Yesterday, I had insomnia, but not today. Two home runs and a good night’s sleep. LG won the best-of-seven series behind two cannon blasts from home run leader Park Dong-won. The team swept the three-game series against defending champion SSG to move into sole possession of first place.

LG won 8-3 against SSG in Munhak on the 25th토토사이트. It was Park Dong-won who started the game, and Park Dong-won who practically sealed the deal. Park led off the game with a three-run homer in the first inning and drove in the winning run with a solo shot in the top of the eighth. He went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs on the day. She now leads the team in home runs with 12.

Starting pitcher Casey Kelly earned her fifth win, going six innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits, four walks and four strikeouts. She lowered her ERA from 4.34 to 4.21. Behind Kelly, Ham Deok-ju, Kim Jin-sung, and Park Myung-geun completed the win.

In addition to Park, leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki went 5-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored, and No. 2 hitter Moon Sung-ju went 4-for-5 with two runs, one walk and one RBI.

LG No. 7 batter Park Dong-won celebrates after hitting a three-run home run to left-center field off Song Young-jin during the first inning of the 2023 baseball game between the SSG Landers and the LG Twins at SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea, on May 25. 2023.05.25.Literature | Kang Young-jo kanjo@sportsseoul.com

With the win, LG sits alone atop the standings with a season record of 28 wins, 15 losses and one tie. The team won the three-game series against SSG at home from May 25 to 27 with two wins and one loss, and also won the three-game series against SSG on the road. With their second consecutive winning series, LG improved to 4-2 against SSG.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yup said he couldn’t sleep after losing 14 runs the day before. However, with the sweep, he is expected to get a good night’s sleep after arriving in Gwangju.

LG scored a lot of runs in the first inning to erase the disappointment of the previous day. In the first inning, leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki doubled, Moon Sung-joo walked, and Kim Hyun-soo singled to load the bases. With the bases loaded, the first batter, Austin, flied out to second, but the next batter, Oh Ji-hwan, singled to left to score the first run. Moon followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.

It didn’t end there. With runners on first and second, Park Dong-won took a two-pitch fastball from Song Young-jin and sent it over the fence. Park’s three-run home run extended LG’s lead to 5-0.

They scored again in the top of the second. Shin Min-jae singled and Hong Chang-ki singled to left to put runners on first and third with no outs. On the next at-bat, Moon Sung-joo singled up the middle to make it 6-0.

LG second baseman Moon Sung-joo hits an RBI single with runners on first and third base in the second inning of the 2023 baseball game between the SSG Landers and the LG Twins at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on May 25. 2023.05.25.Literature | Kang Young-jo kanjo@sportsseoul.com

SSG didn’t go down without a fight. In the bottom of the second inning, Park Sung-yi singled to right and Han Yoo-seom hit a two-run shot. Jeon Ui-san singled and Choo Shin-soo walked to put runners on first and second, and Shin Min-jae, who caught Choi Ji-hoon’s hit, made a throwing error that allowed Jeon to score.

There was a lull after the two teams traded runs at 6-3 and 3-3. LG’s Kelly finished the job in the sixth inning, while SSG’s second pitcher Baek Seung-gun pitched three scoreless innings. The third pitcher Moon Seung-won didn’t allow a run until the seventh inning, but a solo shot by Park Dong-won and an RBI single by Hong Chang-ki in the top of the eighth gave LG the lead.

LG No. 7 batter Park Dong-won celebrates after hitting a solo home run to left field off Moon Seung-won in the top of the eighth inning of the 2023 baseball game between the SSG Landers and LG Twins at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Friday. Park Dong-won hit a wedge three-run home run in the first inning and now leads the league with 12 home runs. 2023.05.25.Literature | Kang Young-jo kanjo@sportsseoul.com

SSG’s starting pitcher Song Young-jin gave up six runs in two innings. Han Yoo-seom’s two-run shot in the bottom of the second inning was the only consolation in the loss. SSG now has a season record of 27 wins, 16 losses and one tie.