Since the trio of Lee Seung-yeop, Ma Hae-young and Yang Jun-hyuk, the most home runs have been recorded in 21 years. The Samsung Lions hit four home runs in a game, summoning the legendary batters.토토사이트
Samsung defeated Lotte Giants of 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League 5-1 at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Sunday. Starting pitcher Connor Seibold pitched six innings of one run and Park Byung-ho, Jeon Byung-woo and Koo Ja-wook’s two home runs scored in a relay to secure a landslide victory. Samsung (70 wins, 56 losses and two draws) secured its 70th win for the second time this season, beating the third-ranked LG Twins (65 wins, 58 losses and two draws) by 3.5 games.
Early in the game, the team was in a tight race between pitchers. Charlie Barnes (2.80), who ranks third in ERA, and Connor Seabold (3.50), who ranks sixth in ERA, displayed stable pitching as expected. The first player to laugh in the one-score battle was Lotte. In the top of the third inning, Lotte led 1-0, with two outs and a wild pitch and an RBI single by Ko Seung-min.
Samsung, which is in an inferior position, changed the mood with a powerful cannon. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Samsung successfully turned the game around 2-1 with Park Byung-ho’s solo shot side by side. It was his 19th homer of this season, and his 399th homer of this season, and Jeon’s second homer of this season in two games after the game against the KIA Tigers on Aug. 31, destroying Barnes.
Samsung sealed the victory with consecutive homeruns by Koo Ja-wook in the sixth and eighth innings. Koo hit solo shots in succession against Barnes in the sixth and eighth innings, leading to a 4-1 run. Afterwards, Samsung added one more point with a walk by Park Byung-ho and a double by Diaz, which sealed its victory. After exploding four homers, Samsung operated the iron-barred bullpen with Kim Tae-hoon, Lim Chang-min, Lee Sang-min, and Kim Jae-yoon, securing a four-run victory.
Samsung, which added four homers against Lotte, secured 158 homers in 128 games, beating the second-ranked NC Dinos (148 homers) and the third-ranked KIA Tigers (145 homers). Samsung, which had just 88 homers last year, has transformed itself into the strongest cannonball corps in the league by nearly doubling its number in a year.
Samsung does not have a slugger who is aiming to become the home run champion this season. Samsung does not have a batter with more than 30 home runs, which has five players in the KBO league. In contrast, NC, the second-ranked team in home runs, has Matt Davidson (40 home runs), and KIA, the third-ranked team, has Kim Do-young (35 home runs).
Instead, Samsung has multiple home runs evenly among its players in all positions. Starting with Koo Ja-wook (26), Kim Young-woong (25 home runs), Lee Sung-kyu (20 home runs), Kang Min-ho (17 home runs), Park Byung-ho (16 home runs), and Lee Jae-hyun (13 home runs) all hit home runs in the upper and lower ranks. Six players have posted double-digit home runs, the largest number in the league.
The absence of these players does not mean that they will have problems with their slugging capability. Samsung had Kim Young-woong, Lee Sung-kyu and Lee Jae-hyun absent from the match against Lotte on Thursday due to injury, but still showed off their home run productivity as other players did their part. Just like Jeon Byung-woo (three games with two home runs), who is a surprise star, players who can make a hit at any time are waiting for him.
As of Thursday, Samsung has displayed a pace of 178 home runs based on 144 games. Its 178 home runs are the fourth highest in the club’s history, following those in 2003 (213 home runs), 1999 (207 home runs), and 2002 (191 home runs). Notably, 2002 and 2003 were the years when Lee Ma-yang, one of the most powerful clean-up trio in the history of the KBO league, was holding out.
Samsung had difficulty finding a clear slugger this season, as it suffered two setbacks as a foreign hitter. Only recently, Lewin Diaz (four homers) joined the team, providing support. Nonetheless, Samsung has taken one step closer to advancing to the Korean Series for the first time in nine years, entertaining fans with a home run parade that is comparable to “Imaeyang.”