NC Peddy runs 1st place with 13 wins and multiple wins…
kt jumps to 6th place with three home runs , 8 consecutive losses with 10 remaining bases… Tie, the most consecutive losses by a team that loses on the 22nd
On the 21st, when the race for the second half of professional baseball began, the Doosan Bears enjoyed a 10-game winning streak, the most in a team.
Doosan defeated the KIA Tigers 5-2 in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League visiting game at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field.
Doosan, who won all 10 matches this month alone, recorded 10 consecutive wins, the most in the team, following in 2000 under former manager Kim In-shik and in 2018 under former manager Kim Tae-hyung.
Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop has achieved 10 consecutive victories in his fourth year as a new Korean coach, following former LG Twins coach Cheon Bo-seong in 1997, Lee Hee-soo, former Hanwha Eagles coach in 1999, and Lee Kwang-eun, former LG coach in 2000.
When foreign players are included, former Lotte Giants manager Jerry Royster won 11 consecutive wins in 2008, setting the record for the most consecutive wins in his first year in office, covering domestic and foreign coaches.
If Doosan and coach Lee Seung-yeop win the next game, they will set a new record.
When KIA tied Socrates Brito's double and Lee Woo-sung's right-handed hit at the end of the second inning to score the first run, Doosan tied the game 1-1 with Jose Rojas' superior home run in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Rojas struck out 8 strikeouts and hit KIA starter Mario Sanchez, who was struggling with no runs, with a home run to turn the game around.
In the 6th inning, Heo Gyeong-min drew a left-handed solo arch, turning 2-1 after 2 outs.
Sanchez, who posted an ERA of 1.44 with 8 wins and 1 loss in the first half of this year's Taiwanese professional baseball before moving to KIA, and allowed only two home runs in 62⅔ innings, hit three home runs in two games in the KBO League.
In the 7th inning, Doosan got a great chance to get the bases full as Park Gye-beom, a pinch hitter, hit KIA relief pitcher Choi Ji-min's ball in the 7th inning with Yang Seok-hwan's double and Lohas's walk.
Park Jun-Young, one of the leading contributors to the streak, fouled Choi Ji-Min’s fast ball three times in a row, and then hit a sweeping triple through the middle of the right, pleasing coach Lee Seung-Yeop.
Sanchez's earned run, which was strong from 2nd 1st and 2nd base, increased to 4 points.
KIA only made up for one run with Socrates' home run in the 8th inning.
Doosan starter Raul Alcantara won 10 wins (3 losses) in the season with powerful pitching, allowing 1 run in 6 innings.
2nd place SSG Landers defeated the leader LG Twins 6-4 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.
The rides of the two teams were reduced to 1.5 games.
When LG tied three hits in the first inning and scored the first run, SSG tied the game 1-1 with Ha Jae-hoon's left-handed double and Kim Min-shik's left-center hit in the second inning.
In the 4th inning, Ha Jae-hoon, who walked out, stole second base, and Kim Seong-hyun's left double hit scored a 2-1 comeback.
When LG tied the score at 2-2 with Lee Jae-won's heavy hit at the end of the 4th inning, SSG added 3 runs to 5-2 with 2 extra-long hits, including Choi Jung's double to left center and Choi Joo-hwan's superior 2-run home run in the top of the 5th inning.
In the top of the 7th inning, where SSG barely led 5-4, Choi Jeong-eui’s top priority double added 1 point and went into lockdown.
SSG finisher Seo Jin-yong was hit by leader Shin Min-jae at the bottom of the ninth inning, but shortstop Park Seong-han caught the lead runner from second base and then double-played Park Hae-min to win by 2 points.
KT wiz won 4 consecutive wins, pushed KIA to 7th place and rose to 6th place.
kt defeated the Samsung Lions 7-2 in the Daegu expedition.
The bottom Samsung suffered 50 losses (31 wins) first.
David Buchanan, who made the All-Star Game brilliant, suddenly gave the starting pitcher to Pil-Jun Jang due to knee pain, so the pendulum of victory and defeat tipped toward kt early on.
In the 2nd inning, Kang Baek-ho's left-center home run took the lead, and in the 3rd inning, Byeong-ho Park's superior solo home run and Anthony Alford's superior three-run home run in the 4th resulted in 7 runs.
Samsung only scored two points with Jose Pirella's timely double in the bottom of the 4th inning and Kim Seong-yoon's beastly home run in the 9th inning.
KT starter William Cuevas got his third win of the season with 10 strikeouts and 8 innings with 1 run.
4th place NC Dinos tied up ace Eric Peddy's counterattack and destructive long hits in the Daejeon expedition to beat the Hanwha Eagles 9-3 and stepped on the 40th win of the season.
NC, who took the lead with Son A-seop’s lead-off home run in the first inning, added 1 point with 3 hits in 4 consecutive innings.
In the 5th inning, Yoon Hyeong-jun hit a two-run arch, and the next hitter, Park Gun-woo, left a solo arch.
Park Kun-woo, who broke teamwork at the end of the first half and went to the 2nd Army due to 'reproach', returned that day, taking the lead in victory by hitting 2 hits in 4 at-bats and scoring 2 runs with 1 RBI.
In the 7th inning leading 5-0, NC properly mixed 4 balls and 2 hits to add 3 points and receive Hanwha’s white flag.
Hanwha, who was being dragged by Peddy, chased 3 runs with Jung Eun-won's 2 RBIs and 2 bases at the end of the 7th inning, but couldn't get any more strength.
Peddy endured 6⅔innings with 3 runs, won his 13th win (2 losses) of the season, and ran to the top with many wins.
Lotte Giants beat Kiwoom Heroes 2-0 in their home game in Busan.
Kiwoom suffered 8 consecutive losses, approaching the disgraceful record of the most consecutive losses (9 consecutive losses) of the team left in 2009.
Lotte scored the winning run with Jeon Jun-woo's left-run two-run home run from second out and first base at the end of the third inning.
An Woo-jin did his part with 6 strikeouts and 2 runs in 6 innings, but he became a losing pitcher with this home run.
Kiwoom collapsed helplessly, leaving 10 left bases even after getting 6 hits and 5 walks.
It was painful to see Lee Won-seok ground out with two outs loaded in the 5th inning and Lee Hyung-jong strike out in the sixth inning with two outs loaded.
When Charlie Barnes, who pitched 5 scoreless innings, was shaken by allowing 2 walks in the 6th inning, Lotte put out the fire by catching Lee Hyung-jong with Kim Sang-soo on the bases loaded with two outs.
Lotte’s newly recruited foreign hitter Nico Goodrum finished his debut with 1 hit in 4 at-bats as the 2nd hitter and 3rd baseman.