The Lotte Giants snapped a three-game losing streak with a team no-hitter.
Lotte won 1-0 at home against the SSG Landers of the Shinhan Bank Solar KBO League 2023 at Sajik Stadium on June 6.
With the lead, Kim earned his 19th save of the season.온라인바카라
It was Lotte’s third team no-hitter in franchise history. The first team no-hitter in KBO history was achieved by the LG Twins against the NC Dinos on October 6, 2014. The second was completed by SSG on April 2 last year in their opening game against the NC Dinos.
Lotte starter Aaron Wilkerson pitched seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts, while Koo Seung-min (one scoreless inning) and Kim Won-joong (one scoreless inning) tossed two scoreless innings. The pitching staff combined for a team no-hitter, giving up just two walks and no hits.
With the thrilling new win, Lotte (43-49) snapped a three-game losing streak. SSG (52-1-39), on the other hand, had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Lotte’s Wilkerson pitched seven scoreless innings to help the team snap the losing streak, and Yoon Dong-hee came in as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning to deliver the game-winning hit.
SSG starter Kirk McCarty did his part with seven innings of three-hit, one-run ball, striking out nine, but the bats finally went silent.
The first inning was a masterpiece from both starting pitchers.
In the first inning, Wilkerson needed 13 pitches to complete a three-hit shutout, and McCarty followed with two strikeouts.
Lotte got on the board in the bottom of the second when Ahn Chi-hong singled down the left field line. However, Jeon Jun-woo struck out swinging and Han Dong-hee was retired on a wild pitch.
Wilkerson continued to cruise.
In the top of the third, he got Han Yoo-seom to fly out to center field and then induced back-to-back groundouts from Kim Sung-hyun and Cho Hyung-woo. In the top of the fourth, he walked Choo Shin-soo and Choi Ji-hoon and struck out Choi Joo-hwan on a wild pitch.
Lotte failed to capitalize in the bottom of the fourth inning as Jeong drew a walk, but Ahn Chi-hong struck out swinging.
Wilkerson, who was perfect through the fifth inning, retired Choi Jeong-jeong and Park Sung-han in order in the top of the sixth before striking out Ha Jae-hoon on a wild pitch.
The perfect game was broken in the top of the seventh when Wilkerson gave up a walk to leadoff hitter Shin-Soo Choo. He then gave up a sacrifice bunt to Choi Ji-hoon, but got Choi Joo-hwan to fly out to center field and Choi Jung to strike out swinging.
Lotte finally broke the 0-0 tie.
In the bottom of the eighth, Lee Jung-hoon led off with a single to right and then Ko Seung-min laid down a sacrifice bunt. Pinch-hitter Yoon Dong-hee followed with an RBI double to right.
In the top of the ninth, LOTTE closer Kim Won-joong took the mound. After retiring Kim Sung-hyun and Cho Hyung-woo on a grounder to third base and a strikeout respectively, Kim gave up a single to Choo Shin-soo, but retired Choi Ji-hoon on a grounder to first base.
With the lead, Kim earned his 19th save of the season.