KT Wiz defeats LG Twins to become league leader... Go Young-pyo achieves 10th win of the season

Professional baseball KT Wiz maintained its lead in the league by scoring 16 points with 15 long and short hits and 13 walks and walks.

KT won 16-4 in a visiting game against the LG Twins in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 20th.

KT, which had only scored 1 point with 5 hits (1 home run) in the previous two games, had an explosive batting lineup on this day and avoided a 3-game sweep loss.

KT, with 63 wins, 2 draws, and 41 losses in the season, maintained the lead in the league.

KT starter Ko Young-pyo threw 101 balls and allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, earning his 10th win (6 losses) of the season.

Ko Young-pyo made three starts against LG this season and won all of them.

LG's pitching staff allowed 12 walks, the most in a game for the team this season, amid poor ball control. If you add one ball that hits the body, the number of dead balls reaches 13.

KT scored the first run in the top of the first inning with Sam Hilliard's timely hit with one out and runners on first and second base.

In the bottom of the 4th inning, Go Young-pyo gave up consecutive home runs to take the lead.

A 120 km/h high body curve thrown to Bo-Kyung Moon led to a 112 m distance 2-run home run, and a follow-up low 122 km changeup thrown to Oh Ji-Hwan led to a 1-3 solo home run.

However, in the top of the 7th inning, a batter turned the game around.

After one out, LG's new Asian quarter left-handed pitcher John Kennedy walked three batters in a row, and Hilliard followed up with a walk to Woo Kang-hoon, who took the mound, and trailed by one run.

Kim Min-hyuk, who came on as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded, hit a three-run double into left-center center to take the lead again.

Then, Ryu Hyun-in's timely double to left-center and Lee Jeong-beom's sacrifice fly to center field led to a 7-3 lead.

He batted in the top of the 8th inning and scored 7 runs, putting a wedge in the game.

With one out and runners on first and third base, Hilliard hit a timely hit in the middle of the game, scoring his 99th RBI of the season and tying for the lead in RBIs with LG's Austin Dean.

With the bases loaded and one out, he added 6 runs with a sacrifice fly, 4 hits, and 1 walk to make it 14-3.

In the top of the 9th inning, Jang Jun-won's timely hit and Lee Jeong-beom's ground ball added 2 runs to make it 16-3.

Kim Jeong-woon, who came on the mound in the bottom of the 9th inning, gave up 1 run when he hit a ball that was pushed out with bases loaded and 2 outs, but the game ended without allowing any additional runs.