The Samsung Lions won their 12th (16th) win of the season with a thrilling comeback victory.
On the 4th, Samsung decorated the home game with the NC Dinos with an 11-5 victory. Blaming the loss the day before, they narrowed the game gap with 6th place KT Wiz (12 wins and 15 losses) to 0.5 games. On this day, Samsung lost 2-5 until the beginning of the eighth inning. However, he concentrated on eight hits at the end of the eighth inning and scored nine goals, turning the game around. The attack power, which had developed frustratingly until the 7th inning, exploded in an instant.
Starter Baek Jeong-hyeon recorded 7 runs, 5 strikeouts and 4 runs (3 earned runs) in 6 innings. Jae-ik Lee, who came out as the team’s third pitcher and allowed one run in one inning, was the lucky winning pitcher. In the batting line, catcher Minho Kang wielded 4 hits and 2 runs in 5 at-bats. Jose Pirella (2 RBIs in 4 at-bats) (2 RBIs in 5 at-bats) Jae-il Oh (2 RBIs in 5 at-bats) Heon-gon Kim (2 RBIs in 5 at-bats) contributed to the multi-hit.
Samsung coach Huh Sam-young said, “I want to commend the players who showed their concentration until the very end and pulled off a comeback. Senior players such as Kim Heon-gon, Kang Min-ho, Oh Jae-il, and Lee Won-seok continued to fight at the plate, changing the mood of a team that could be depressed by defeat yesterday.” He praised, “Today’s registered Kim Dong-jin (double hit in the 7th inning) made a reversal point by showing good hitting and defensive play even though he came up after playing the Futures (2nd team) game in Masan.”
Daegu = Reporter Bae Joong-hyun bae.junghyune@joongang.co.kr