Kiwoom Inflicts Its First Consecutive Loss to KT in 55 Days

Kiwoom Inflicts Its First Consecutive Loss to KT in 55 Days... Coach Hong Won-ki’s 200th Win in Total

Starting pitcher Kim Seon-ki gets his first win of the season with a surprise pitching of 6 scoreless innings. 스포츠토토

Professional baseball's Kiwoom Heroes suffered consecutive losses to KT Wiz, who seemed to have 'forgotten how to lose'.

Kiwoom won 3-0 in the home game against KT in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 2nd, led by starter Kim Seon-ki's surprise pitching of 6 scoreless innings and 4th hitter Song Seong-moon's 2 RBI performance.

Kiwoom, which belatedly reached its 50th win (70 losses, 3 draws) of the season, secured 9th place with a 3-game winning streak.

Coach Hong Won-ki, who took the helm at Kiwoom in 2021, achieved his 200th win in 411 games in three seasons with this victory.

On the other hand, KT, which had been on a breathless winning streak, was caught by Kiwoom for two days in a row, ending its consecutive winning series (at least 2 wins out of 3 games) in the 10th inning.

It has been 55 days since KT's losing streak against the Suwon KIA Tigers on July 9 (4 consecutive losses at the time).

Kim Seon-gi, who had the opportunity to start at the end of the season, pitched a fight that day, blocking the KT batting lineup with 3 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 0 runs in 6 innings.

Kim Seon-gi threw a variety of balls, including heavy fastballs (40 pitches) with a maximum speed of 146 km/h, sliders (27 pitches), slurbs (18 pitches), curves (7 pitches), and forkballs (4 pitches).

This is Kim Seon-ki's first win this season (2 losses, 1 save), and it has been 841 days since the starting win against the Busan Lotte Giants on September 12, 2021.

Kiwoom left-handed pitcher Yoon Seok-won, who came on the mound in the 7th inning with a 3-0 lead and pitched 1 inning without allowing any runs, earned his first hold in his debut today, following his first win in his debut the day before.

In the batting lineup, Song Seong-moon, who appeared as the number 4 hitter, played well with 2 hits in 3 at-bats, 2 RBIs, and Ronnie Dawson also showed off his good batting skills by going 2 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 walk, and 1 run.

Kiwoom Heroes took the opportunity to load the bases in the first inning with Kim Tae-jin's infield hit and Kim Hye-seong and Dawson's consecutive walks.

Song Seong-moon easily took the lead with a sacrifice fly, and Joo-hyung Lee followed with a timely hit to the right to take a 2-0 lead.

In the third inning, leadoff hitter Dawson's double and Song Seong-moon's timely hit added one run.