SSG, 3rd place, goes straight to the semi-playoffs… Doosan faces NC in a wild card match
SSG Landers won on the last day of the regular season and secured a direct ticket to the semi-playoffs (quasi-PO).
SSG defeated Doosan Bears 5-0 in the professional baseball 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League home game held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 17th.
SSG, which achieved its 76th win (65 losses, 3 draws) in the 144th game of the regular season, ranked third, beating NC Dinos (75 wins, 67 losses, 2 draws) by 1.5 games. 바카라사이트
SSG, who became the winner of the fierce battle for third place, will play a semi-PO of 5 out of 3 wins starting on the 22nd.
Doosan, which had lost 2-3 to SSG the previous day and was confirmed to be in 5th place, prepared for the wild card match on the 17th by excluding key players from the starting lineup or replacing them early in the game.
Doosan will play a wild card match against 4th place NC at Changwon NC Park on the 19th.
If Doosan wins on the 19th, the second game on the 20th will be held, and if NC draws or wins on the 19th, the wild card match will end.
SSG showed its determination both on the mound and at bat to secure the right to advance to the semi-PO on its own.
Korean ace Kim Gwang-hyun pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 hits, no runs, and 4 strikeouts.
Gwang-Hyun Kim earned his 9th win (8 losses) of the season in his last appearance.
SSG’s batting line took the lead by scoring 4 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning with concentrated hitting.
Kim Min-sik, who appeared as the leadoff hitter, hit Doosan starter Jang Won-jun’s 133 km/h two-seam fastball and made a solo arch that went over the right wall.
When the next batter, Ahn Sang-hyun, reached base with a single to left and reached second base with the catcher’s fastball.
Oh Tae-gon sent Ahn to third base with a sacrifice bunt.
Kim Kang-min’s walk led to a walk with one out and runners on 1st and 3rd base, and Han Yu-seom hit a sacrifice fly to center field, and Guillermo Heredia hit a double to left field to create an opportunity with 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd base.
Ha Jae-hoon brought two runners home with a timely hit to right field.
SSG solidified their victory by running away to 5-0 in the 4th inning with Kim Seong-hyun’s left-handed solo shot.
Doosan starter Jang Won-jun pitched 4⅓ innings (7 hits and 5 runs), becoming the 9th player in KBO League history to reach 2,000 innings, but could not avoid defeat.
On this day, 21,07 spectators entered SSG Landers Field.
This season, SSG Landers mobilized a total of 1,068,211 spectators for 72 home games, recording the second largest attendance in franchise history following 2012 (1,069,929 spectators) during the SK Wyverns era.