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Professional Baseball SSG maintained its lead with two consecutive wins over the home team Lotte at a packed Sajik Stadium for the second consecutive day.

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With more than 2,2 spectators packed into the stadium for
the second consecutive day, SSG's central batting line caught fire from the first inning.

Choi hit a changeup off Lotte starter Barnes for a go-ahead solo shot.

In the third inning, Choi Jung had a chance to hit a hit, and Heredia and Choi Joo-hwan hit back-to-back timely hits to quickly build a four-point lead.

After breaking Lotte's will to chase with a clean defense in the sixth inning to put runners on base, Choi singled to score in the ninth inning after trailing by two runs, where Heredia hit a timely two-RBI double to wedge in the game.

Fueled by the firepower of the cleanup trio, who combined for five hits, five RBIs, and four runs scored, SSG beat Lotte 2-1 to take the lead with two consecutive wins.


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LG, which is tied for the lead with SSG, beat Hanwha 3-6 on the strength of starter Kim Yoon-sik's six-inning scoreless outing to snap a four-game winning streak.

Kiwoom escaped a two-game losing streak by beating KIA 2-9 on Lee Ji-young's game-winning hit in the seventh inning.

Samsung beat NC 2-2 on a sacrifice fly by Kang Min-ho in the 5th inning, and KT, with Jang Sung-woo responsible for four RBIs, including a two-run homer, beat Doosan 5-4.

(Video editing: Nam Il)