"I'll change it to a good memory." We made a commitment'Won Tae-in QS 12 wins'Samsung,'Goalless Silence'Dusan Pohang won consecutive games

Aug 20, 2024

'I'll change it to a good memory.' We made a commitment'Won Tae-in QS 12 wins'Samsung,'Goalless Silence'Dusan Pohang won consecutive games
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The Samsung Lions erased Pohang's nightmare.

Samsung won the home game against the Doosan Bears 3-0 at Pohang Baseball Stadium on the 20th. Samsung won four consecutive games and secured its 64th win (two draws and 52 losses) in the season. In addition, he narrowed his gap with the leading KIA Tigers (68 wins, 2 draws and 46 losses) to five games.

Doosan was winning four consecutive games in Pohang with sweeping victories in three consecutive games held on June 27, 2019 and July last year.



Ahead of the game, Samsung coach Park Jin-man said "Last year, not only the three consecutive games in Pohang, but also the whole season against Doosan." As a result, the opposite has been observed this year"There was a good result against Doosan this year, and I think I'm confident as I play against them. We need to change bad memories into good memories in Pohang.

Last year, Samsung was completely behind Doosan with 5 wins and 11 losses. On the other hand, he is overwhelmingly dominant against Doosan this year with 10 wins and 2 losses. Doosan's strength continued in Pohang as well.



On this day, Samsung formed the starting lineup in the order of Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Koo Ja-wook (right wing), Kang Min-ho (posu), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Park Byung-ho (designated hitter), Lewin Diaz (first baseman), Kim Heon-gon (left wing), Lee Jae-hyun (striker), and Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman).

Doosan made the starting lineup in the order of Jung Soo-bin (center fielder), Jarrod Young (right wing), Yang Eui-ji (designated hitter), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (left wing), Kang Seung-ho (second baseman), Kim Ki-yeon (catcher), Kim Jae-ho (striker), and Lee Yoo-chan (third baseman).



'I'll change it to a good memory.' We made a commitment'Won Tae-in QS 12 wins'Samsung,'Goalless Silence'Dusan Pohang won consecutive games
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Samsung scored the first run in the top of the second inning. Park Byung-ho and Diaz hit, and Kim Hun-gon's fly ball made it one out and first and third base. Lee Jae-hyun's timely hit then took a 1-0 lead.

Samsung scored an additional point in the bottom of the seventh inning amid the tight pitching match. After leadoff hitter Ryu Ji-hyuk went out with a hit ball, Kim Ji-chan's sacrifice bunt made it one out and second base. He then made it 2-0 with Koo Ja-wook's liner and Kang Min-ho's timely hit.

After one out in the top of the eighth inning, Doosan got two outs and runners on first and third base with Kim Jae-ho's walk, Lee Yoo-chan's hit, and Jung Soo-bin's grounder. Samsung started to put out the fire by raising Kim Dae-woo and ended the inning by striking out Jared on three pitches.

'I'll change it to a good memory.' We made a commitment'Won Tae-in QS 12 wins'Samsung,'Goalless Silence'Dusan Pohang won consecutive games
Photo provided by Samsung Lions
Samsung, which overcame the crisis once, scored a wedge in the bottom of the eighth inning. Park Byung-ho drew a walk, and Diaz hit a timely double. After Kim Hun-gon's walk, Lee Jae-hyun's hit came out, but it did not lead to additional points as Diaz was caught at home.

a three-point lead. For Samsung, Kim Jae-yoon took the mound in the top of the ninth inning. Leading hitter Yang Eui-ji hit a big ball to left-center, but Kim Ji-chan's good defense cut the flow. Doosan failed to score additional points, and the winner was Samsung.

On this day, Samsung won its 12th game of the season with starter Won Tae-in giving up six scoreless innings. Since then, Choi Ji-kwang (1 scoreless inning), Lim Chang-min (⅓ innings scoreless), Lee Sang-min (⅓ innings scoreless), Kim Dae-woo (⅓ innings scoreless), and Kim Jae-yoon (one inning scoreless) have come up one after another to keep the victory.

After starting pitcher Jordan Balazovic allowed one run in five innings, Choi Ji-gang (one scoreless inning), Lee Byung-hun (one scoreless ⅔ inning), Hong Gun-hee (⅓ innings scoreless), Kim Kang-ryul (one run in 0 innings), Park Chi-guk (⅓ innings scoreless) and Jung Chul-won (⅔ innings scoreless) took the mound.



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