Samsung's lineup is scary, Diaz multi-po, four-homer explosion, Kadinez threw away the grand slam, won the opening 2 consecutive games, and Bae Chan-seung's debut 155km.

Mar 23, 2025

Samsung baseball is unusual. He won the opening game for two consecutive games with a strong batting lineup.

Samsung won the opening second game against Kiwoom 11-7 at Lions Park in Daegu on the 23rd. The victory of double-digit points for the second consecutive day following a 15-3 victory in the opening game the previous day.

Baek Jung-hyun was the second starter due to Reyes Won Tae-in's injury. Samsung, which saved the bullpen with a big victory the previous day, hinted at early deployment of the bullpen.

In fact, Samsung lowered starter Baek Jung-hyun (two hits, four outs, two strikeouts, two strikeouts, and two runs in two ⅔ innings), who was pitching well with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the third inning with a 4-0 lead, and began operating the bullpen after 60 pitches. Young bullpen pitchers were put in one after another.

Yang Chang-seop allowed a two-run timely hit to Choi Joo-hwan following Kim Dong-heon's dune, but struck out Yeo Dong-wook and blocked the inning. He raised Lee Jae-hee when he faced a crisis of first and second base with a hit and a pitch after two outs in the fourth inning with a 5-2 lead. He allowed a timely hit to Cardinez, but he closed the inning after handling Song Sung-moon's fly ball. From the 5th to the 7th inning, Kim Tae-hoon, Bae Chan-seung, and Lim Chang-min were put in order to block Kiwoom's batters without losing a point. Lee Seung-hyun, who took the mound in the eighth inning, allowed a grand slam to Cardinez and was driven to a two-run gap, but with two outs in the eighth inning, closer Kim Jae-yoon put out the fire and kept the victory by two points. Kim Jae-yoon reported his first save. Bae Chan-seung took the mound as the fifth pitcher in the top of the sixth inning with a 6-3 lead and three batters in one inning in eight balls, drawing cheers from the crowd for the second consecutive day of the opening day of 24,000 people. The scene of breaking Park Joo-hong's bat with a 153km fastball and pushing Puig to the bat with a maximum speed of 155km was the best.

Following the previous day, Samsung's batters burst in the right place. The concentration was amazing after two outs.

Following Lee Jae-hyun's first timely hit in the first and third bases made by Kim Heon-gon and Kim Young-woong's consecutive hits after 2 outs in the 2nd inning when the score was 0-0, Ryu Ji-hyuk's two-run timely hit to the left and Kiwoom's infield error when Koo Ja-wook grounded out.

Whenever Kiwoom chased, he beat hope with a home run, the team's symbol.

At the bottom of the third inning, which allowed a 2-4 chase, the leader Diaz scooped up Kiwoom starter Ha Young-min's 144km low fastball and tasted the season's matriarch with a 120m long solo shot over the right-center wall.

As Kiwoom followed 3-5, Kim Young-woong pulled Kiwoom's second pitcher Kim Yeon-ju's 139km high fastball to report his first home run of the season with a large superior solo shot with a distance of 130m. In the sixth inning with a 6-3 lead, Park Byung-ho hit his first two-run home run of the season over the right fence by pushing a high ball 149km outside Kiwoom's fastball side-arm Lee Kang-joon.

Samsung seemed to effectively seal the victory by making it 9-3 with Ryu Ji-hyuk's sacrifice fly in the second and third bases with one out made by Kim Young-woong's hit and steal walk in the seventh inning. However, as Cardinez's bases-loaded shot in the top of the eighth inning chased by two runs, Samsung scored a 137km fork ball by Won Jong-hyun following Kang Min-ho's double in the bottom of the eighth inning and crossed the right-center wall once again. With a 130-meter two-run shot, it was a decisive shot that dampened Kiwoom's will to pursue him.

Top hitter Kim Ji-chan continued his perfect performance following the previous day with three hits and one score from four times at bat. Ryu Ji-hyuk, the second player, played the third base game with two hits, two RBIs, and one walk in three at-bats. Kim Hun-gon and Kim Young-woong also had multi-hitters.

Samsung's batting lineup, which had 18 hits and 13 points, including two home runs in the opening game the previous day, continued to hit on the second day with 13 hits and nine points, including three home runs. Following Kim Hun-gon and Koo Ja-wook's home run the previous day, Diaz's multi-homer and big guns such as Kim Young-woong and Park Byung-ho reported home runs one after another, signaling that it will be a hot season.

Kiwoom's foreign batter duo, Puig Cadines, was on fire with a hot hitting sense following the previous day. Top hitter Puig scored three points on one walk and two hits in four at-bats, while No. 3 Cadines swept three hits and five RBIs in five at-bats, including a grand slam in pursuit, signaling a strong performance this season. Choi Joo-hwan also had two hits and two RBIs.

Compared to the active lineup, he suffered his second consecutive opening loss without avoiding a crushing defeat for two consecutive days due to the inferiority of the bullpen.

Photo courtesy = Samsung Lions

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.