I can't give up on PS Diaz's 43rd home run bam! Samsung stops Hanwha from winning 6 consecutive games → 5th place goes up

Aug 29, 2025

I can't give up on PS Diaz's 43rd home run bam! Samsung stops Hanwha from winning 6 consecutive games → 5th place goes up
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. 1 out and 2nd base in the top of the 1st inning. Diaz is happy after hitting a timely RBI single. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/



I can't give up on PS Diaz's 43rd home run bam! Samsung stops Hanwha from winning 6 consecutive games → 5th place goes up
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. Ryu Ji-hyuk, who scored on Lee Jae-hyun's hit, is welcomed by coach Park Jin-man. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/
There was no losing streak to the Samsung Lions.

Samsung won the away game against the Hanwha Eagles 5-3 at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. Samsung ranked fifth with 61 wins, 2 draws and 60 losses overall in the season, beating KT Wiz (60 wins, 4 draws and 60 losses). The second-ranked Hanwha Eagles stopped its five-game winning streak and lost 49 games (three draws and 70 wins) for the season.

On this day, Samsung set up the starting lineup in the order of Park Seung-gyu (center fielder), Kim Sung-yoon (right wing), Koo Ja-wook (designated hitter), Lewin Diaz (first baseman), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Kang Min-ho (possession), Kim Heon-gon (left wing), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman), and Lee Jae-hyun (striker).




Hanwha formed the starting lineup in the order of Lee Won-seok (center fielder), Son Ah-seop (designated hitter), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Lee Jin-young (right fielder), Kim Tae-yeon (first baseman), Ha Joo-seok (striker), Lee Jae-won (catcher), and Hwang Young-mook (second baseman).

I can't give up on PS Diaz's 43rd home run bam! Samsung stops Hanwha from winning 6 consecutive games → 5th place goes up
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. 1 out and 2nd base in the top of the 1st inning. Kim Sung-yoon, who scored on Diaz's hit, is delighted. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/
Samsung succeeded in taking the lead in the top of the first inning. Leading hitter Park Seung-gyu hit a double, and Kim Sung-yoon's hit gave him a chance to hit first and third bases with no outs. Koo Ja-wook struck out, but the third baseman homered due to a throwing error when Kim Sung-yoon stole a base from Diaz's at-bat. Diaz's timely hit came out and the score was 2-0.

Hanwha also immediately recovered its points. Chance on the first and third bases with no outs made by leadoff hitter Lee Won-seok's double and Son Ah-seop's hit. Moon Hyun-bin went out with a hit ball, loading the bases. However, Roh Si-hwan's double play forced only the third baseman to hit home.




Samsung's score continued in the top of the second inning. After one out, Ryu Ji-hyuk stole second base after hitting a hit. Lee Jae-hyun's timely hit then led to a 3-1 run.

Hanwha gained strength once again in the bottom of the second inning. After one out, Ha Joo-seok's surprise bunt hit continued to get on base. Hanwha, which had a chance to hit the second and third bases with wild pitches following Lee Jae-won's walk, made it 3-3 with Hwang Young-mook's timely hit and Lee Won-seok's ground ball.

In the top of the third inning, Samsung brought back the lead with a single home run. Following leadoff hitter Koo Ja-wook's hit, Diaz did not miss Hwang Joon-seo's fastball and crossed the right fence. Diaz's 43rd home run of the season.




In the end, Hanwha starter Hwang Joon-seo went down the mound. Samsung created another chance when Kim Young-woong doubled against the changed pitcher Kim Jong-soo. Following Kang Min-ho's walk, Kim Ji-chan and Lee Jae-hyun loaded the bases with two outs. However, Park Seung-gyu did not make an additional point as he turned to catcher foul fly.

I can't give up on PS Diaz's 43rd home run bam! Samsung stops Hanwha from winning 6 consecutive games → 5th place goes up
The Samsung-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. Yoon San-heum, who blocked the bases-loaded crisis with no outs in the top of the seventh inning, is facing Lee Jin-young, who helped him with his defense. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/
Samsung loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the seventh inning with Diaz's walk and consecutive hits by Kim Young-woong and Kang Min-ho. However, Kim Ji-chan and Ryu Ji-hyuk's ground ball caught the third baseman at home in a row, and Lee Jae-hyun was out by right fielder Lee Jin-young's defense, which failed to score.

Hanwha escaped the crisis, but the lineup did not explode. In both the 7th and 8th episodes, three-way offense. In the end, there was a walk after two outs in the ninth inning, but he failed to score and could not continue his winning streak.

On this day, Samsung's starting left-hander Lee Seung-hyun stepped down with three runs in three innings, while Yang Chang-seop (2 scoreless innings), right-hander Lee Seung-hyun (1 scoreless inning), Lee Seung-min (1 scoreless inning), Kim Tae-hoon (1 scoreless inning), and Kim Jae-yoon (1 scoreless inning) took the mound in turn to keep the victory.

Hwang Joon-seo went down the mound with five runs in two innings, followed by Kim Jong-soo (1 scoreless inning), Cho Dong-wook (2 scoreless innings), Yoon San-heum (2 scoreless innings), Kim Bum-soo (1 scoreless inning), Park Sang-won (⅔ scoreless innings), and Lee Tae-yang (⅓ scoreless innings).

I can't give up on PS Diaz's 43rd home run bam! Samsung stops Hanwha from winning 6 consecutive games → 5th place goes up
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. Kim Jae-yoon took the mound at the bottom of the ninth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.