Can the ‘Sunday Lions’, who can neither laugh nor cry, be different in Pohang?

The Samsung Lions will play three consecutive matches during the week against the Doosan Bears in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Pohang Baseball Stadium from the 4th. This three-game series will be held not at Daegu Samsung Lions Park, but at Pohang Baseball Stadium, the ‘second home stadium’ that Samsung has been using since 2012.카지노사이트

Except for 2020 and 2021, when games were not held in the aftermath of Corona 19, Samsung has visited Pohang every year since its opening, and the total Pohang game record is 40 wins, 1 draw and 18 losses. It is a place with many pleasant memories for Samsung, with an odds ratio of 0.690.

Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop, the ‘Red Chief’, also has a deep relationship with Pohang Baseball Stadium.

Coach Lee is an indispensable figure in the history of Pohang Baseball Stadium, and on June 3, 2015, in a home game against the Lotte Giants, he achieved 400 home runs for the first time in KBO League history. He also hit 15 home runs here alone. During his active career, coach Lee’s performance in Pohang was 39 games, 141 at-bats, 51 hits, a batting average of 0.362, 15 home runs and 45 RBIs.

Also, when coach Lee was playing as a player, Samsung recorded 33 wins and 11 losses in Pohang, showing a win rate of over 70% (0.750). While most of the home game schedule was digested at Daegu Civil Baseball Stadium and Lions Park, Pohang fans presented many victories. But now, instead of ‘Samsung Lee Seung-yeop’, he visits Pohang Baseball Stadium as ‘Doosan Manager Lee Seung-yeop’.

The lowest-ranked Samsung seeks a turnaround in Pohang, the “promised land.”

Samsung continued its 4-game losing streak last week, but ended the week with a 2-1 victory over the Daegu Hanwha Eagles on the 2nd. In 13 games on Sunday, he continued his strong form with a 0.692 win rate of 9 wins and 4 losses. However, as they failed to accumulate many wins, the gap with the 9th place KIA Tigers widened to 4.5 games.

Players and coaching staff still did not let go of the string of hope for the jump to the middle of the day. In order for that wish to become a reality, a turning point must be provided in the three-game series in Pohang. You have to raise the win rate as much as possible before the end of the first half in order to ‘overturn the rankings’.

As planned, Samsung will have Albert Suarez and two domestic starters in turn in this three-game series.

Choi Chae-heung will take the mound in the last game of the rotation series (6th), and in the case of the 5th game, there is an open possibility for left-hander Baek Jung-hyun to return after missing the rotation once after the first team was eliminated due to left elbow discomfort.

It cannot be concluded that Samsung has an advantage over Doosan, which starts in the order of Choi Won-joon, Kim Dong-ju, and Brandon Waddell, but it is nice to see reinforcements joining. As starting outfielder Koo Ja-wook will join the first team on the 4th, the batting line can breathe a little.

Samsung coach Park Jin-man said that he would play an ‘all-out war’ until the end of the first half. Samsung’s idea is that he will use the bullpen resources as much as possible to see the game to the end. It remains to be seen whether the game can be played as planned against Doosan.