LG, The Second Triple Murder in Korean Series History… Cold Water on kt
With no outs on 1st and 2nd base, KT Moon Sang-cheol hits a ball to get 3 outs.
The LG Twins escaped the crisis with triple play defense.
In the first game of the 2023 Professional Baseball Korea Series (KS) held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 7th,
LG recorded 3 outs with one batted ball in the top of the second inning in defense leading 2-1 in the home game against KT Wiz. 파워볼게임
In a crisis with no outs on first and second base, catcher Park Dong-won caught the opposing team’s Moon Sang-cheol’s bunt in front of the catcher,
threw the ball to shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, who covered third base, and forced out second base runner Jang Seong-woo.
Afterwards, Oh Ji-hwan quickly threw the ball to first base and caught runner Moon Sang-cheol.
Meanwhile, the runner on first base ran past second base to third base, and LG second baseman Shin Min-jae, who had covered first base,
threw the ball to third base and tagged out to the battalion.
LG quickly caught 3 out counts and prevented the crisis of reaching first and second base with no outs and no runs.
This is the second time in history that a triple kill occurred in KS, following Game 7 of KS held on October 29, 2004.
At that time, the Hyundai Unicorns converted a triple hit by Yang Jun-hyuk of the Samsung Lions in the top of the first inning.
This is the fourth time in history that a triple kill has occurred in the postseason.
On October 4, 2003, the SK Wyverns made a triple kill in the 7th inning of the first game of the semi-playoff (quasi-PO) against Samsung.
The most recent record came in the second inning of Game 3 of Jun-PO on October 22, 2018.
Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom) converted Hanwha Eagles Kim Hoe-seong’s batted ball into a triple kill.