Samsung, which had been on the brink of falling to the bottom after losing 5 games in a row, achieved a reversal of the atmosphere thanks to the performance of Gye Tu-jin.메이저놀이터
Samsung won 7-5 against KT in Suwon on the 18th. This marked the end of a 5-game losing streak since the game against LG in Jamsil on the 13th.
Starter Choi Chae-heung, who appeared twice a week in the first week after being discharged, creaked with 10 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts and 5 runs in 4⅔ innings. Moon Yong-ik took over the baton in the 5th inning when the score was 5-5, with 2 out and 2nd base. With a wild throw, a walk, and a stolen second base, he was put in a crisis with 2 out, 2nd and 3rd base, but he took a breather by handling Anthony Alford with a strike not out.
Did you say ‘chance after crisis, crisis after chance’? Samsung brought the victory to 6-5 with Kim Ji-chan’s timely hit in the 6th inning. Moon Yong-Ik, who met the requirements for a rescue victory, finished the 6th inning with 9 balls for the three batters Jung Joon-Young, Moon Sang-Cheol, and Jang Seong-Woo. In the 7th inning, Yang Chang-seop got on the mound. After one out, Bae Jeong-dae and Lee Ho-yeon hit consecutive hits, but Kim Min-hyeok and Park Byeong-ho, who came on as pinch hitters, were treated as ground balls in succession and scored no runs.
In the 8th inning, Samsung, who gained momentum, ran away by one more point with Kim Ji-chan’s infield ground ball. Samsung put submarine pitcher Kim Dae-woo on the mound in the 8th inning, leading by two points. He struck out lead batter Alford and passed the mound to right-hander Lee Seung-hyun. He hit a double in the right field against Jung Joon-young, the first batter, but Sang-cheol Moon and Seong-wu Jang each struck out looking and center fielded fly.
Prior to the game that day, left-hander Lee Seung-hyun took the mound in a save situation instead of Oh Seung-hwan, who was canceled from the first team entry. Hwang Jae-gyun and Lee Ho-yeon, the lead batters in the ninth inning, were two points ahead, respectively, with a ground ball to third base and a fly to center field. He gave up a hit to the right at the end of the match and a full count, but Kang Hyeon-woo, a pinch hitter, was overpowered with a catcher strike not out, and the game ended.
Moon Yong-ik won his first win of the season, and left-hander Lee Seung-hyun recorded his third save. Samsung fell into a pit of five consecutive losses due to the creaking of the pitching team. Thanks to the fighting pitcher, he broke the chain of 5 consecutive losses.
Meanwhile, from the 20th, Samsung will invite Kiwoom to the homeroom and play three consecutive matches during the week.