SEOUL, South Korea (AP) By Chun Byung-hyuk and Lee Dae-ho reporters = The aces of each team received a 카지노 disappointing report card on a sweltering midsummer night .Ahn Woo-jin (Kiwoom), Eric Peddie (NC), and Kim Kwang-hyun (SSG Landers) shared the yoke of defeat as the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League battles for the top spot. Yang Hyun-jong (KIA), the winningest pitcher in the active roster, avoided defeat with the help of his batting lineup, but his pitching fell short of expectations. LG won 6-3 against the KIUM Heroes in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Stadium on Feb. 2, thanks to Park Hae-min’s five-hit performance, including the game-winning triple. The win was LG’s sixth in a row after a five-game losing streak in the second half of the season, moving them to within 4.5 games of second-place SSG Landers, who also lost that day. Ahn Woo-jin and Lee Jung-yong started the game and the score remained 0-0 until the sixth inning. However, LG’s concentration shone through in the second half of the game. In the bottom of the seventh, after back-to-back singles by Oh Ji-hwan and Moon Bo-kyung put runners on second and third, Park Dong-won walked on a wild pitch to load the bases. Park Hae-min then came to the plate and hit a three-run shot over the right field fence off Ahn Woo-jin .The single knocked Ahn Woo-jin out of the game. LG scored a run on a wild pitch by Kiwoom reliever Jang Jae-young to make it 4-0.In the bottom of the eighth, Park Hae-min struck again with a two-run double to make it 6-0.Kiwoom scored three runs in the top of the ninth on a double by pinch-hitter Kim Woong-bin, but could not overturn the deficit .Ahn Woo-jin, who leads the league in strikeouts, struck out five in the sixth inning but gave up four runs on six hits and two walks to take the loss .In Suwon, KT WIZ, led by William Cuevas, defeated SSG Landers, led by Kim Kwang-hyun, 1-0.Using a fastball that reached up to 150 kilometers per hour, Cuevas shut down the SSG bats with seven innings of six-hit, five-strikeout ball to earn his fourth win of the season. SSG’s Kim Kwang-hyun also pitched well with seven innings of four-hit ball, three walks, two strikeouts and one earned run, but was unable to get any offensive help and suffered his third loss of the season (six wins).KT scored the game-winning run in the fourth inning with two long balls. Leadoff hitter Anthony Alford led off with a double to left field, and two batters later, Hwang Jae-gyun hit a two-run double off the fence. Hwang finished 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and an RBI.KT, which fell to the bottom of the standings early in the season due to injuries to key players, moved past NC and into sole possession of fourth place. SSG pounded out eight hits, but their lack of focus cost them the game. SSG manager Kim Won-hyung was ejected in the eighth inning for protesting a check swing call by the first base umpire. In Busan, where foreign aces Charlie Barnes and Eric Peddy faced off on the mound, the Lotte Giants snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-3 victory over the NC Dinos .Lotte opened the scoring in the top of the second inning with back-to-back singles by Jeon Jun-woo, Lee Jung-hoon, and Park Seung-wook, and scored a run on a wild pitch to take a 2-0 lead.NC got a run back in the top of the third on Kwon Hee-dong’s RBI single, then scored two runs in the top of the fourth on Do Tae-hoon’s infield single and Park Se-hyuk’s RBI single with runners on first and third to make it 3-2.In the bottom of the fourth, however, LOTTE regained the lead at 4-3 when Lee Jung-geun hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to left field off NC ace Pedi .LOTTE took a 5-3 lead two batters later when Kim Min-seok doubled and Nico Gudrum singled .In the bottom of the sixth, Goodrum’s RBI single tied the game again. Barnes pitched six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits to earn the win .NC’s foreign ace Eric Peddie, who was 14-2 with a 1.74 ERA and leading the league in both categories the day before, was pulled after giving up five runs on nine hits in four innings. Peddie, who gave up the most runs in the fewest innings this season, saw his ERA soar to 2.10.In Daegu, the Samsung Lions came from behind to beat the KIA Tigers 7-6, thanks to a walk-off hit by Kang Min-ho. KIA took the lead in the top of the first inning when Na Sung-bum hit a solo home run over the right field fence .Samsung tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning with consecutive singles by Kim Ji-chan, Kim Hyun-joon, and Ryu Ji-hyeok. After Ryu Ji-hyuk stole second base to put runners on second and third, Samsung took a 3-1 lead when Koo Ja-rook doubled to center field. However, KIA answered with four runs in the top of the sixth inning .After Choi Won-jun singled and two walks loaded the bases, KIA scored two runs on a sacrifice fly by Na Sung-beom and an RBI single by Choi Hyung-woo to tie the game at 3-3.Two innings later, Kim Sun-bin doubled and Kim Tae-gun singled to score two more runs and make it 5-3.Samsung got one run back in the bottom of the eighth on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Kang Min-ho, but KIA capitalized on an error in the top of the ninth to score one more run and take a 6-4 lead. However, Samsung tied the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth when Ryu Ji-hyuk hit a two-run double to left field with the bases loaded, and two batters later, Kang Min-ho delivered the game-winning hit to secure the thrilling victory .Kia’s Yang Hyun-jong gave up three runs on seven hits in five innings and came from behind to take the loss, but the bats saved him .In a game that went to extra innings, the Doosan Bears defeated the Hanwha Eagles 4-1 after Jung Soo-bin hit the game-winning hit in the top of the 12th inning. Doosan opened the scoring in the top of the third inning when leadoff hitter Park Kye-beom singled up the middle and stole second, followed by Kim Jae-ho’s RBI single to right. Hanwha tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning when Chae Eun-sung hit a solo home run to left field .The game was decided in the 12th inning. After Doosan’s leadoff hitter Kim Jae-ho singled to left-center, a sacrifice bunt was followed 카지노 by Jung Soo-bin’s RBI single to right .Two batters later, Yang Seok-hwan singled to left and Yang Ji-woo doubled to drive in two runs.