Did you lose because of Taekyeon? No, it's not.

Jun 18, 2025

Did you lose because of Taekyeon? No, it's not.
The Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Kim Taek-yeon, who faced a crisis with one out and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the 10th inning. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/



Did you lose because of Taekyeon? No, it's not.
The Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Diaz is being washed away after hitting a walk-off three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the 10th inning. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
Doosan Bears suffered a painful upset loss. It is regrettable that the bullpen failed to keep the one-run lead. But the underlying failure lies elsewhere.

Doosan lost 3-6 against the Samsung Lions in the KBO League in the 2025 season at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Doosan allowed a tie in the bottom of the eighth inning with a 3-2 lead. At the bottom of the 10th inning with a 3-3 score, Kim Taek-yeon hit a walk-off three-run home run.

The biggest reason Doosan lost is because it only scored three points. Doosan wasted an attack chance in the top of the seventh inning in the first place. provided an excuse for the upset loss. From here, the seeds of misfortune sprouted.




Doosan's weak reason is not because it can't keep one point. It's because you can't get extra points when you need extra points.

No matter how strong the team is, the bullpen often collapses. However, Kang's team knows how to squeeze one point when it is absolutely necessary. Doosan would have won easily if it had been 4-2 instead of 3-3 at 3-2.

The Doosan bench moved very textbookly. He avoided replacing bullpen pitchers in the middle of multiple innings and innings.




Doosan's calculation became simple from the seventh inning as starter Choi Min-seok pitched well with two runs in six innings. The seventh inning was easily summarized as Lee Young-ha.

However, the crisis came in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Set-up man Choi Ji-gang caught two out-counts well and got a hit by Kim Sung-yoon. He even threw wild pitches and rushed to second base with two outs.




Choi Ji-gang was hit by Koo Ja-wook for a double. It was tied at 3-3.

It may be questionable why he did not change the pitcher at the batter's box of Koo Ja-wook. This is a consequential theory.

Did you lose because of Taekyeon? No, it's not.
The Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Diaz is being washed away after hitting a walk-off three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the 10th inning. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
Did you lose because of Taekyeon? No, it's not.
The Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Diaz is being washed away after hitting a walk-off three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the 10th inning. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
Did you lose because of Taekyeon? No, it's not.
Kim Taek-yeon takes the mound and pitches in the bottom of the ninth inning of the Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
Doosan immediately put the bullpen much more aggressively during the two consecutive games against Kiwoom last weekend. On the 14th, Park Chi-guk, Ko Hyo-joon, and Choi Ji-gang poured in only the top of the seventh inning. On the 15th, he gave Kim Taek-yeon one ⅓ inning. I caught both games.

Feedback was applied to this Samsung match. The pitcher just couldn't stop it. I can't help it.

Doosan should have given up at least one run in the seventh inning.

Doosan took a decisive opportunity in the top of the seventh inning with a 3-2 lead. No. 9 Jung Soo-bin came out as the leadoff hitter and walked to get on base. It is a typical big innings scenario in which the lower batting line lives and leads to the upper batting line. Even No. 1 Lee Yoo-chan had a hit.

It was an offensive chance that led to No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 hitters on the first and second bases with no outs. Doosan couldn't do anything here and failed to score.

If Doosan had run away from here, Samsung would not have had a precipitation to bring out closer Lee Ho-sung in the eighth inning. If so, Doosan could have led by more than two points and three points.

However, as Doosan quietly passed the seventh inning, the atmosphere was reversed 180 degrees. Samsung rushed to catch this game. Doosan's bullpen was just not strong enough to go against this 'popular'.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.