Kim Do-yeong Hits 26th Homer; KIA Extends Winning Streak to 3, Closing Gap to 3rd Place

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In professional baseball, the fourth-place KIA Tigers secured a thrilling comeback victory to extend their winning streak to three games, thanks to Na Sung-bum's game-tying home run in the ninth inning and a walk-off error by the SSG Landers. KIA's Kim Do-yeong also blasted his 26th home run of the season.

Reporter Lee Seonghun has the story.

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Trailing 5-1 against SSG in the fifth inning, KIA's Kim Do-yeong signaled a rally by launching a solo home run, his 26th of the season, deep over the left-center field fence.

With the game tied at 5-5, KIA surrendered a two-run homer to SSG's Kim Sung-wook in the top of the ninth inning. However, in the bottom of the ninth, lead-off hitter Kim Do-yeong reached base with a hit, followed by Na Sung-bum, who sent the home crowd into a frenzy with a game-tying two-run blast over the left-center wall.

KIA's Han Jun-su then hit a ball that struck the top of the center field wall, resulting in a double. The long contest finally came to an end when SSG shortstop Park Seong-han let a ground ball from Park Sang-jun slip through his legs.

With an 8-7 victory, KIA extended its winning streak to three games, narrowing the gap with third-place KT to just one game.

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Hanwha displayed formidable firepower against KT.

The team decided the game in the second inning alone, racking up 9 runs on 10 hits, including home runs by Roh Si-hwan and Kang Baek-ho. Hanwha finished with a total of 18 hits in a 14-3 blowout, returning to a .500 winning percentage.

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League leaders LG defeated Kiwoom, becoming the first team to reach 50 wins this season.

LG's Austin hit his 27th solo home run of the season in the fifth inning, maintaining his lead as the sole home run leader. LG closer Son Ju-young, who faced a no-out, runners-on-first-and-second jam in the bottom of the ninth, managed to keep the opposition scoreless, successfully recording a save in 14 consecutive games and setting a new franchise record for the LG Twins.

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Kim Baek-san, who joined Samsung as a developmental player last year, made his first-team debut as a starter against NC yesterday (July 2). He pitched a scoreless game until two outs in the sixth inning, earning a win in his debut.

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Doosan defeated Lotte, backed by a scoreless six-inning outing from starting pitcher Kwak Been and a three-hit performance by Kim Min-seok.

(Video Editing: Hwang Ji-young)
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