Catastrophe happened again.

The Samsung Lions, led by coach Park Jin-man, lost 2-8 in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League KIA Tigers at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 16th and lost 2-8 in the season.

In fact, Samsung took the lead first in the match. In the first inning, he shook Anderson, the opponent’s starter, by bringing 2 runs with 4 hits in a row. Won Tae-in, who started as a starter, blocked 6 innings and 1 run against the KIA lineup. The second half of the game was met without a major crisis.

Kim Tae-hoon collapsed today following two days ago. Photo = Courtesy of Samsung Lions
Won Tae-in passed the mound to Kim Tae-hoon in the beginning of the 7th inning. This is where Samsung’s disaster began. It was important for Kim Tae-hoon, who had been sluggish with an average ERA of 21.00 in May until the game that day, and 3 runs in 0.1 inning against the Daegu LG Twins two days ago, to prepare an opportunity for a rebound.

However, Taehoon Kim was shaken again. He was hit by a double by lead batter Byun Woo-hyuk. Afterwards, Kim Kyu-seong, who entered the main runner, seemed to be overcoming the crisis by treating him as the main runner, but Lee Woo-sung hit another hit. He then gave up a walk to pinch hitter Lee Chang-jin. Pitching coach Jung Hyeon-wook stepped onto the mound and added strength, but Kim Tae-hoon allowed Park Chan-ho to tie the game by one RBI. In the end, he was replaced with Woo Kyu-min.

I believed in the experience of veteran Woo Gyu-min, who played in 716 KBO games. However, Woo Kyu-min’s ball was powerless. He got a 1 RBI come-from-behind hit by Hwang Dae-in, followed by another 1 RBI timely hit by Kim Seon-bin. Woo Kyu-min went down the mound without catching a single out count.

Woo Kyu-min also failed to give strength to the Samsung bullpen. Photo = Reporter Kim Young-gu
This time, Lee Seung-hyun came up. One of Pil Seung-jo, who has recently been doing well on the Samsung mound. As soon as he came up, he struck out Jong-wook Ko and got off to a good start. However, Choi Hyung-woo added one more timely hit, followed by a shocking three-run gun from Socrates Brito and lowered his head. The long 7th inning ended only after Hong Jong-pyo was treated as a floating ball by center fielder.안전놀이터

Three pitchers came out to block an inning. However, the record was not all good. Kim Tae-hoon gave up 3 runs in 0.1 innings this time, following two days ago, Woo Kyu-min gave up 2 runs on 2 hits in 0 innings, and Lee Seung-hyun recorded 2 runs on 2 hits (1 home run) in 0.2 innings, leaving regret.

After that, I did my best to turn around in the remaining innings, but it was not easy to close the gap that had already occurred.

Lee Seung-hyun, who showed good form during the season, was also sluggish this day. Photo = Reporter Kim Young-gu
Samsung had the same experience at the Suwon KT Wiz match held on April 28th. Albert Suarez threw a perfect pitch and went down the mound with an 8-0 lead. However, in the 8th inning alone, he showed a 8-point run. It was a shame because he took victory, otherwise the aftermath might have lasted a long time.

In any case, it is necessary to wash away the sluggishness of 7 runs in the 7th inning and prepare for the game tomorrow (17th). can it bring victory? The starter on the 17th is Suarez.