WITH DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP, LG REACHES 80 WINS REGULAR SEASON ‘MAGIC NUMBER 6’

The LG Twins have finally reached the 80-win plateau .LG swept a doubleheader against the KT Wiz in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Stadium on Sunday, winning game one 4-0 and then taking game two 3-0.With its recent four-game winning streak, LG recorded 80 wins, 48 losses and two ties, extending its lead over second-place KT to 8.5 games, giving it the magic number of six regular-season wins. Over the years, teams with 80 wins have a 94.1 percent chance of winning the regular season (16 of 17) and a 70.6 percent chance of winning the Korean Series (12 of 17).This is the first time in 29 years that LG has reached the 80-win plateau since 1994, when they won the Korean Series. In game one, LG got a complete game shutout from starter Casey Kelly .After scoring single runs in the fourth and fifth innings, LG scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth on RBI singles by Moon Sung-joo and Park Hae-min to win the game. With seven innings of five-hit ball, Kelly reached the 10-win plateau for the fifth straight year. The second game was also a sweep for LG. After starting pitcher Kim Yun-sik tossed five innings of two-hit ball, Lee Ji-gang, Park Myung-geun, Kim Jin-sung, and Yoo Young-chan followed with back-to-back combined shutouts. After taking the lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Oh Ji-hwan on an error, LG added two runs in the fifth on a double by Heo Do-hwan and an RBI single by Park Hae-min for a 3-0 victory. KT was unfortunate to have to leave the game in the bottom of the second inning when Austin Dean was hit in the leg by a pitch. KT got seven 카지노사이트 hits and one walk in game one and five hits and four walks in game two, but were shut out for the second straight game.

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