Won Tae-in Fights Back, Kim Young-woong Hits Hard… Samsung, 3rd Out of 10 Teams to Win 20 Games
Samsung continues its record of winning all 14 games in which it scored first.
The Samsung Lions became the third team out of 10 to reach 20 wins.
Samsung defeated the Doosan Bears 4-2 in the professional baseball 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League visiting game held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd, completing its 20th win (13 losses, 1 draw) of the season.
Samsung, which won 20 wins (26 losses) in 46 games last year, reached 20 wins in 34 games this year, 12 games faster. 바카라사이트
There are only two teams, KIA Tigers and NC Dinos, that reached 20 wins faster than Samsung this season.
Samsung ace Won Tae-in pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run (unearned) and earned his 5th win (1 loss) of the season.
His 'no-run streak' came to a halt due to his own throwing error, but following the match against the Hanwha Eagles on April 20th (6 innings, 2 hits, no runs) and the Kiwoom Heroes match on the 26th (7 innings, 2 hits, no runs), he pitched well without allowing any runs in 3 consecutive games. I continued.
Won Tae-in also lowered his season ERA from 2.10 to 1.79.
Samsung's proud 'veteran bullpen trio' Lim Chang-min, Kim Jae-yoon, and Oh Seung-hwan allowed one run in the remaining three innings and preserved the team's victory.
On this day, Samsung Lions scored the first run and maintained the victory with the power of the mound, continuing its record of winning all 14 games in which it scored first this season.
In the top of the second inning when the score was 0-0, Samsung had a chance to score by reaching second base when leadoff hitter David MacKinnon hit a hit to right and Doosan right fielder Henry Ramos threw the ball back.
Ryu Ji-hyuk hit a fly ball to left field and Kang Min-ho hit a grounder to third base, but with 2 outs and runners on third base, Young-woong Kim hit a triple that went past the first baseman and brought MacKinnon home.
Doosan tied the game in the bottom of the 4th inning thanks to Jeong Soo-bin's quick kicks.
Jeong Soo-bin, who appeared as the leadoff hitter and got on base with a hit to right, ran around second base and all the way to third base when the next batter, Heo Gyeong-min, grounded out in front of first baseman.
Samsung starting pitcher Won Tae-in, who covered first base and caught Heo Gyeong-min, threw to third base, but the ball went into the Samsung bullpen, ignoring Samsung third baseman Ryu Ji-hyuk's glove, and Su-bin Jeong safely hit home.
Samsung took a 2-1 lead again in the top of the 5th inning when Koo Ja-wook hit a timely hit that hit the left fence with 1 out and runners on 1st and 2nd base thanks to Kim Jae-sang's double and Lee Seong-gyu's pitch.
In the top of the 8th inning, with 2 outs, Kang Min-ho and Kim Young-woong's consecutive singles put the runners on 1st and 3rd base, and Lee Jae-hyun's 1-run, timely hit to left created an additional run.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, Doosan made up for one run by stealing second base following Jo Soo-haeng's bunt hit and Su-bin Jeong's fly ball to center field with one out and a grounder to first base by Heo Gyeong-min.
However, Samsung solidified their victory by running away again in the top of the 9th inning with Ryu Ji-hyuk's timely hit to the right with two outs and runners on first and second base.
Kim Young-woong, considered Samsung's 'hit product' this year, played an active part with 3 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats, including hitting his first triple in the first team in the second inning.