The Samsung Lions fell into a losing streak as they collapsed without enduring the last crisis.
Samsung, led by head coach Park Jin-man, lost 8-9 in the 11th game of this season against the KIA Tigers of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Gwangju-KIA Champions Field on Sunday, falling to two consecutive losses. The team posted 57 wins, 25 draws and 51 losses (0.528) this season.토토사이트
Samsung had to endure in the early stages of the game. Lee Seung-min, who had showdowns with Yang as the starting pitcher, had six hits (one homer) and two strikeouts, and allowed five runs in five innings.
The team’s batters also gained strength. Samsung, which had no goals during the first three innings of the game, bombed the KIA mound with five consecutive score innings starting with one run in the top of the fourth inning, three runs in the top of the fifth inning, two runs in the top of the sixth inning, one run in the top of the seventh inning, and one run in the top of the eighth inning. Since its reversal in the top of the fifth inning, Samsung has maintained its lead to overcome the crisis and become one step closer to victory.
With Lim Chang-min, Choi Ji-kwang, and Kim Jae-yoon all in the team’s must-win group midway through the game, Samsung pulled out Oh Seung-hwan’s card in the bottom of the ninth inning with its 8-7 lead. As a veteran pitcher with 426 saves in his career, Kia expected Oh to maintain its one-run lead.
However, soon after, the plan went awry. Oh caused a crisis of scoring rights when he was hit twice by leadoff hitter Kim Sun-bin in the bottom of the ninth inning, and allowed his follow-up hitter Kim Do-young to make an infield hit, driving him to the first and second bases with no outs. On top of that, Na Sung-bum’s timely hit failed to keep his lead.
The crisis continued. The two teams took a breather with Socrates’ ground ball at the first and second bases with no outs and runners on 8-8, and Seo seemed to fill the second out count by inducing a fly ball to Seo Kun-chang with runners on the first and third bases with one out. However, the call play between the second and center field was not smooth, and the ball landed on the ground as it was. The game ended with third baseman Kim Do-young scoring a point.
Samsung’s Oh Seung-hwan throws the ball vigorously in the bottom of the ninth inning of the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” match between the Samsung Lions and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 2nd. Expots News DB
Oh Seung-hwan continued his upward trend by harvesting 24 saves until June, but showed signs of instability in July with one win, two losses and two saves and an earned run average of 12.15 in six ⅔ innings in nine games. On the 7th, his first appearance in August, he soothed his disappointment by allowing one strikeout and no hit in one inning against the Hanwha Eagles in Daegu, but the loss deepened Samsung’s worries.
Meanwhile, Samsung aims to secure two consecutive losses by starting Danny Reyes as its starting pitcher on Tuesday. Kia’s starting pitcher is Kim Ki-hoon.