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'5-for-3' SSG snaps 3-game fall losing streak with constipated baseball
SSG Landers suffer semifinal sweep in scoring drought.
SSG lost 6-7 against the NC Dinos in Game 3 of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Semifinals at Changwon NC Park on April 25.
The loss was SSG's third in a row, following 3-4 in Game 1 and 3-7 in Game 2.
SSG suffered from terrible constipation and went silent in the scoring column, leaving 26 unearned runs in three games. SSG had just one hit in 19 runners in scoring position over the three games. They were completely silenced with a .053 batting average in scoring position.
The only hit in scoring position was a walk-off home run in Game 3. SSG scored a total of 13 runs in the semifinals. Aside from Choi's grand slam, the only run scored in scoring position was a sacrifice fly by Choi in Game 1.
Choi and Han Yoo-seom couldn't win the game alone. The duo accounted for nine of the team's 12 runs. Ha Jae-hoon (2 runs) and Heredia (1 run) accounted for the rest.
The NC pitching staff had issues with their pitches throughout the series. SSG collected a total of 21 wild pitches in the three games, but were unable to convert them into runs.
The signs were there from the regular season. SSG's .253 batting average with runners in scoring position was only eighth in the league. What they didn't have in batting average, they made up for 카지노사이트 with 125 home runs (first in the league) and 658 runs scored, good for fifth in the league. They hit four home runs in the semifinals, but it wasn't enough to defeat NC.
The defending champions, SSG, finished third in an epic race to the top in 2022, but ended fall baseball on a sour note with three straight losses.
