KIA Turns the Tables in the 10th Inning of Extra Innings, Escaping Three-Game Losing Streak by Beating Samsung

Kang Hyun-woo 4 RBIs' kt, 4-game winning streak… Last place Kiwoom, 5-game winning streak after beating LG

The KIA Tigers, who have been struggling recently, have broken their losing streak with a thrilling comeback win over the Samsung Lions.

KIA won 9-5 in a close 10-inning extra inning match against the Samsung Lions in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League away game held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 2nd.

With this, KIA, which recently broke the three-game losing streak, widened the gap with the second-place LG Twins, who lost that day, to 2.5 games.

KIA was trailing throughout the game, but made a dramatic comeback at the end.

Samsung took the early lead in the bottom of the first inning when Kang Min-ho hit a two-run homer to left field.

In the 3rd inning, with 1 out and runners on 1st and 2nd base, Kang Min-ho's timely hit added another run, and in the continued attack, Koo Ja-wook, who was caught in a hit by pitch, scored on base running interference, making it 4-0.

KIA recovered one point in the top of the fourth inning when Kim Do-young hit a solo home run over the left-center field fence.

In the top of the 8th, Na Sung-beom hit a two-run homer over the right field, and KIA, who was tied at 3-4, pushed the game into extra innings when Socrates Brito hit a timely hit off Samsung's closer Oh Seung-hwan in the top of the 9th.

In the top of the 10th, with one out and a runner on third, Choi Won-jun hit a two-run homer over the right field to take the lead 5-4.

With momentum, KIA hit a two-run homer over the right field to make it 7-4, and then Park Jeong-woo's two-base hit and Byun Woo-hyeok's timely hit to decide the game at 9-4.

Samsung only managed to recover one point in the bottom of the 10th.

In the 11th inning of a close game, KT Wiz defeated Hanwha Eagles 6-5 thanks to backup catcher Kang Hyun-woo's powerful hitting.

KT, which has won four consecutive games, has pushed Hanwha down to 9th place and moved up one spot to 8th place.

Hanwha scored two points first with Kim Tae-yeon's double play grounder and Lee Do-yoon's RBI single in the bottom of the 2nd inning with no outs and bases loaded.

KT, which had only had one hit until the 4th inning, exploded with home runs in the top of the 5th.

Oh Jae-il hit a right-field hit and Kim Sang-soo walked, and with runners on 1st and 2nd bases with one out, Kang Hyun-woo hit a 3-run home run against Hanwha starting pitcher Ryan Weiss, turning the tide.

Hanwha counterattacked in the bottom of the 5th inning with Jonathan Peraza's RBI single, tying the score at 3-3.

The game was decided in the 11th inning of extra innings.

In the top of the 11th, with no outs and a runner on first base, Hwang Jae-gyun hit a left-field double to take the lead 4-3.

In the continued attack, Kang Hyun-woo and Rojas added two more runs

Kang Hyun-woo collected four RBIs, including a three-run home run.

At Gocheok Dome, the last-place Kiwoom Heroes came from behind to win 4-2 against the LG Twins.

Kiwoom scored the first run in the bottom of the second with two outs and bases loaded when Lee Ju-hyung hit a right-field

single. LG brought in Hong Chang-ki to double over the center field after Koo Bon-hyeok hit a center-field single in the top of the third to make it 1-1.

In the fifth, Park Hae-min hit a solo home run to turn the score around 2-1.

Kiwoom, who was trailing, turned the game around in the bottom of the eighth with four consecutive hits.

When leadoff hitter Kim Hye-seong hit a double to the shortstop, Song Seong-moon hit a right -field RBI single to tie the score at 2-2.

Then, Choi Joo-hwan hit a double over the center field to make it 3-2, and Kiwoom took the lead when Kim Jae-hyun hit a sacrifice fly with runners on first and third base after Lee Yong-kyu hit a left-field single to make it 4-2.

Last-place Kiwoom went on a five-game winning streak, while LG fell one place to third.

Meanwhile, the Lotte Giants-Doosan Bears (Jamsil) and SSG Landers-NC Dinos (Changwon) games were canceled due to rain.