Samsung, the least-imposed team, loses two gloomy days marked by errors and wild pitches
Samsung, the least-imposed team, loses two gloomy days marked by errors and wild pitches
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The Samsung Lions (81 errors) had a gloomy day with wild pitches and errors in the Korean Series.먹튀검증
Samsung gave up both games (1-5/3-8) to the KIA Tigers in the first game of the "2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Postseason" Korean Series at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 23rd.
Samsung will head to its home city of Daegu with two losses without a win in the best-of-four Korean Series. A team that has lost both of its first and second games in the previous Korean Series has only a 10 percent chance of winning the championship.
Samsung, which had an unexpected rest day on the 22nd, was evaluated as having gained the upper hand, but Samsung collapsed on its own in the first and second games on the 23rd. Samsung, which was the least-imposed team in the regular season this year, coincidentally committed errors and wild throws in front of KIA, the most-imposed team, and destroyed itself.
With rain declaring the first suspended game in postseason history on the 21st, Samsung, which faced the first game again in the top of the sixth inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases with a 1-0 lead on the 23rd, continued to the bases loaded with two outs, but failed to score a runaway score.
The most painful moment was in the bottom of the seventh inning. Lim Chang-min, "second in hold," who had won the Korean Series with runners on the second and third bases with two outs in the seventh inning when his team was ahead 1-0, lost the game 1-1 due to wild throw. Catcher Kang Min-ho ran towards the missing ball, but the third baseman already made his way home. Lim also committed another wild throw in the ensuing at-bat in Socrates, allowing the team to come from behind to lose 1-2. Manager Park Jin-man and catcher Kang Min-ho also sighed while watching from the dugout.
KIA, which was blocked by Won Tae-in on the 21st and frustrated with the center hitters striking out in the sixth inning of Game 1, succeeded in reversing with two opposing wild pitches and ran away 4-1 as Socrates-Kim Do-young's timely hit exploded in succession to win the game. Samsung was no longer able to chase after the futile reversal, and lost 1-5 in the eighth inning after being hit by a timely double by Kim Tae-gun.
In the second game, which ended an hour later, he made an error and lost a lot of points from the first inning.
Catcher Kang Min-ho threw the ball to the second base to catch runner Park Chan-ho at the bottom of the first inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases at the risk of 0-0. It was a catcher's error. In the meantime, Park reached the third base, and Socrates at the first base settled down at the second base.
Hwang Dong-jae, the starting pitcher who entered the Korean Series for the first time, lost control of his ball in a situation where he could score a point. He failed to block Kia's batters, who boast of the highest batting average in their teams. Hwang, who lost a point through a groundout by Kim Do-young, lost a whopping five runs after receiving consecutive hits from veteran Choi Hyung-woo, Na Sung-bum, Kim Sun-bin and Lee Woo-sung.
Samsung's batters, who allowed five runs in the first inning, failed to target Kia's starting pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong, before being dragged away. After giving up the flow, he ended up scoring two runs off Jang Hyun-sik, Kwak Do-gyu, and Jeong Hae-young.
Kang made a throw in the bottom of the eighth inning to block his attempt to steal second base with one out and one on the first base, but he fell back and committed his second error only in the second game. Later, with one out and runners on the third base, Samsung gave up a sacrifice fly and lost additional points.
Samsung often won the game with long balls in a decisive trend, as the No. 1 "team home run" (185), but there was no home run on that day, and it self-destructed due to a series of wild pitches and errors.
Reyes will start in Game 3 and Won Tae-in in Game 4, but a rebound may be difficult if he cannot escape the gloomy atmosphere of the 23rd, which has subsided due to wild pitches and errors.