Ko Young-pyo's Pitching and Jang Sung-woo's Massive Homer Lead kt to 4-Game Sweep of LG and 2nd Place

The professional baseball team kt wiz has swept their four-game series against the LG Twins in the second half of the season, reclaiming second place in the standings.

kt secured a 4-1 victory in their away game against LG during the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season, held today at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul.

Entering the second half of the season, kt was in third place, trailing LG by 3.5 games. However, by winning all four games played from July 16 to today, they have overtaken LG to take second place.
Including their three-game winning streak at the end of the first half, they are currently on a seven-game winning streak.

The game was dominated until the middle innings by the pitching performance of kt starter Ko Young-pyo.

Ko successfully shut down the LG lineup, allowing no runs on four hits with six strikeouts over six innings, earning his 7th win of the season (6 losses).

Although he maintained a perfect game through the third inning and allowed baserunners in every inning from the fourth onward, he prevented any runs with precise pitching that hit the corners of the strike zone.

The kt lineup struggled with a lack of finishing power and LG's solid defense.

After two outs in the second inning, Oh Yoon-suk hit a double, followed by a walk for Cho Dae-hyun and an RBI single from Kwon Dong-jin to score the first run. However, runner Cho Dae-hyun was tagged out at home plate during Choi Won-jun's right-field single.

Leading 1-0 in the eighth inning, kt's leadoff hitter Jang Sung-woo hit a massive solo home run with a distance of 141.8 meters against Kim Jin-soo, adding a valuable run.
With one out and a runner on first, kt's Cho Dae-hyun advanced the runner to second with a sacrifice bunt. Despite trailing, LG made a bold move by bringing in closer Son Ju-young.

Afterward, Kwon Dong-jin hit a center-field single off Son Ju-young, but this time, another runner was called out at home due to an accurate throw from LG center fielder Park Hae-min.

However, kt sealed the victory in the ninth inning by adding two more runs on consecutive RBI hits from Sam Hilliard and Jang Sung-woo.

LG managed to pull one run back in the bottom of the ninth with a solo home run by Park Dong-won, but it was too little, too late.

With this home run, Park Dong-won became the 31st player in KBO League history to reach double-digit home runs for eight consecutive seasons.

(Photo courtesy of kt wiz, Yonhap News)
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