"Home run → Home run → Home run → Home run." I won! KT beats LG for first time in exhibition game [Suwon Field Review]

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The professional baseball KT Wiz finally won its first exhibition game.

KT beat the LG Twins 8-5 in the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO exhibition game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 17th.

KT, which escaped from three consecutive losses, recorded one win, two draws and three losses. LG has two wins, one draw and three losses.

The stable mound and concentrated batting lineup stood out. KT starter Oh Won-seok pitched well with five hits (two home runs) and two walks with four strikeouts and two runs in three ⅓ innings. Sovereign allowed only two hits in three ⅔ innings, setting the stage for victory by pitching scoreless.

Sam Hilliard's bat, which was sluggish in the lineup, fired. Hilliard was 2 for 3 with an RBI and a walk, and Jang Sung-woo was 1 for 1 with 2 RBIs and a run scored. Ryu Hyun-in played a troubleshooter with one hit and three RBIs in three at-bats.

LG's lineup was strengthened with 10 hits and long hits, with Kim Jin-soo, the starting pitcher, collapsing with five hits, two walks, one strikeout and seven runs (four earned runs) in one ⅓ inning. Lee Jae-won hit hard with two hits (two home runs) and two RBIs and two runs in four at-bats, and Austin Dean hit hard with two hits (one home run) and one RBI in two at-bats.

On this day, KT consisted of Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman), Sam Hilliard (designated hitter), Jang Sung-woo (catcher), Ryu Hyun-in (second baseman), Kim Junghoon Lee (left fielder), Oh Yoon-seok (third baseman), Ahn Chi-young (right fielder), and Kwon Dong-jin (striker). The starting pitcher is Oh Won-seok.

Against this, LG formed a lineup of Lee Jae-won (designated hitter), Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman), Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Austin Dean (first baseman), Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Song Chan-ui (middle fielder), T trend-hyun (third baseman), and Lee Joo-heon (catcher). The starting pitcher is Kim Jin-su.

In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Lee Jae-won announced the start of the game with a home run over right-center. However, KT's batters led the early atmosphere with an explosive hit.

In the bottom of the first inning, leadoff hitter Choi Won-joon walked and Hilliard made a single to the left. Jang Sung-woo tied the game with an RBI timely double on the left-field line, and Ryu Hyun-in made a 3-1 turnaround with a two-run timely double on the right-field line.

An Chi-young's right-handed hit opened up a large scoring opportunity in the top of the second inning. I didn't miss the chance due to my mistake. Kwon Dong-jin got on base due to a third base error, and Choi Won-joon hit a timely RBI single to the right. Kim Hyun-soo also got on base due to a throwing error at the first base, and Hilliard drew a push walk.

Since then, Jang Sung-woo's sacrifice fly to left field and Ryu Hyun-in's ground ball have widened the score to 7-1. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Hilliard scored an additional point with a double on the right field line and Han Seung-taek with a timely RBI on the left field line with two outs.

LG scored only with a home run. After finishing the inning with double plays in both the first and third innings, Austin recovered a point with a solo shot to the left in the top of the fourth inning.

Lee Jae-won hit a solo shot in the eighth inning and Song Chan-ui hit a three-run over the middle wall in the ninth inning. However, it was not enough to overturn the score.

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