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The bottom-ranked professional baseball team Kiwoom is seeking to break its five-game losing streak against KIA, which is currently on a six-game winning streak, backed by ace pitcher An Woo-jin's strong performance.
Reporter Jeon Yeongmin has the latest from the scene.
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Despite the inclement weather, a full house of some 16,000 spectators packed Gocheok Sky Dome, and Kiwoom's ace An Woo-jin dominated the game through the middle innings.
In the 4th inning, he allowed his first base runner to KIA's star hitter Kim Do-young after hitting him with a pitch, but did not give up any runs. In the 5th, facing a two-out crisis with runners on first and second, he overcame the hurdle thanks to a brilliant defensive play by second baseman Seo Geon-chang.
Armed with a fastball reaching a top speed of 158 kilometers per hour, An shut out the KIA lineup over 7 innings, allowing just 4 hits and striking out 6, leading the charge to rescue his team from a slump of five consecutive losses.
The Kiwoom offense supported An from the early innings.
In the 3rd inning, while KIA shortstop Ha Joo-suk missed a high fly ball, batter Park Joo-hong rounded first base safely to reach second, and Seo Geon-chang drove in the opening run with an RBI single.
Then, a short while ago, Seo added a two-run RBI single, bringing the score to 3-0 in Kiwoom's favor as of the 7th inning.
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Samsung is also seeking to snap its losing streak against NC.
In the 1st inning, they fell behind after giving up two runs due to a series of error-like plays by starting pitcher Lee Seung-hyun, but a short while ago, Kim Tae-hoon turned the game around with a comeback two-run home run, taking a 4-3 lead as of the 4th inning.
[Video Editing: Hwang Ji-young]
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