LG Snaps 8-Game Losing Streak: The Battle for Third Place Isn't Over Yet

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Professional baseball team LG, currently in fourth place, defeated NC behind three home runs to break an eight-game losing streak. By catching up with third-place KIA with no game difference, they have kept alive their hopes of securing a direct advance to the semi-playoffs.

Reporter Yu Byeongmin has the details.

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The LG batting lineup put on a show of extra-base hits right from the start.

In the first inning, Austin set the tone with a three-run homer over the left-field fence, his 41st of the season. Then, with one out and nobody on base, Moon Bo-kyung hit a solo shot over the right-center fence, extending the lead to 4-0.

LG added another run in the second inning with an RBI single by Moon Jung-bin to make it 5-1, and Song Chan-eui sealed the victory in the sixth with a solo home run over the left-field wall.

Fourth-place LG defeated NC 6-1, finally snapping their agonizing eight-game skid.

At the same time, third-place KIA held a lead against Samsung into the middle innings, powered by Kim Do-young's 43rd three-run homer of the season. However, leading 4-2 in the seventh inning, Gwak Do-gyu allowed a game-tying two-run homer to Kim Sung-yoon. Then, in the eighth inning with the score tied 4-4, Sung Young-tak gave up a go-ahead solo home run to Park Kye-beom, resulting in a 5-4 come-from-behind defeat.

With third-place KIA losing and fourth-place LG winning, the two teams maintained their positions while the game difference was erased, leaving the battle for third place and a direct ticket to the semi-playoffs shrouded in fog until the very end.

KT, which has already clinched the regular-season pennant, crushed Kiwoom 10-1 on the strength of a 15-hit offensive onslaught.

Choi Won-jun added two hits to become the third player in history to reach the milestone of 200 hits in a single season.

Hanwha defeated SSG 9-2, propelled by Noh Si-hwan, who contributed two hits and three RBIs, including a solo home run. Meanwhile, Doosan secured a 3-1 victory against Lotte and extended its winning streak to three games, bolstered by starting pitcher Gwak Bin's stellar performance of one run allowed and 11 strikeouts over six innings.

Lotte's Victor Reyes achieved 200 hits in a single season for the second time following 2024, though the feat was overshadowed by the team's loss.

(Video Editing: Park Jung-sam)
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