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Oct 13, 2024
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The playoff series between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins will open at Lions Park in Daegu on the 13th.
Home runs are a variable in Daegu's first and second games. Lions Park is a batter-friendly stadium with the most 216 home runs this season. Except for Jamsil Baseball Stadium (220 home runs), which Doosan and LG share, it is the only stadium with more than 200 home runs.
The home team, Samsung, has turned into a home run corps this season. He is by far No. 1 with 185 team home runs.
The senior middle-aged and rookie burst out evenly. Except for Kim Ji-chan and Ryu Ji-hyuk, about seven batters can cross the fence at any time.
Starting with Koo Ja-wook with 33 home runs, four players, including Kim Young-woong (28 home runs), Park Byung-ho (23 home runs) and Lee Sung-kyu (22 home runs), exceeded 20 home runs. Six players, including Kang Min-ho (19 home runs) and Lee Jae-hyun (14 home runs), hit double-digit home runs. In addition, Diaz, Yoon Jung-bin, Jeon Byung-woo, and Kim Heon-gon are also players who can cross the fence at any time.
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Samsung is expected to put forward home run hitters in the first and second games to put pressure on LG pitchers.
However, Lions Park's home run is not exclusive to Samsung hitters.
Although LG finished ninth in the team's home run (115 home runs), the Park Factor should be considered. He hit eight home runs in seven games in Daegu. The figure is just over one per game.
However, LG came by taking advantage of its hitting sense through five playoff games against KT.
Starting with big guns shooting decisive cannons in big games such as Austin, Park Dong-won, and senior players such as Kim Hyun-soo and Oh Ji-hwan also recovered their batting sense. Whether Moon Bo-kyung, who played four times during the season, will be fully revived is important not only for long balls but also for the overall balance of the batters.
Unlike KT, which had fewer left-handed pitchers, LG added a new right-handed slugger Kim Bum-seok against Samsung, which had left-handers in the bullpen and starters such as Lee Seung-hyun, Choi Chae-heung, and Lee Sang-min. It was a choice considering the left-hander as well as the Lions Park's big ball baseball, which has to play as many as three games. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop also said after the playoffs that there are about six batters who can play big ball baseball in Daegu. If the batting sense rises further, I think the batters will never fall behind Samsung, he said, hinting at a heated long-shot match.
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In the first game, LG's batting sense, which has been playing games, is expected to be slightly ahead. The variable is expected to be at what point Samsung's big guns will fire their flares.
hschung@sportschosun.com
