"KIA didn't even think about it" Samsung, whose dream of winning disappeared, confirmed second place 'All in'..."Let's win and hurry up as soon as possible"

Sep 18, 2024

A match between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 31st. Samsung manager Park Jin-man and KIA manager Lee Bum-ho. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.08.31/

"KIA didn't think about it. We need to win and cut back."

Samsung Lions manager Park Jin-man expressed his strong will to aim for second place in the regular season.

Samsung's dream of winning the regular season has gone up in smoke. KIA lost to SSG Landers, with the leading KIA Tigers having 1 remaining in the championship magic number on the 17th, but Samsung was also caught up by the Doosan Bears and gave them the championship.

In the first place, the game was big, so the challenge to win was not easy. But now the chance is gone. It's time to make all-out efforts to confirm the second place.

Ahead of the KT Wiz match to be held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th, coach Park said, `I didn't think about KIA. We were moving forward with our own team's goal", implying that he had no greed for first place.

The game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 6th, Samsung Diaz hitting a superior three-run home run and sharing joy with coach Park Jin-man at the top of the 5th inning with no outs. Busan = Reporter Huh Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.09.06/

Of course, there was a chance. Samsung cut its gap with Kia to 4.5 games in late August. It was scheduled to sweep three consecutive games against the Kiwoom Heroes and play two games of fate against KIA at home Daegu on the weekend. If they had caught both games here, the lead fight could have fallen into the fog. However, the result was the second consecutive defeat of the shock. Coach Park said, `It would have been difficult even if we had one win and one loss at that time. We had to win two games to go all the way, but we played a hard game. At that time, after two games, our goal became more pronounced. In reality, he had to do 'all-in' to take the second place.

Fortunately, there are only three "second place magic numbers" left. Samsung is also not good with three consecutive losses ahead of the game, but the number of LG Twins in third place is gradually decreasing due to the bad atmosphere. Coach Park said "We have to win and reduce it, but the third-place team is losing" and "It's embarrassing to call it a magic number." We need to win and confirm the second place quickly. That way, the players can arrange their physical strength. Injured players are also coming out. We need to decide the ranking as soon as possible," he stressed.

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"KIA didn't even think about it" Samsung, whose dream of winning disappeared, confirmed second place 'All in'..."Let's win and hurry up as soon as possible"

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