'Did you choose me after skipping everything?' Diaz, Fury Final Three Runpo...Samsung escapes 3 consecutive losses

Sep 18, 2024

Samsung-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th. Diaz is welcomed after hitting a three-run shot with two outs and runners on first and second in the top of the ninth inning. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.18/

The Samsung Lions escaped from three consecutive losses. The second-place magic number was reduced to two.

After a close game against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th, Samsung won 8-6 and got out of the swamp for three consecutive losses.

Samsung lost to the Doosan Bears the previous day and erased the last magic number of the leading KIA Tigers to win the regular season. Samsung, which urgently needs to confirm the second place, will have two numbers left every season until the second place is confirmed with the victory. Director Park Jin-man said he was embarrassed to call it a magic number.

Before the game, Samsung was in second place with a five-game gap over the third-place LG Twins. He is stable to be second, but he has recently won three consecutive games and is in a state of anxiety. Coach Park said, `It's embarrassing to call it a magic number because we won, but I want to erase the numbers. Only when the second place is confirmed quickly can the players' physical strength be arranged. There are injuries, he stressed. Samsung was trying to reduce the second-place magic number due to the recent decline in third-place LG.

However, KT also had a busy way to go. They are competing for fifth place. Fall baseball is also fall baseball, but LG's sluggishness mentioned above enabled it to reach the third place.

Both teams have to win. It was fierce.

Samsung-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th. In the top of the sixth inning, Kim Ji-chan is hitting an RBI single with one out and third base. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.18/

Samsung will start first. It successfully targeted Cho Joy-hyun, a substitute starter for KT. As soon as Joey-hyun started the second inning, he was shaken by giving up consecutive walks to Park Byung-ho and Kim Young-woong. Samsung, which did not miss this chance, scored two runs with Lee Jae-hyun's first RBI timely hit and Ryu Ji-hyuk's double play vs. third baseman Kim Young-woong homered.

Samsung added momentum with Koo Ja-wook's solo shot in the top of the third inning. the season's 31st shot. Koo Ja-wook increased his season RBI to 110.

However, KT's counterattack was also not easy. In the bottom of the third inning, Samsung starter Reyes scored a chasing score with a wild pitch with one out and runners on the second and third bases. Then he tied it at the top of the fourth inning. Reyes was shaken by a walk to the lead Jang Sung-woo and a hit on No. 4 Oh Jae-il, but Kim Sang-soo hit an RBI single to chase under the chin by one point. However, like Samsung, Hwang Jae-kyun had to settle for the tie by adding a score with a double play.

Samsung-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th. Shortstop Kim Sang-soo, who entered the second base cover when Koo Ja-wook hit a grounder to the second base with no outs and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the fifth inning, is making a catch error. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.18/

Since then, there has been a blood clot that does not know which team will win. When Samsung easily ran away in the top of the fifth inning due to KT shortstop Kim Sang-soo's fatal catch mistake, Oh Jae-il's RBI double came out in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the game again.

When Samsung ran away with Kim Ji-chan's timely hit in the top of the sixth inning, KT re-balanced it with Hwang Jae-kyun's dramatic tying solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Samsung-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th. Kim Jae-yoon is pitching in the bottom of the ninth inning. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.18/

It was at the beginning of the ninth inning that the two teams' background collapsed. The hero of the day was Diaz. Diaz, who couldn't even hit a single in the previous four at-bats and didn't have a clue at all, scored a three-run shot in the top of the ninth inning that hit the central structure directly from KT bullpen Son Dong-hyun with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. His 7th shot since his debut in the KBO League. KT skipped Koo Ja-wook, who showed good batting performance on the day, and chose Diaz It was a complete failure.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, KT failed to turn the game around, although Jang Sung-woo drew a solo shot from his old teammate and Samsung closer Kim Jae-yoon. Kim Jae-yoon lost a point, but his save contributed to his team's successive loss.

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'Did you choose me after skipping everything?' Diaz, Fury Final Three Runpo...Samsung escapes 3 consecutive losses

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