Starter carries Giants past Heroes in KBO

The Lotte Giants ended their two-game losing streak by defeating the Kiwoom Heroes 4-1 on Wednesday, with their starter Park Se-woong back on top of his game. In his best start in over two months, Park held the Heroes to a run on six hits in seven innings and struck out six batters before 15,325 fans at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. For the first time in four months, Park did not issue a walk. The Giants put up a three-spot in the fifth before adding another in the seventh, as they improved to 49-42-3 (wins-losses-ties) and stayed in third place in the 10-team Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). The Heroes remained in last place at 28-63-3. The game started out as an unlikely pitching duel between two starters who hadn't been close to being anyone's definition of an ace lately. Park carried an 11.91 ERA over his five previous starts, after allowing 30 earned runs on 43 hits, including eight home runs, in just 22 2/3 innings. His Heroes counterpart, Ha Yeong-min, had been a little better, with a 4.25 ERA since the start of June, but his last win had come on June 18. The two right-handers tradedWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times