The home run to mark the end of the victory The premature victory call shock band defeat only made Samsung's wounds grow

Jul 28, 2025

The home run to mark the end of the victory The premature victory call shock band defeat only made Samsung's wounds grow
The KBO League match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. Samsung's Lee Ho-sung finished pitching in the 8th inning. Incheon =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song @sportschosun.com/2025.06.05/



"The home run to mark the end of the victory has exploded."

Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 27th, when the last game of the weekend's three consecutive games between the Samsung Lions and the KT Wiz was held.

Both teams are aiming for the Winning Series with one win and one loss. They were in fierce competition to advance to the autumn baseball league.




The matchup was also excellent. It was a showdown between KT Ko Young-pyo and Samsung's Won Tae-in, the native ace of both teams.

It was as fierce as expected. Ko Young-pyo pitched seven innings with one run and almost perfect, but he was on the verge of losing. What does that mean, Won Tae-in pitched seven scoreless innings, which was a perfect pitch.

Samsung led with Koo Ja-wook's RBI double in the eighth inning when Ko Young-pyo went down. KT was blocked by Bae Chan-seung and Lee Seung-hyun (right-hander) and failed to score a chasing point in the eighth inning.




Such a tight game is worth one point at the end of the game. There is also something called economic flow. KT put up Park Young-hyun, the leading finisher in the save category, in the ninth inning to mean that it would not give up. Against Park Young-hyun, veteran Kang Min-ho hit a solo shot that could seal the victory, so anyone could only think that the atmosphere of the game was going toward Samsung.

However, as mentioned above, it was not a wedge, but it was hit that could be struck. In sports, there is no 100% chance. Because you don't know what's going to happen.

The home run to mark the end of the victory The premature victory call shock band defeat only made Samsung's wounds grow
A game between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins at Lions Park in Daegu on the 5th. Samsung's Kang Min-ho is cheering after hitting a come-from-behind solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.05/
When Kang Min-ho's home run was hit, the caster who broadcasted the game on the day "The home run to mark the end of the victory was hit."," he shouted in a raised voice. As I said, the atmosphere and flow was clearly so. But a few minutes later, the words were overshadowed. This is because KT, not Samsung, cheered after the end of the game was declared. It was a 'victory call' that overlooked the power of KT's magic.




KT scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning when it was losing 0-3, winning a miraculous come-from-behind victory. After Lee Kang-chul's appointment, the pattern of rising to the top in the first half of the year is now official, causing a major reversal in the second half. This year, he finished fifth in the first half of the year, and as soon as the second half began, he suffered a three-game sweep by the leading Hanwha Eagles. Then, he swept the NC three consecutive games and decorated the Winning Series with a tremendous come-from-behind victory over Samsung. Although it is eight games different from the first Hanwha and five games different from the second-place LG Twins, KT, which is particularly strong in the second half of the year, has no choice but to raise expectations on how far it can catch up.

The home run to mark the end of the victory The premature victory call shock band defeat only made Samsung's wounds grow
The KBO League KT Wiz and Samsung Lions match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 26th. Ahn Hyun-min and manager Lee Kang-chul are preparing to bat in front of them. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.26/
The focus and grit of KT players should be praised, but the other problem is Samsung's bullpen. It is Lee Ho-sung who is growing well as a finishing touch. It is not bad, winning nine saves at a time when veterans such as Kim Jae-yoon, Lim Chang-min and Oh Seung-hwan suddenly inherited the finishing position due to severe sluggishness and injuries. However, the reality is that it is not enough to finish the team looking higher than autumn baseball. He has three saves in the last 10 games, but he has lost as many as three. There is a 150km fastball, but the ball is too clean and there is no breaking ball crystal ball, so it cannot reliably overwhelm the batters. The ups and downs of ball control in each game must be overcome. The game against KT failed to throw strikes, whether it was twisted by walks and pitches in the early stages.

Of course, it is difficult in the first year of the closing, and we need to gain experience, but in the case of the KT match, the impact on the team was too great.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.