Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes

May 13, 2025

Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes
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/



Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes
A match between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins at Daegu Lions Park on the 10th. Samsung Furado is pitching hard. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.10/
Samsung Lions have lost eight games in a row. have a sense of deja vu.

There was one at the beginning of last year. Samsung, which got off to a fresh start by winning the difficult opponent KT Wiz in the opening two consecutive games of Suwon on March 23 and 24, 2024, has since lost eight consecutive games with one draw from Jamsil LG on March 26 to Gwangju KIA on April 5. In an instant, the ranking plummeted to ninth place.

the bleakness of the sky falling down. For the third consecutive year, the anxiety of the lower ranks has struck, following the 7th place in 2022 and the 8th place in 2023.




The starting pitchers for the Gwangju KIA match on April 6 and 7 are left-hander Lee Seung-min and right-hander Lee Ho-sung, respectively. It was a difficult situation to guarantee victory.

Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes
Kim Heon-gon's triple in the ninth inning, which broke its eight-game losing streak against KIA in Gwangju on April 6th last year. Photo courtesy of Samsung Lions
But a reversal happened.

The team was united in a sense of crisis. In the match against KIA on the 6th, he dropped starter Lee Seung-min in three ⅓ innings (three runs) and maintained a seesaw game by mobilizing all of his bullpen. At 4-4 with one out and third base in the ninth inning 'Gwangju KIA Killer' Kim Heon-gon's triple to left-center scored the winning run, winning 7-4. The next day, on the 7th, he also beat Lee Ho-sung in three innings and won again 7-3 after an all-out battle with seven bullpen pitchers. Kim Jae-hyuk's sacrifice fly scored the winning run in the seventh inning with one out and runners on the second and third bases.




Both games turned the game around in the second half of the game with concentration that did not give up until the end. It was a reversal drama created by unity and determination after overcoming the darkness and despair.
Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes
Game 5 of the Korean Series on October 28 last year. Photo courtesy of Samsung Lions
With this victory, Samsung won five consecutive games, setting the stage for a rebound. After steadily raising the ranking until May, he jumped from third place to second place. Samsung, which has fought for the top spot until the end of the season since then, finished the season as it was after rising to second place in mid-August. Samsung, which went straight to the playoffs, beat the previous year's champion LG Twins to advance to the Korean Series for the first time in nine years.
Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes
Lotte-Samsung match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 18th. Starting pitcher Lee Seung-hyun is pitching. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.18/
The crisis came a little late this year. Only the timing was different, but it faced an eight-game losing streak like deja vu.

Things don't look very good again this time. He will play three consecutive games during the week in Pohang starting on the 13th with the difficult opponent KT.

It is as bleak as it was when it lost eight consecutive games last year. Lee Seung-hyun and Heysus will face off as left-handers on the 13th. Heysus is acting as KT's ace. 2-2 with a 1.95 ERA in seven games.




On the other hand, Lee Seung-hyun's early days are not very good. There are still only five losses in six games without a win. He also has a 7.36 ERA. Baseball seems to be losing ground in the starting matchup, but it is the result of several complex functions. I can't be sure of winning or losing. The joys and sorrows are expected to be mixed depending on which side is more desperate: Samsung for eight consecutive losses and KT for five consecutive losses.

Lee Seung-hyun is also expected to cheer up to win the most important moment in the team's desperate crisis. If the game is well over the watershed on the 13th, Samsung's strongest starters, including Won Tae-in and Hurado, will play one after another.

Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes
포항구장 전경.Photo courtesy of Samsung Lions
Pohang, where three consecutive games will be held, is the land of promise.

Since the opening of Pohang Stadium in 2012, Samsung has been strong with 42 wins, 1 draw and 24 losses in 67 games and a winning rate of 0.641.

However, the recent winning rate is not very good. Samsung had a winning percentage of 0.740 with 37 wins and 13 losses in seven seasons until 2018. However, since 2019, it has only won 0.313, with 5 wins, 1 draw, and 11 losses.

Samsung is the only home run leader with 51 homers in 41 games. Daegu Lions Park is slightly more advantageous than Pohang. Pohang is 122m out of 99m left and right, and the length is the same. However, Lapak is a right-angled fence, so the left and right middle are short. The reason why home runs are so successful. However, Pohang has a fence height of 2.5m, which is lower than Lapak's 3.2m.

Last year, he rebounded sharply after losing eight consecutive games. Reorganization of coaching staff → Promised land to Pohang... When it's darkest, the brightest light comes
Park Han-yi hitting coach. Photo courtesy of Samsung Lions
On the morning of the 13th, Samsung announced the reorganization of the coaching staff for the 1st and 2nd teams.

Prior to the game on the 13th, Samsung vowed to change its mind by moving to coaching staff positions. Veteran leader Choi Il-eon, head coach of Futures, will move to the first team's head coach. Futures pitching coach Park Seok-jin moved to the first team pitching coach and Futures hitting coach Park Han-yi moved to the first team batting coach.

After losing eight games in a row last year, the Lionesses regained their DNA with a come-from-behind victory. Will we be able to rewrite the drama of last year's rebound again this year. In the darkest moment, the brightest light comes.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.