SSG Landers secured a winning series by demonstrating the potential of the ‘Home Run Corps’.
SSG won 13-10 in the 8th game of the season against the Samsung Lions of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 24th, and won 5 consecutive wins, marking the season record of 43 wins, 1 draw and 24 losses (0.642). . Samsung, which fell into the pit of five consecutive losses, recorded 26 wins and 41 losses (0.388).토토꽁포인트
SSG is Choo Shin-soo (right fielder) – Choi Ji-hoon (center fielder) – Choi Jeong (3rd baseman) – Guillermo Heredia (left fielder) – Kim Kang-min (designated hitter) – Kang Jin-seong (1st baseman) – Choi Jun-woo (2nd baseman) – Kim Chan-hyeong (shortstop) – Kim Min-sik ( Catcher) lineup was organized in order. Loenis Elias took over the starting lineup.
Samsung: Kim Hyun-jun (center fielder) – Kim Dong-yeop (left fielder) – Jose Pirella (right fielder) – Kang Min-ho (designated hitter) – Kang Han-ul (3 baseman) – Kim Tae-gun (catcher) – Kim Ji-chan (2nd baseman) – Cho Min-seong (1st baseman) – The lineup was organized in the order of Ahn Joo-hyung (shortstop). The starting pitcher is Choi Chae-heung.
The team that succeeded in suppressing the baseline was SSG. Choo Shin-soo hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning for two days in a row. SSG took a 1-0 lead with Samsung starter Choi Chae-heung’s 4-ball fastball and a preemptive solo gun that went over the right fence.
Samsung immediately launched a counterattack. After leading hitter Kim Dong-yeop hit a double, he advanced to third base when Pirella grounded second baseman, and stepped home when Kang Min-ho hit a heavy hit.
Samsung wasn’t satisfied with a 1-1 balance. In the top of the 5th inning, lead batter Kim Hyeon-joon hit a double, and Kim Dong-yeop and Pirella retreated with a fly ball and a ground ball, respectively, but Kang Min-ho and Kang Han-ul walked on base and got the bases loaded with two outs.
Follow-up batter Kim Tae-goon, who hung on Elias tenaciously, managed to get on base with a push-off walk after a 9-pitch game, and Kim Ji-chan stepped on first base with a hit ball. In addition, Jo Min-sung’s 2 RBIs and timely hits broke out, and Samsung ran away with a 4-point gap.
In Joo-hyung Ahn’s at-bat with 2nd out, 1st and 3rd base runner Jo Min-seong on first base was caught on the rundown while third base runner Ji-chan Kim stepped on the groove and added an extra point. Only in the beginning of the 5th inning, Samsung scored 5 points, and the score widened to 6-1.
SSG, the ‘Home Run Corps’, overcame difficulties with offensive power. In the bottom of the 5th inning, with two outs on first base, Choi Ji-hoon narrowed the gap to 3 runs, and after Choi Jeong-Heredia-Kim Kang-min reached base for three consecutive batters, pinch hitter Choi Joo-hwan made the home fans go wild with a come-from-behind full baseman over the right fence. The score is 7-6.
Samsung didn’t give up either. Kang Min-ho, who appeared as the lead batter in the top of the 7th inning, fired a solo shot against Noh Kyung-eun, balancing the score 7-7.
However, SSG, who raised the momentum with a big inning at the end of the 5th inning, showed off a hot hitting feeling at the end of the 7th inning as well. After regaining the lead with lead hitter Choi Jeong’s solo catcher, he added 5 points including 1 RBI and timely hit by Choi Jun-woo, and scored a large number of 6 points in the bottom of the 7th inning alone.꽁머니사이트
In the top of the 8th inning, Samsung made the bases safe with three hits in a row, then Kim Dong-yeop’s sacrifice fly and Pirella’s two RBIs and timely hits saved the spark of hope, but no additional points came out. SSG finishing pitcher Seo Jin-yong, who blocked the top of the 9th inning with no runs, recorded 23 saves for the season.
SSG starter Elias was sluggish with 9 hits, 5 walks, 1 strikeout and 6 runs in 5 innings, but thanks to the scoring support of the other line that drove 4 homers, he harvested 4 wins of the season. On the other hand, Samsung starter Choi Chae-heung recorded 9 hits (2 homers), 1 walk, 3 strikeouts and 6 runs in 4⅔ innings, and had to postpone his first win to another opportunity.