 30 minutes later due to the heat wave, Lotte collected 13 hits, including 3 hits each by Na Seung-yeop and Jeon Min-jae, to defeat Samsung and snap a 3-game losing streak.
Kiwoom edged past SSG thanks to home runs by Davidson and Kim Woong-bin in the 7th inning while the score was tied 3:3.
The game between KIA and NC in Changwon was canceled for the second consecutive day due to the heat wave.
[Video Editing: Lee Jae-sung]
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