'Solver' Ahn Hyun-min Leads Comeback Victory with Consecutive Home Runs as KT Reclaims Top Spot

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Professional baseball team KT secured a comeback victory against Hanwha, successfully reclaiming the top spot in the standings. Player Ahn Hyun-min led the team to victory with five RBIs, including consecutive home runs.

Reporter Yu Byeongmin has the details.

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KT's starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo gave up five runs in the first inning alone, but the team immediately launched a chase.

Ahn Hyun-min was the ultimate solver.

With no outs and runners on first and second, he hit a three-run home run over the left-field wall off Wang Yancheng's fastball.

In the third inning, trailing 7-3, he targeted Wang Yancheng's slider to smash a back-to-back solo home run.

In the fourth inning, with KT closing the gap to 7-5, Ahn drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs to pick up his fifth RBI, spearheading the team's pursuit.

Boosted by Ahn's one-man show, the KT offense turned the game around in the fifth inning while trailing 6-7, courtesy of Jang Jin-hyuk's RBI triple to tie the game and Choi Won-jun's sacrifice fly. They then sealed the win by adding two runs in the sixth and three runs in the eighth.

Fending off Hanwha's late push, KT extended its winning streak to three games and successfully recaptured first place.

Meanwhile, Hanwha fell into a nine-game losing streak.

Lotte halted Samsung's eight-game winning streak, propelled by Na Seung-yeop's game-winning hit, and escaped its own six-game skid.

Samsung dropped to second place.

LG defeated Doosan 1-0 to extend its winning streak to four games, solidifying its hold on third place.

Amidst starting pitcher Park Si-won's five scoreless innings of stellar pitching, Austin hit his 36th game-winning solo home run of the season.

Kiwoom pulled off a thrilling victory against SSG, fueled by Chu Jae-hyun's walk-off hit with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

(Video by Park Jung-sam)
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