Park Hae-min hit a three-run triple to lead the LG Twins to a come-from-behind victory.
LG Twins rode a come-from-behind three-run triple by Park Hae-min to a 6-3 victory over the NC Dinos in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday.
LG (29-2, 23), which swept a three-game home series against NC and extended its winning streak to four games, moved into third place, ahead of the Samsung Lions (28-1, 23), who lost 1-9 to the Lotte Giants in Sajik, Busan.
LG, which started Casey Kelly, struck first. With runners on first and third in the fourth inning, he gave up a sacrifice fly to Matthew Davidson. Two batters later, he gave up a double to Kim Sung-wook and a single to Kim Joo-won to make it 3-0.
LG’s offense, which had been stymied by NC starter Daniel Castano, who returned from injury, got on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning. With runners on first and second and nobody out, Castano’s throw to first base allowed pinch runner Hong Chang-ki to rush home for the first run. Austin Dean followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-3.
In the bottom of the fifth inning with a 3-2 lead, No. 2 hitter Park Hae-min (center field) came up with the big hit. With the bases loaded, Park took Castano’s slider 먹튀검증 for a three-run triple to left-center field. With the bases loaded and one out, Austin lined a two-run double to center field against reliever Kim Jae-yeol to cut the deficit to 5-3. Castano was charged with an error.
After Kelly was pulled after six innings of three-run ball, LG brought in Kim Jin-sung (1 inning), Park Myung-geun (1 inning), and Yoo Young-chan (1 inning) to complete the win.
Hae-min Park’s bat came back to life. After being left out of the starting lineup for the last four games in a row, Park went 2-for-2 with two RBIs in the previous day’s game against NC and followed it up with a multi-hit game (4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs). He is batting .292 on the season.
It’s also nice to see Kelly bounce back.
Prior to the game, Kelly was 1-6 with a 5.72 ERA in 10 starts this 토토사이트 season and was on the verge of being replaced. He has allowed five or more runs in four of his last five starts, including eight runs in five innings against the Hanwha Eagles on April 21.
Even against NC, there were concerns about Kelly, who had allowed seven runs (six earned) in four innings in one start this season. The concerns were quickly put to rest as Kelly pitched a quality start in the pouring rain and picked up his second win of the season (6-2) in 44 days, his first since May 12 against the Doosan Bears (7 innings, 1 run).