Oh Seung-hwan (Samsung Lions pitcher), who is trying to readjust his ball power on the Futures stage, neatly erased one inning.안전놀이터
Oh garnered two wins, seven losses and 27 saves with an ERA of 4.50 in 48 games this season. He is leading the game in saves, and is close to achieving 30 saves for the fourth consecutive year.
Oh performed well in 35 games through June with one win, four losses and 24 saves with an earned run average of 2.48. However, he displayed an uncharacteristic performance with one win, two losses and two saves with an earned run average of 12.15 in nine games in July, and one loss and one save with an earned run average of 12.00 in four games in August.
He allowed walk-off hits at the match against KIA in Gwangju on July 9 and had back-to-back home runs off Oh Jae-il and Hwang Jae-gyun at the match against KT in Daegu on June 15, indicating that he had two hits (two homers) and one strikeout and two runs in ⅔ innings. It was the first time in 765 days that Oh Seung-hwan allowed two homers in a game since the match against KT on July 12, 2022.
Samsung had Oh removed him from its entry list ahead of the match against Changwon NC Dinos on Wednesday. “I decided that it would be better for him to make sure that the team is completely overhauled. We need to make sure that the team is overhauled as we have many important games to play in September as well,” coach Park Jin-man said.
Oh took the mound as the fifth pitcher in the eighth inning with a 3-2 lead in an away game against the NC Dinos in the Futures Summer League held at Masan Stadium on the 23rd. He allowed one hit, one strikeout and no run in one inning. He threw a maximum speed of 147 kilometers and threw a combination of curveball, slider and two-seam fastball.
Oh, who caught the first batter Choi Bo-seong by swinging and striking out, induced Kim to ground out to second. Han Seok-hyun had a hit over the height of the second baseman, but Shin Yong-seok was treated as a catcher’s foul fly to end the day. Oh gave the mound to Hong Jung-woo in the ninth inning with his team leading 3-2.
Samsung won the game 4-3. Starter Lee Ho-seong allowed five hits, two walks and three strikeouts in four innings. Kim, who served as the second pitcher, secured his second win of the season by allowing one hit and one walk in one ⅓ inning. Lee Jae-ik, Choi Ha-neul and Oh Seung-hwan showed off their scoreless struggles, while Hong Jeong-woo, who took the mound in the ninth inning, allowed one run in one inning to secure the save.
Yang Woo-hyun and Kim Dong-yeop stood out the most among the hitters. Yang Woo-hyun had three hits, two RBIs and three runs from four times at bat, including a home run, while Kim Dong-yeop, a slugger from overseas, also had three hits and two runs including a double. Catcher Kim Min-soo also had multi hits by posting two hits from four times at bat.