User talk:Kiwoom wins series against LG Heysus 7th inning fantasy pitch Kim Hwi-jip slams bases loaded

Kiwoom Heysus

Last season's lowest ranked Kiwoom Heroes won a winning series (two or more wins in three games) against the 'defending champion' LG Twins.

Kiwoom won 8-4 with a perfect combination of two hits in the home game against LG in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 31st.

As a result, Kiwoom recorded two consecutive wins after losing the first match of the season to LG on the 29th. It is also the first consecutive win of the season after four consecutive losses in the opening season.

Starter Enmanuel de Jesus completely washed away the nightmare of his KBO League debut on the 26th (3⅓ innings, 5 runs allowed) with flawless pitching.

Haysus threw only 85 pitches over 7 innings, allowing 4 hits, 7 strikeouts, and no runs. There were no walks.

With his command of 64 strikes and 21 balls, he turned 6 innings into a three-way shutout.

When Heisus was on the mound, the only time more than four LG batters came to bat was in the 6th inning when Moon Seong-ju and Koo Bon-hyuk hit hits.

Although he had a hit in the 1st and 4th innings, he increased his out count with a double play and a stolen base, respectively.

Haysus recorded a maximum fastball speed of 152 km/h and threw a mix of four-seam fastballs (28), two-seam fastballs (25), change-ups (13), sliders (12), and curves (5).

Kiwoom's batting lineup scored 14 hits (3 home runs) against LG, which boasted the strongest firepower last season.

Hye-seong Kim easily took the lead with a dominant solo shot against LG starter Casey Kelly in the top of the first inning.

Jae-Hyun Kim produced a single in the second and fourth innings, and hit home on doubles by Ronnie Dawson and Hye-Sung Kim, respectively.

Kiwoom scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning, creating a ‘big inning’.

Kiwoom had a chance to get the bases loaded with no outs thanks to Choi Joo-hwan's double to the right-field line and consecutive walks by Lee Won-seok and Lee Hyeong-jong.

LG appointed Park Myung-geun as a firefighter, but Kim Hwi-jip aimed for the first pitch and hit a grand slam with a distance of 130 meters.

The next batter, Song Seong-moon, also completed a 'back-to-back home run' by sending the first pitch fastball over the right wall.

LG chased down four runs in the top of the 9th inning with Kim Hyun-soo's single and Austin Dean's consecutive home runs, but it was not enough to turn the game around. 19가이드03