lg has won a valuable victory for kia for two days.
The lg Twins won 6 - 4 in the fifth game of the season against the kia Tigers in the 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Gwangju - kia Champions Field on May 5.
lg has secured the winning series of three consecutive games with three consecutive wins and six consecutive away wins early: 42 wins, one draw and 32 losses in the season, while kia, which has lost four consecutive games, has 38 wins and 34 losses.
lg starter Lee Min-ho scored his third win of the season with four runs in six innings (two losses) followed by Choi Dong-hwan - Jin Hae-soo - Jung Woo-young - Ko Woo Seok. Ko Woo Seok reported his third save of the season with a scoreless strikeout in three innings in one inning. In the batting line, Hyun-soo Kim had three hits, Hong Chang-gi and Che Eun Seong had two hits.
On the other hand, Yang Hyun-jong, who started kia, scored four runs in 523 innings, and the defeated pitcher was Hong Sang-sam. Choi Hyoung-woo hit three hits in the batting line.
lg picked up the lead in the third inning: Yoo Kang-nam's hit, Jung Joo-hyun's sacrifice bunt, and Oh Ji-hwan's walks, followed by two outs and two basemen Che Eun Seong, who hit a RBI timely hit. The bases were loaded with a walk by Hyun-soo Kim, and Kim Min-sung widened the gap with two RBIs.
kia hit back in the fourth inning with Preston Tucker and Choi Hyoung-woo (two doubles) making second and third bases with consecutive hits after one out. Na Ji-wan scored one RBI infield ground ball and Yoo Min-sang narrowed the gap to one point with one RBI.
lg didn't stay still: Che Eun Seong took the lead again with a timely hit following a double by the lead Hong Chang-gi in the fifth inning.
kia then tied 4 - 4 with a single and a second baseman Lee Chang-jin and Kim Sun-bin in the fifth inning.
The match was seven innings; Hong Chang-gi, who appeared after one out, broke the balance of 4 to 4 with a solo homer in the middle of the game. Oh Ji-hwan has netted the game with a superior solo homer in the ninth inning without a runner.