The Samsung Lions, who regained the second place in a week, want to continue their upward trend against the Doosan Bears in Pohang, where they have many good memories.
Samsung will play three consecutive games against Doosan at Pohang Stadium in North Gyeongsang Province on the 20th and 22nd.먹튀검증
Samsung is currently in second place with 63 wins, 2 draws and 52 losses. It lost second place to the LG Twins on the 8th, but regained its original position by sweeping three consecutive weekend games against the NC Dinos on the 16th and 18th.
He is 5.5 games behind the first-place KIA Tigers (68 wins, 2 draws and 46 losses) and 1.5 games ahead of the third-place LG Twins (60 wins, 2 draws and 52 losses).
With 25 to 30 games left between teams, it is not easy for Samsung to surpass the first place. Realistically, securing the second place can be seen as the best result.
In order to maintain the current position, this week’s game between Doosan and Lotte Giants is important. If Doosan wins at least two of the three games, it will be able to play three consecutive weekend games with Lotte in a comfortable manner.
Samsung is overwhelming Doosan in this season. It leads Doosan by a large margin, with 10 wins and 2 losses.
Samsung also has a lot of good memories in Pohang. Since 2012 when Pohang was the second team’s goalkeeper, its winning rate has reached 0.641 (41 wins, 1 draw and 23 losses). It is full of confidence to meet Doosan, which has secured the best position this season in the Promised Land.
Overall, players show good performance. Closing pitcher Oh Seung-hwan was removed from the first division entry with an ERA of 7.88 in the second half, but is blocking the back door due to the collective closing system including Lim Chang-min and Kim Jae-yoon.
Veteran catcher Kang Min-ho is hitting 11 home runs in the second half alone, and Park Byung-ho, who went through the second division, is also showing off his robustness with four home runs in the last six games.
As the starting pitcher on Tuesday, Samsung will bring out Won Tae-in, the ace of blue blood. In his sixth year as a pro, Won has 11 wins and 6 losses with an ERA of 3.47 in 22 games (127 innings) this season.
In the multiple wins category, he shares the top spot with Kwak Bin (Doosan), James Nail (KIA Tigers), and Enmanuel de Heysus (Kium Heroes), and ranks fourth overall in earned run average (ERA) and No. 1 in domestic players, which Samsung believes the most. He has one win in two games against Doosan this season.
Won marked 14 wins, seven losses and ERA 3.06 in 2021. If he maintains consistency during the rest of the season, he can also achieve career-high performance, which gives him great motivation as a player.
Doosan Bears will deploy Jordan Balazovic as its starting pitcher. Balazovic, who replaced Raul Alcantara in July, has displayed impressive performance with two wins and two losses in five games and ERA at 3.33. At the match against Samsung, he allowed one run during four ⅔ innings in just one game.