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| A game between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Daegu Lions Park on the 24th. After Samsung's Kim Ji-chan had a hit with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the sixth inning, he is even scoring a run thanks to KIA center fielder Choi Won-joon's error. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.24/ |
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Everyone is getting hit. The Samsung Lions won a big victory with a hot lineup.
Samsung won 17-5 against the KIA Tigers in Game 4 of the season at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 24th. On this day, Samsung set a record of 26,000 RBIs for the first team in the KBO and the second hit by all of the team's starters this season. Samsung has recently won two consecutive games, laying the foundation for itself to move back to the top, and leading the game against KIA this season with 3 wins and 1 loss. On the other hand, Kia has recently lost two consecutive games.
▶KIA starting lineup = Park Chan-ho (fighter)-Kim Sun-bin (second baseman)-Wizdom (first baseman)-Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter)-Lee Woo-sung (right fielder)-Oh Sun-woo (left fielder)-Byeon Woo-hyuk (third baseman)-Kim Tae-gun (capture)-Choi Won-jun (middle fielder) starting pitcher Hwang Dong-ha
▶Samsung starting lineup = Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Kim Sung-yoon (right fielder), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder), Diaz (first baseman), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Park Byung-ho (designated hitter), Kang Min-ho (captor), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman), Lee Jae-hyun (striker) starting pitcher Won Tae-in
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| A game between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Daegu Lions Park on the 24th. Samsung's Kim Young-woong is advancing to third base after hitting a hit in the bottom of the third inning. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.24/ |
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With domestic starting pitchers from both teams facing off, Samsung also scored points from the first inning. Lewin Diaz's home run hit in the bottom of the first inning. After the second out, third batter Koo Ja-wook hit a single and got on base, and Diaz, who faced KIA starter Hwang Dong-ha with two outs and a first base chance, pulled a 144km fastball and fired a 125M two-run home run well over the right fence. It was his sixth homer of this season. The homer gave Samsung a 2-0 lead in the early days of the game.
KIA also responded with a home run. Park Chan-ho's home run hit after two outs in the top of the third inning. In the absence of a runner, Park Chan-ho targeted Won Tae-in's change-up and became a solo home run over the left fence. It was his first home run of the season. KIA is closely chasing by one point.
However, in the bottom of the third inning, Samsung ran away again. Runners piled up with a walk by Kim Ji-chan, the leadoff hitter in the inning, and a hit by Kim Sung-yoon. With no outs and runners on the first and third bases, first baseman Kim Sung-yoon succeeded in stealing the second base, creating a no-out, second- and third-base scoring big chance.
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| The match between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Lions Park in Daegu on the 24th. Kim Ji-chan penetrates home when Samsung Diaz grounded out to first base with one out and runners on the second and third bases in the bottom of the third inning. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.24/ |
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Koo Ja-wook struck out not out, but Diaz, the fourth batter, succeeded in bringing Kim Ji-chan, the third baseman, home with a ground ball to the first base. The third base chance continues. This time, fifth batter Kim Young-woong hit a home run long hit that hit the top of the fence in the middle. The third baseman easily scored, and Kim Young-woong scored a triple to third base. Samsung, which added two more points in the bottom of the third inning, widened the gap to 4-1.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Samsung added to the score with another home run. Second batter Kim Sung-yoon, who was the leadoff hitter in the inning, targeted Kim Dae-yu. He hit his third fastball in 2B and crossed the right fence. a solo home run. It was Kim Sung-yoon's first home run of the season and his first home run in 617 days since the game against the Daegu LG Twins on August 16, 2023.
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| The match between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Daegu Lions Park on the 24th. Samsung Kim Sung-yoon is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the fifth inning. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.24/ |
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There was also a home run in KIA. Wisdom took the leadoff batter in the top of the sixth inning and hit Won Tae-in's 146km fastball at the first pitch to easily cross the left fence. It almost became an out-of-the-park home run. Wisdom's 9th homer of the season. Wisdom, which was a joint-leading group in the league's home run division, is back in the lead.
Samsung also cut off the opponent's hopes with a home run again. In the bottom of the sixth inning, leadoff hitter Park Byung-ho hit Kim Geon-guk's first pitch and crossed the right fence. The high-floating ball crossed the fence as it was. Park Byung-ho hit a home run for two consecutive days.
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| A match between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Daegu Lions Park on the 24th. Samsung's Park Byung-ho is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.24/ |
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He then scored a whopping seven more points. KIA center fielder Choi Won-joon's catch error overlapped when Kim Ji-chan hit with one out and runners on the first and second bases, and Kim Ji-chan came home and swept. Chances continued. Diaz's one-run timely hit, Park Byung-ho's one-run sacrifice fly, and Kang Min-ho and Shim Jae-hoon's consecutive timely hit in the continuous chances of first and second base. Samsung broke down the KIA bullpen by scoring as many as eight points in the bottom of the sixth inning, and confirmed the winning atmosphere early on.
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| A match between the Samsung Lions and the KIA Tigers at Daegu Lions Park on the 24th. Samsung's Won Tae-in is catching his breath. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.24/ |
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In the bottom of the seventh inning, Samsung added three more runs with Kim Young-woong's two-run timely double and Park Byung-ho's one-run timely hit. In the bottom of the last eighth inning, Kim Sung-yoon's timely hit completed the team's 21-hit game.
On this day, Samsung succeeded in hunting for three wins (no loss) of the season as starting pitcher Won Tae-in won the game with five hits (two home runs), four strikeouts, one walk and two runs in six innings. Following Won Tae-in, Lee Ho-sung, Yuk Sun-yeop, and Lee Seung-min blocked the second half of the game. KIA recovered three points in the eighth and ninth innings, but it was not enough to overturn the already wide gap.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
