'Koo Ja-wook cried at Kang Minho's home run' The lion and tiger have a KS summit match for the first time in 31 years. Samsung won 3-1 with a 1-0 victory. KS Game 1 in Gwangju on the 21st
Oct 19, 2024
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Samsung won 1-0 in Game 4 of the playoffs against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 19th, with Kang Min-ho, who had played the most in 2,369 regular league games but had never played in the Korean Series, hitting the final solo shot.
Samsung will play the first game of the Korean Series between the regular league winners, the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions, at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 21st.
It is the first time in 31 years that KIA and Samsung have played in the Korean Series (including those during the Haitai era). In the meantime, KIA and Samsung have met three times in the Korean Series, all of which were KIA's wins. In 1986, the first match, Haitai won with 4 wins and 1 loss, and when they met again a year later in 1987, Haitai won again with 4 wins and 1 loss.
And six years later, in 1993, the winner of the third meeting was Haitai. Samsung led with two wins, one draw and one loss, but Haitai won three consecutive games and took the trophy with four wins, one draw and two losses. I met him in the Korean Series for the first time since the owner changed to KIA.
The LG Twins, who won the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years last year, started for the second consecutive year to win the Korean Series and came to the playoffs by quelling KT Wiz's gust with 3 wins and 2 losses in the semi-playoff, but stopped challenging Samsung's explosive power.
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Eliaser Hernandez, who made a save by throwing 60 pitches in three ⅔ innings in Game 3, took a day off, but manager Yeom Kyung-yeop gave it a break in Game 4. Director Yeom said, `I don't have any arm problems. It's just a clumping phenomenon that occurs after the starting pitcher throws it. "I decided to give him a break after consulting with the training part without asking the player. If you take a break until tomorrow, you will have three days off. If he goes to Game 5, he will be able to throw well,' he said, expecting to be a must-win card for Game 5. In order to use Hernandez in Game 5, he must win in Game 4. With starter N.S. and Son Joo-young as the main players, Yoo Young-chan and Kim Jin-sung are planned to be deployed. Coach Yeom predicted an all-out war, saying, `"Son Joo-young will put in at the start of the inning,' `If N.S. is in crisis, I will block it with Yoo Young-chan and Kim Jin-sung and put Son Joo-young in the next inning.'
Samsung has revised its lineup. Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Lee Sung-kyu (right wing), Diaz (first baseman), Park Byung-ho (designated hitter), Kim Heon-gon (left wing), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Kang Min-ho (catcher), Jeon Byung-woo (second baseman), and Lee Jae-hyun (striker) made a lineup centered on right-handed hitters. The batting order of Diaz and Park Byung-ho was advanced one space each. No. 2 uses right-handed hitter Lee Sung-kyu, who hit 22 home runs, and places long hitters in the front.
Samsung is also in the midst of an all-out war. Koo Ja-wook, who went all the way to Japan after the knee injury in Game 2, is on standby as a pinch hitter, and Won Tae-in, the starter of Game 5, is also prepared for the bullpen. It means I'll use it if I can win.
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LG had two hits in the bottom of the second inning, but it didn't even have a chance to score. After 1st base, Oh Ji-hwan hit a right-handed hit, but failed to steal second base, and Moon Bo-kyung hit a left-handed hit later, but Park Dong-won was caught on a foul fly by the first baseman.
Samsung was being dragged by Ens without hitting any hits until the top of the fourth inning. Then, in the top of the fifth inning, Kim Young-woong hit a right-handed hit to create an opportunity. Kang Min-ho's sacrifice bunt made him one out and second base. However, Jeon and Lee Jae-hyun failed to score the first point due to consecutive strikeouts by swinging.
LG also failed to target Reyes. From the third inning to the fifth inning, he was forced out three times in a row. As Reyes' control became more stable, LG hitters were unable to hit the ball.
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LG posted its second pitcher Son Joo-young in the top of the seventh inning. Ence threw 103 pitches until the sixth inning, giving up only one hit and two walks, striking out eight, and playing a life-long battle to tie the Samsung lineup with no runs. And Son Joo-young, who came out in the seventh inning, was in better condition than the second game as he handled it with a three-out offense.
But Samsung Reyes was solid. He pitched 110 pitches until the seventh inning, recording three hits, two strikeouts, and no runs.
In the end, the game is a one-point battle at the last minute. At that time, Kang Min-ho, the oldest player, scored a valuable point. Since his debut in 2004, he has never made it to the Korean Series "I want to smell the Korean Series."Kang Min-ho, who said, fired a solo shot over the left-center fence from Son Joo-young in the top of the eighth inning. Kang Min-ho hit a high fastball of 147km in the middle of the fifth pitch in 3B1S and crossed the fence at a high speed of 169km.
Kang Min-ho, who hit only one hit each in Daegu's first and second games and had no hit in the third game, was not good with two hits in 11 at-bats, and Kang Min-ho, who hit a fly to center field in the top of the second inning and a sacrifice bunt in the top of the fifth inning, hit a home run for the Korean Series on his own.
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After two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Samsung created an additional opportunity for the bases loaded with Kim Hun-gon's double on the left-field line and Kim Young-woong's walk on the ball that hit Park Byung-ho's body. Kang Min-ho, who hit a solo shot, put LG closer Yoo Young-chan in the batter's box. Kang Min-ho was unfortunately out with a ground ball in front of the third base.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Samsung closer Kim Jae-yoon took the mound, caught Hong Chang-ki Shin Min-jae Austin in turn, recorded his first postseason save for Samsung, and headed to the Korean Series.
indyk@sportschosun.com
