'Connor, Samsung is strong even without Koo Ja-wook'1st win to Gwangju' Kim Young-woong, Kim Heon-gon (2), Diaz (2) Home Run Five Big Ball Show + Won Tae-in 6.2 innings, one run, Samsung come from behind to win 10-5
Oct 15, 2024
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In the second playoff game against the LG Twins at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 15th, Samsung added starter Won Tae-in's good pitching of one run in six ⅔ innings to a tremendous home run show that hit five home runs alone, including Kim Young-woong's two consecutive home runs and Kim Hun-gon and Diaz's consecutive home runs.
In the best-of-five playoff, there have been a total of 18 cases in which two consecutive wins have been made, and 15 of them have been won by teams with two consecutive wins. After two consecutive losses, there were only three times that they reached the Korean Series with three consecutive wins: Hyundai Unicorns in 1996, KS Wyverns in 2009 (opposite team Doosan), and KT Wiz in 2023 (opposite team NC). Samsung has an 83.3 percent chance of advancing to the Korean Series.
LG faces the fate of having to go to Game 5 to advance to the Korean Series for the second consecutive year. He made a super-strong move to change the starter from Ens to Son Joo-young, but he was on the verge of elimination with two losses.
LG, who was tired due to the cancellation of rain, took a day off and got lucky, but the result was the opposite.
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Kim Heon-gon was placed as No. 2 instead of Yoon Jeong-bin, who was the top contributor to the victory by scoring three hits and three points in the first game. Yoon Jung-bin was good with a batting average of .304 against right-handed pitchers, but was weak with .208 against left-handed pitchers. Kim Heon-gon hit .322 against right-handed pitchers and .286 against left-handed pitchers this season.
LG's nine main players started all six games from the first round of the semi-PO to the first round of the PO, but a new member came in for the first time on the day. Kim Bum-seok started as Moon Sung-joo's hamstring was not easy to run. Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Austin (first baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (left wing), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Park Dong-won (captor), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Kim Bum-seok (designated hitter) participated.
It was important to select the first point as Samsung starter Won Tae-in ranked first in Korea with an ERA of 3.66, and LG starter Son Joo-young ranked second in Korea with 3.79.
LG scored the first run in the top of the first inning. After one out, Shin Min-jae's heavy hit, Austin's hit to left-center created a chance for first and third bases. Kim Hyun-soo hit a ground ball in front of the second base, but failed to double play, and Shin Min-jae scored.
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LG had a chance to take the lead again in the top of the second inning. Park Dong-won drew a walk after a full count match on the lead Moon Bo-kyung's right-handed hit, and Park Hae-min's sacrifice bunt was added to make the second and third bases with one out.
And Kim Bum-seok, who made his first postseason debut in place of Moon Sung-joo, stepped up, but struck out swinging. Hong Chang-ki stepped down with a fly to left field, failing to get valuable chances on the second and third bases.
Then, Samsung quickly turned the tables with its unique home run. Kim Young-woong, who came down to No. 8 after two deaths, hit a superior solo shot. He had no hits in seven at-bats in the regular season, but he marked his first hit with a home run in his first postseason meeting. 2-1.
LG also created a chance in the top of the third inning when lead Shin Min-jae walked. However, Austin's Kim Hyun-soo and Oh Ji-hwan failed to catch up with them as they stepped down as bad hitters.
Samsung even scored a lucky run in the bottom of the third inning. After 2 outs, Lee Sung-kyu, who came in on behalf of Koo Ja-wook, took a walk and got on base, and Diaz made a check swing on a slider that fell out of 1B2S, but the third base umpire decided no swing. However, the broadcasting screen clearly shows the swing.
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After one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, when No. 9 Jeon Byung-woo walked and got on base, LG put in a bullpen. Yoo Young-chan came up and caught Kim Ji-chan with a left fielder fly, but Kim Hun-gon hit a two-run shot over the left fence. It was 5-1 and the game gradually leaned toward Samsung.
Samsung hit a superior solo shot from Ham Deok-ju, whose Diaz changed in the bottom of the sixth inning, and recorded a home run for two consecutive games. 6-1. Then, with a walk and a hit, the opportunity to score additional runs on the first and second bases with no outs continued, but it was blocked by Kim Jin-sung, who followed.
Son Joo-young, who started as an icon of LG's victory, recorded his first postseason start as a losing game with five hits (one home run), two walks, five strikeouts and four runs (three earned) during four ⅓ innings.
Samsung starter Won Tae-in was unstable in the beginning, but soon showed stability like the king of multiple wins and the king of domestic ERA. Won Tae-in, who allowed three hits and one walk in the first and second innings, gave up just one hit and one walk in four innings from the third to the sixth inning.
In the top of the seventh inning, LG's Park Dong-won and Hong Chang-ki hit hits to create an opportunity for two outs and runners on first and second bases. When the number of pitches reached 100, coach Park Jin-man came up and asked Won Tae-in's intention and went down again, and Shin Min-jae and Won Tae-in played. Shin Min-jae hit a right-handed hit and loaded the bases with two outs.
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Won Tae-in allowed seven hits and two walks in six ⅔ innings with 104 pitches, but pitched ace-down, allowing only one run with three strikeouts. He became the first winning pitcher in his first postseason start since his debut, keeping the pride of the No. 1 ERA in Korea.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Kim Heon-gon fired a two-run shot over the right fence against Kim Yoo-young with no outs. He hit a series of two-run shots. In the first game, Yoon Jung-bin, who played second, scored three hits and three runs, and in the second game, he changed to Kim Heon-gon because of left-handed Son Joo-young, and Kim Heon-gon continued his tremendous performance by hitting three hits and four RBIs, including two-run home runs. Samsung's home run was not the end. Diaz hit another superior solo shot from the changed pitcher Baek Seung-hyun. a home run in consecutive at-bats. Samsung Lions Park was in a festive mood.
After starter Son Joo-young allowed the game to come from behind, LG mobilized all of its bullpens, including Yoo Young-chan, Ham Deok-ju, Kim Jin-sung, Kim Yoo-young, Baek Seung-hyun, Jung Woo-young and Lee Jong-joon, but it collapsed after being hit by a home run by Samsung.
The batters also tried to face off with a big ball, but they failed to target the balls of Samsung pitchers at all, as it was difficult to replenish their physical strength with a day off. In particular, it was regrettable that Kim Bum-seok and Hong Chang-ki failed to score in the top of the second inning with one out and runners on the second and third bases. LG, whose seven hits were all single hits until the eighth inning, made a solo shot in the top of the ninth inning by Park Hae-min, followed by Kim Hyun-soo's three-run shot on consecutive hits by Lee Young-bin and Hong Chang-ki, but the game was over before.
Samsung, which has won two consecutive games, and LG, which has lost two consecutive games, will now move to Jamsil and play the third round of the playoffs on the 17th. Game 3 is a match between LG Lim Chan-kyu and Samsung Hwang Dong-jae.
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