The professional baseball KIA Tigers achieved a thrilling comeback victory over No. 1 KT Wiz thanks to Byun Woo-hyuk's walk-off sacrifice hit in the 10th inning of extra innings.
KIA, ranked 4th, won 4-3 in the home game against KT in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the 4th.
KIA widened the gap with 5th place Doosan Bears to 3.5 games, and 1st place KT maintained the gap with 2nd place Samsung Lions, who lost that day, to 0.5 games.
KIA continued the close game 0-0 with starting pitcher Adam Ohler pitching perfectly, not allowing a single hit until 2 outs in the 6th inning.
However, in the 7th inning when Oller was out of steam, they gave up two runs and were pulled to 0-2.
KIA effectively attacked the opposing team's Koki Sugimoto, who had trouble controlling his ball in the bottom of the 7th inning, and came back up 3-2, but tied the score in the top of the 9th inning on defense.
KIA closer Lee Ui-ri threw a headshot to Jang Jin-hyuk at first base with no outs, and Jang Jin-hyuk did not release his bunt stance and was judged to have missed the ball, so no ejection order was given.
Fortunately, Jang Jin-hyuk walked into the dugout without any major problems, but Lee Ui-ri was extremely shaken afterward and conceded a goal, allowing the score to be tied 3-3.
The game was decided in the bottom of the 10th overtime.
After Park Jeong-woo and Jeong Hyeon-chang got consecutive walks against the opposing team's sovereignty, Kim Ho-ryeong's sacrifice bunt created an opportunity for second and third bases with one out.
Afterwards, with the bases loaded and one out on Han Jun-su's automatic 4th pitch, Byun Woo-hyuk, who came out as a defensive defender in the top of the 10th inning, put an end to the game by hitting the first pitch of the replaced pitcher Moon Yong-ik hard and sending it flying deep into center field.
On this day, Oller recorded 3 hits, 3 walks, 10 strikeouts, and 2 runs in 6⅔ innings, but did not record a win or loss.
He had to be satisfied with the record of striking out all of the starting batters.
KIA Kim Do-young played well with 1 hit, 2 walks, 1 stolen base, and 1 run in 3 at-bats, but failed to produce his 40th home run of the season.
Kim Do-young must hit a home run by the 6th to break the record of the youngest person to hit 40 home runs in the KBO League, set by Lee Seung-yeop in 1999.
At Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, the third-place LG Twins beat Samsung 4-3, led by a save pitch from returning fastball pitcher Go Woo-seok, and won their fifth straight game.
Go Woo-seok came on the mound in the top of the 9th inning with the score 4-3, and seemed to be shaken as he gave up a straight walk to the first batter, Lewin Diaz.
However, they maintained the victory by striking out Woo-Hyun Yang on three pitches, striking out Ji-Hyuk Ryu on a swing and missing, and Min-Ho Kang with a fly ball to second base.
It has been 1,078 days since Go Woo-seok appeared in a game in the KBO League regular season against NC Dinos on September 22, 2023, and it has been 1,081 days since he posted a save against KIA Tigers on September 19, 2023.
He also became the 14th player in KBO League history to reach 140 saves.
6th place NC Dinos won 6-1 in a visiting game against Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.
NC is on a 6-game winning streak, narrowing the gap with 5th-place Doosan, which lost to SSG Landers that day, to 4.5 games.
NC, which was behind Doosan by 8 games as of the 31st of last month, reduced the gap to almost half in just 4 days.
In the top of the 5th inning, when NC was ahead 3-1, lead hitter Park Min-woo created an opportunity with 2 outs and 2nd base with a heavy hit and a stolen base, and Kim Hwi-jip hit a timely double to left-center to go up 4-1.
In the 8th inning, with 2 outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd base, Blaine's 2 RBI, timely double to the left led to a 6-1 win.
Choi Jeong-won went 2-for-3 with 2 walks and 2 runs, and Park Min-woo went 5-for-5 with 2 hits, 2 stolen bases, 1 RBI, and 1 run.
SSG defeated Doosan 4-0 at SSG Landers Field in Incheon, led by Jeon Eui-san's consecutive home runs and foreign pitcher Pedro Avila's shutout. Doosan lost its fourth straight game.
With two outs and a 1-0 lead, SSG widened the lead to 3-0 when Jeon Eui-san and Cho Hyeong-woo hit solo home runs in succession against Doosan starter Park Shin-ji.
Jeon Eui-san hit a solo home run over the center wall against pitcher Lee Yong-chan, who was replaced with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, to go up 4-0.
After preventing a bases-loaded crisis with one out in the top of the 8th inning with no runs, Avila went on the mound in the 9th inning and earned his first shutout since his debut in the KBO League.
Jeon Eui-san played well with 2 hits in 3 at-bats, including 2 home runs, 2 RBIs, and 2 runs, while Avila pitched 9 innings with 3 hits, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts, and no runs.
This is the third shutout in the KBO League this season, following KIA Tigers' Adam Oler (against Lotte Giants) on April 25th and Samsung Lions' Yang Chang-seop (against Lotte) on May 24th.
At Sajik Stadium in Busan, the 9th-place Hanwha Eagles recorded a team-leading 18 hits and defeated 7th-place Lotte 14-4, breaking their 9-game losing streak.
Hanwha Noh Si-hwan played an active role with 2 hits in 5 at-bats, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs, including his 26th home run of the season.
