On the 5th, Children’s Day, it rained all over the country from the morning. The LG-Doosan (Jamsil), Samsung-Lotte (Sajik), KT-Hanwha (Daejeon), and KIA-NC (Changwon) exhibitions were canceled. Previously, there were only four cases in which professional baseball games were canceled due to rain on Children’s Day. 3 games in 1985 and 1 game in 1992.
After 31 years, the Children’s Day game was not held due to rain. The match between SSG and Kiwoom was held as scheduled only at the Gocheok Dome, an indoor stadium that is not affected by the weather. 16,000 seats were sold out by the time 50 minutes passed from the opening time of 2:00 pm.
SSG defeated the home team Kiwoom 3-1 and won 3 consecutive wins to keep the lead (18-10). Third hitter Choi Jeong (2 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 hit ball) went on base 3 times and all hit home.
SSG was pushed by Kiwoom starter Jung Chan-heon’s good pitching, and not a single player reached first base until the 4th inning and 2 outs. Choi Jeong broke Jeong Chan-heon’s perfect march. He succeeded in stealing second base after connecting a slider thrown by Jeong Chan-heon with his first pitch to the left, and scored the first goal with Guillermo Heredia’s timely hit.
After one out in the 7th inning, Choi Jeong-eun survived by getting a hit ball from Kiwoom’s second pitcher Lim Chang-min, and ran from 2nd base to home when Park Seong-han hit right-handed in the 2nd base 1-2. Even in the ninth inning, when the score was trailing 2-1, Choi Jeong-eun came out as the lead batter and hit a heavy hit.메이저사이트
SSG starting pitcher Oh Won-seok won 3 wins (1 loss) of the season by blocking 1 run with 6 strikeouts and 5 hits in 7 innings. In the match against Kiwoom last year, he appeared 3 times and suffered 3 losses (8.14 ERA), but he pitched well this day. In his fourth year as a professional, he said, “I pitched aggressively because I thought victory was the greatest gift for children’s fans, and it went well as I thought.”
Kiwoom starter Jeong Chan-heon took responsibility for the loss in the first appearance of the season because he threw well with 1 run (2 hits and 3 strikeouts) in 6 innings, but was not supported by the team’s lineup. Kiwoom (13-15), who lost 2 consecutive times, fell from a tie for 7th to 8th.