Park Byung-ho home run Samsung wins his first exhibition game in front of a packed audience

Mar 09, 2025

Park Byung-ho home run Samsung wins his first exhibition game in front of a packed audience
Park Byung-ho, who hit a home run in an exhibition game against SSG on the 9th. Photo =Samsung Lions



The previous day's defeat was neatly avenged. The Samsung Lions won their first exhibition game in front of a full crowd.

Samsung won the exhibition game against SSG Landers 7-0 at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 9th. With the victory, Samsung recorded one win and one loss after the opening of the exhibition game, and shared one win each of the two consecutive games. SSG is also one win and one loss.

Samsung starting lineup = Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Kim Hyun-gon (right fielder), Park Byung-ho (designated hitter), Diaz (first baseman), Jeon Byung-woo (third baseman), Kim Do-hwan (captor), Lee Jae-hyun (fielders), Yang Do-geun (second baseman), Hong Hyun-bin (left fielder) starting pitcher Baek Jung-hyun




SSG starting lineup = Park Ji-hwan (third baseman) - Park Sung-han (striker) - Choi Jung (designated hitter) - Eredia (left wing) - Ko Myung-jun (first baseman) - Han Yu-sum (right wing) - Oh Tae-gon (center fielder) - Kim Sung-hyun (second baseman)- Cho Hyung-woo (catcher) starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun

Samsung overcame its own ball control difficulties in the first inning with left-hander Baek Jung-hyun starting. Baek Jung-hyun allowed walks to Park Ji-hwan and Choi Jung in the top of the first inning, but he put out the fire by hitting the center hitters leading to Guillermo Herredia and Ko Myung-jun.

Park Byung-ho home run Samsung wins his first exhibition game in front of a packed audience
백정현. Photo =Samsung Lions
Samsung scored on Park Byung-ho's home run in the bottom of the first inning. Park Byung-ho, who started as a designated hitter, hit a two-run home run to left against SSG starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun in the bottom of the first inning with one out and a first base chance made by Kim Ji-chan's hit. After swinging a 146km fastball, he hit a 144km fastball for the second time and became a two-run homer over the left fence. Samsung took a 2-0 lead. Samsung failed to score an additional point due to Kim Do-hwan's double play in the subsequent opportunity with one out and runners on the first and second bases, and the inning ended.




Samsung made an extra point in the middle of the game and ran away. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Jeon Byung-woo's RBI double hit in a chance with two outs and second base, and he shook SSG's second pitcher Park Jong-hoon in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Park Byung-ho home run Samsung wins his first exhibition game in front of a packed audience
Park Byung-ho. Photograph =Samsung Lions
Following the inning leadoff hitter Lee Jae-hyun's triple, Koo Ja-wook's infield single to second base gave an RBI. Kim Ji-chan hit a two-run timely double in the continuous scoring opportunity, and Samsung ran away 7-0 including pinch hitter Kang Min-ho's timely hit to the left.SSG missed several scoring opportunities. In the first inning, two runners got on base with a walk, but they were scoreless, and in the top of the third inning, Park Sung-han doubled and went to third base when Choi Jeong's outfield fly, but Herredia was silent. In the fifth inning, Cho Hyung-woo and Park Sung-han's walks provided a chance for first and second bases with one out, but Choi Jung and Herredia failed to produce hits again, leading to a scoreless run.

Park Byung-ho home run Samsung wins his first exhibition game in front of a packed audience
Jeon Byung-woo. Photo by Samsung Lions
Samsung's starter Baek Jung-hyun allowed one hit, one strikeout and three walks in three innings, and Kim Dae-ho allowed three scoreless innings. Veteran Song Eun-beom, who took the mound as the third pitcher, also played a good pitching relay as he neatly blocked two innings with one hit and three strikeouts.




Kim Jae-yoon took the mound in the top of the last ninth inning for Samsung, which led by seven points.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.