The Kiwoom Heroes have fallen to last place after a poor second half of the season Kiwoom lost an 8-12 home game against the Lotte Giants of the Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League on Tuesday at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea Kiwoom’s winning percentage dropped to 0.416 (42 wins, 59 losses, and 3 draws), and the loss to the Samsung Lions (0.417 winning percentage), who did not play due to rain that day, left them in 10th place in the league It is the first time in 835 days since April 27, 2021 that Kiwoom is at the bottom of the standings Lotte held off a dogged Kiwoom rally on the day, scoring runs in each of the fifth through ninth innings to secure the win Ahn Chi-hong (3-for-5 with a solo shot in the sixth inning to make it a one-run game), Lee Jung-hoon, Nico Goodrum and Yoon Dong-hee each had three hitsOn the mound, Han Hyun-hee (four runs in four innings) struggled, 카지노사이트 but Koo Seung-min (1⅔ scoreless innings) came on as a fireman in the bottom of the sixth Kiwoom took the early lead Leadoff hitter Lee Yong-kyu tripled to right-center and scored on Kim Hye-sung’s grounder With runners on first and second, Kim Hui-jip and Lee Ju-hyung followed with back-to-back singles to make it 3-0However, Lotte quickly responded with five runs in the top of the second inning After Park Seung-wook singled and stole second, six batters reached base in a row, starting with the No. 9 batter, Lee Jung-geun, and ending with the No. 5 batter, Yoon Dong-hee Lee started the rally with a single to right-center, and Kim Min-seok followed with a single down the right-field line to put runners on first and third Ahn Chi-hong, Lee Jung-hoon, Nico Goodrum, and Yoon Dong-hee followed with four consecutive singles to put runners on first and third In the bottom of the third inning, Kim Hui-jip pulled a 145-kilometer per hour fastball from Lotte starter Han Hyun-hee for a solo shot to left field. It was his sixth home run of the season Lotte responded in the top of the fifth with a two-run shot by Jeon Jun-woo With the bases loaded, Jeon hit a two-seam fastball from Kiwoom bullpen Yang Hyun over the left field fence for a two-run arch Kiwoom followed with two runs in the bottom of the fifth With runners on first and second, Kim Hui-jip’s hard-hit ball dropped between the Lotte shortstop and outfielder, allowing both runners to cross the plate Gilsera Lotte got back on the board in the top of the sixth when Ahn Chi-hong hit a solo shot to left field The threat came again in the bottom of the sixth Kiwoom Yong-kyu’s fly ball was not caught by center fielder Kim Min-seok. It was the rookie’s first error in the KBO On top of that, reliever Kim Sang-soo was pulled after just ⅓ inning due to left calf pain Fortunately, Koo Seung-min, who took over, struck out Kim Hye-sung and got Lim Byung-wook to ground out to end the inning With runners on first and third in the seventh, Lotte scored a run on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Jung Hoon, and made it 10-6 in the eighth on an RBI single by Ahn Kwon-soo Lotte doubled its lead in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Kim Min-seok and an RBI single by Goodrum Kiwoom added two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn’t put the game away Meanwhile, Kiwoom’s Ronnie Dawson was hit by a pitch in the left thigh in the first inning and was replaced on defense in the third inning.