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professional baseball, Samsung Pitcher Baek Jeong-hyun's 'waiting hot-tight show' continued. Yesterday (18th) against Hanwha, he scored his first 10 wins in his career at the age of 34, continuing his 26 innings of scoreless streak with 6 innings of scoreless pitching.
Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.
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Baek Jeong-hyeon, who has emerged as the best ace in the league since June, overwhelms Hanwha with perfect control.
He pitched four pitches exactly where Catcher Min-ho Kang requested, and threw out three hits and no runs with 11 strikeouts, the most in his career up to the 6th inning.
Baek Jeong-hyeon, at the age of 34, achieved 10 wins in his first season in his career, and lowered his ERA to 2.17, which is ranked No.
Samsung, who won 6-2, escaped from their 4th straight losing streak, chasing second-placed LG by a game and a half.
Leading KT ran a four-game winning streak, defeating second-placed LG, with Kang Baek-ho's season 11 opening two-run home run and Despaine's seven innings and one run in the first inning.
Lotte defeated Kiwoom with a good pitch from Choi Young-hwan, who became the winning pitcher for the first time in 7 years with 6 innings without a score, and continued the upward trend of 6 wins and 2 losses in the second half.
SSG defeated NC with two two-run homers from Hanyu Island and climbed to fourth place.
SSG Choi Jung recorded the 288th body fit in the sixth inning, surpassing the major league record set by Huey Jennings in 1903, setting a new world professional baseball record for hitting the ball.
KIA beat Doosan with Kim Seon-bin and Choi Hyung-woo's 3-RBI performance.