WILKERSON LEADS LOTTE TO THIRD CONSECUTIVE’TEAM NO-HITTER’ IN FRANCHISE HISTORY

SEOUL, South Korea (Yonhap) By CHEON Byung-hyuk and KIM Kyung-yoon (Yonhap) = The Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) have become 카지노 the third team in the league to complete a “team no-hit no-run .Lotte did not allow a single hit in a 1-0 home win over SSG Landers in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Saturday. The LOTTE pitching staff of Aaron Wilkerson, Koo Seung-min, and Kim Won-joong allowed just two walks and no hits against SSG, completing a team no-hitter .While there have been 14 times in KBO history that a pitcher has thrown a no-hitter through the ninth inning, this is only the third time a team has recorded a combined no-hitter Prior to Lotte, it was achieved by the LG Twins against the NC Dinos on October 6, 2014, and SSG against NC in the opening game on April 2, 2022.SSG did not have a single hit, with only leadoff hitter Choo Shin-soo drawing two walks and advancing to third base. In the top of the seventh inning, with the score 0-0, Choo drew a walk, but was unable to follow it up with a hit .SSG trailed 0-1 in the top of the ninth inning when Choo Shin-soo led off with a walk again, but the next batter, Choi Ji-hoon, grounded out to first base to end the no-hitter .In the bottom of the eighth inning, with the score tied at 0-0, Lotte scored the game-winning run when pinch-hitter Lee Jung-hoon led off with a single to right, followed by a sacrifice bunt, and pinch-hitter Yoon Dong-hee followed with a double to right field .LOTTE starter Wilkerson struck out six through the seventh inning, allowing one hit and no walks.In the eighth inning, Koo Seung-min pitched a one-hit shutout, and in the ninth, Kim Won-joong closed out the game with a one-hit shutout and no walks. Lotte snapped a three-game losing streak thanks to a stellar performance on the mound. The NC Dinos pounded out 15 hits, including a three-run homer by Son Ah-seop, to beat the Kiwoom Heroes 12-7 at home in Changwon. Riding a four-game winning streak, third-place NC moved to within four games of second-place SSG Landers, who lost on the day.NC opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning with back-to-back doubles by Jason Martin and Kim Sung-wook, and one inning later, Choi Bo-sung and Ahn Jung-yeol followed with back-to-back singles to make it 2-0.With two outs and runners on first and third, Son Ah-seob hit a towering three-run home run to make it 5-0.Kiwoom scored three runs in the top of the fourth with a two-run homer by Lee Ju-hyung and a two-run double by Kim Soo-hwan .However, NC scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth on two hits and three walks, including Martin’s RBI double, to go back up 8-3.After Keum got a run back in the top of the sixth, NC scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh on two hits and three wild pitches, including a two-RBI single by Martin, to take a 12-4 lead Kiwoom scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth, but could not overcome the deficit .Son went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, while Martin went 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs to lead the offense .In Daegu, where first and last place went head-to-head, the LG Twins snapped a two-game losing streak with a 7-4 victory over the Samsung Lions. LG opened the scoring in the top of the second inning when leadoff hitter Moon Bo-kyung hit a leadoff triple and scored on a subsequent grounder .Samsung answered two batters later in the inning when Lee Jae-hyun hit a solo shot to left field off LG starter Im Chan-kyu to make it 1-1. However, LG took a 3-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning when Oh Ji-hwan doubled to center field with the bases loaded. Hong Chang-ki and Kim Hyun-soo added two runs in the sixth on RBI singles, before Moon Sung-joo hit a two-run homer to right in the top of the eighth to make it 7-1.Samsung got two runs back in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single by Lee Jae-hyun and a sacrifice fly by Lee Sung-gyu, and a run in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single by Kim Ho-jae, but could not get any closer .Meanwhile, Samsung starter Albert Suarez took an early exit after two outs in the first inning due to calf pain. In Jamsil, KT WIZ moved up one spot to fourth place with a 3-1 win over the Doosan Bears .KT took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning after leadoff hitter Kim Min-hyuk drew a walk and Lee Ho-yeon and Hwang Jae-gyun followed with back-to-back singles .With runners on first and second, Lee moved from second to third on Park Byung-ho’s single to right field and scored on Anthony Alford’s grounder to make it 2-0.Doosan got one run back in the bottom of the sixth when Jose Rojas doubled and came home on a grounder and a wild pitch .However, KT answered in the top of the seventh when Choi Jae-dae doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Kim Min-hyuk to make it 3-1.KT starter Ko Young-pyo pitched seven innings of one-run ball on six hits to earn his 10th consecutive quality start (QS-6 innings or more and three earned runs or less).Doosan slipped from third to fifth place .In Gwangju, the KIA Tigers and Hanwha Eagles battled to a 4-4 tie in extra innings .KIA scored first in the bottom of the second inning when Choi Hyung-woo drew a walk and scored on an error after Socrates Brito doubled. Hanwha took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth when Noh Si-hwan hit his 23rd solo home run of the season to make it 1-1 and then scored on Ha Joo-seok’s RBI double In the top of the fifth, Noh’s RBI single and Chae Eun-sung’s sacrifice fly made it 4-1.KIA scored a run in the bottom of the fifth on Kim Kyu-sung’s RBI single, and then scored a run in the bottom of the eighth on Socrates’ RBI groundout to make it 3-4.In the bottom of the ninth, after Park Chan-ho led off with a double, Kim Do-young walked and Na Sung-beom followed with a single to right to tie the game at 4-4 and send the game into extra innings. The teams battled back and forth until the 12th inning, but eventually settled for a draw. Hanwha starter Moon Dong-joo pitched 5⅓ innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks to 카지노 secure the win, but the bullpen blew it. In his first professional meeting with the highly touted Kim Do-young, he went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout.

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