In professional baseball, the KIA Tigers made a tie for fifth place with three consecutive victories.
KIA beat Kiwoom Heroes 3-2 in the 2020 Shinhan Bank Sol KBO League visit match held at Gocheok Sky Dome.
KIA shared 5th place with the Doosan Bears, who lost to the bottom-ranking Hanwha Eagles.
Kiwoom, who is in a fierce second place fight with KT, fell into a swamp of 3 consecutive losses.
Recently, Taejin Kim, who is considered as the driving force of KIA's upward movement, hit the final.
In the beginning of the 8th inning against 2 to 2, KIA took a chance as lead batter Choi Hyung-woo walked from opponent right-hander Ahn Woo-jin.
With Na Ji-wan retiring from first baseman foul fly, top runner Choi Jung-min stayed at first base.
In the situation where a long hit was required to score a goal, Taejin Kim struck a ball at a speed of 153km per hour from Woojin Ahn and hit a single RBI double hitting the middle of the left.
Foreigner starter Drew Gagnon blocked 7 innings with 4 hits and 1 run, winning 10 wins (5 losses) in the season.
KIA right-hander Jeon Sang-hyun, who returned after brushing off his shoulder pain, came back at the end of the 8th inning and blocked 0.2 innings with one walk with no hits without hits.
Park Joon-pyo, who started in the 9th inning, blocked 1 inning with a hit and scoreless and took a save.
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