Samsung dramatically escaped 5 consecutive losses! Diaz's come-from-behind shooting → Kim Young-woong multi-po won with a home run

Aug 05, 2025

Samsung dramatically escaped 5 consecutive losses! Diaz's come-from-behind shooting → Kim Young-woong multi-po won with a home run
The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. Samsung Diaz hit a come-from-behind three-run home run in the fourth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.05/



We finally lost for a long time. The Samsung Lions escaped five consecutive losses with a come-from-behind victory.

Samsung won 6-2 in the 13th match of the season against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. With this victory, Samsung recently lost five consecutive games and is chasing the middle again. On the other hand, SSG did not continue its winning streak.

▶Samsung starting lineup = Park Seung-gyu (center fielder), Kim Sung-yoon (right fielder), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder), Diaz (first baseman), Kang Min-ho (designated hitter), Lee Jae-hyun (striker), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Kim Do-hwan (captor), and Yang Yang-geun (second baseman) starting pitcher Choi Won-tae




▶SSG starting lineup = Park Sung-han (striker)-Jung Joon-jae (second baseman)-Choi Jung (designated hitter)-Eredia (left fielder)-Hanyu Island (right fielder)-Ko Myung-jun (first baseman)-Jihoon Choi (center fielder)-Ahn Sang-hyun (third baseman)-Lee Ji-young (catcher) starting pitcher Moon Seung-won

With domestic starting pitchers from both teams facing off, SSG's bat was on fire from the beginning.

SSG had three runners on base in the bottom of the first inning with hits by Park Sung-han and Guillermo Herredia and a ball that hit Han Yu-sum's body, but no one came into the groove. Samsung starter Choi Won-tae showed his ability to manage the crisis without allowing a run with an infield grounder and strikeout.




Samsung dramatically escaped 5 consecutive losses! Diaz's come-from-behind shooting → Kim Young-woong multi-po won with a home run
A game between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. Samsung starter Choi Won-tae, who overcame the bases-loaded crisis with two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.05/
The balance of 0-0 was broken by SSG. In the bottom of the third inning, leadoff hitter Park Sung-han got on base with a walk and succeeded in stealing second base. Jung Joon-jae and Choi Jung stepped down with a mistake, but Herredia's ball became an infield hit to shortstop in the second base situation. In the meantime, Park Sung-han, who was on second base, went to third base.

SSG took a 1-0 lead as Han Yu-sum scored an RBI timely hit that fell in front of the center field with two outs and runners on the first and third bases.

Samsung's batters, who had been quiet until the third inning, exploded in the top of the fourth inning. Leadoff hitter Kim Sung-yoon opened the door by walking on base after a close race with Moon Seung-won up to nine pitches. The next batter, Koo Ja-wook, also walked to the base and accumulated runners.




Samsung dramatically escaped 5 consecutive losses! Diaz's come-from-behind shooting → Kim Young-woong multi-po won with a home run
The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. Samsung Diaz hit a come-from-behind three-run home run in the fourth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.05/
With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, Diaz hit a three-run home run over the left fence. It was Diaz's 34th home run of the season, the league's leading home run player. Samsung quickly turned the game around 3-1.

It wasn't the end here. After Kang Min-ho and Lee Jae-hyun were out, Kim Young-woo's solo home run was hit with no runners with two outs. Kim Young-woong hit the sixth pitch in 2B2S and crossed the left-center fence. Samsung succeeded in a 4-1 run with two home runs in the top of the fourth inning.

SSG also created a chase point again in the bottom of the fourth inning. Ahn Sang-hyun's hit after one out. Subsequently, the second base steal was successful, creating an opportunity for one out and second base. When Lee Ji-young hit an infield grounder, Ahn Sang-hyun went to third base. Park Sung-han's one-run timely hit followed, and Ahn Sang-hyun, who was on third base, homered. SSG started chasing again by two points. SSG provided a full base opportunity with two outs with Jung Joon-jae's hit and Choi Jeong's walk, but this time, Herredia struck out and failed to score any more points.

Samsung dramatically escaped 5 consecutive losses! Diaz's come-from-behind shooting → Kim Young-woong multi-po won with a home run
The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. Samsung's Kim Young-woong hit a solo home run in the fourth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.05/
Samsung missed the big chance in the top of the sixth inning. The first and second bases with no outs made by consecutive walks by Diaz and Kang Min-ho. Lee Jae-hyun succeeded in the sacrifice bunt. Kim Young-woong then filled the first base with four automatic pitches, loading the bases with one out. However, pinch hitter Lee Chang-yong struck out swinging after the game of the 11th pitch, and Yang Yang-geun was caught with a foul fly, missing a chance to load the bases with one out.

Samsung, which had been quiet, exploded with a home run again. Kim Young-woong hit a net in the top of the eighth inning. Kang Min-ho, the leadoff hitter in the inning, hit a double and got on base, and Lee Jae-hyun succeeded in a sacrifice bunt, with one out and third base.

Samsung dramatically escaped 5 consecutive losses! Diaz's come-from-behind shooting → Kim Young-woong multi-po won with a home run
The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. Samsung's Kim Young-woong hit a two-run homer in the 8th inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.05/
Samsung dramatically escaped 5 consecutive losses! Diaz's come-from-behind shooting → Kim Young-woong multi-po won with a home run
The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. Samsung's Kim Young-woong hit a two-run homer in the 8th inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.05/
Kim Young-woong hit a two-run home run over the right fence with a 145km fastball against SSG Song Young-jin. This is the second home run in this game alone. With Kim Young-woong's home run at the forefront, Samsung went 6-2 far.

Kim Young-woong's two home runs in one game 'Multi Home Run' is the first record in 314 days since the game against the Kiwoom Heroes in Daegu on September 25, 2024.

Samsung, which ran away by four points, began to defend itself. Starter Choi Won-tae stopped two runs in five ⅔ innings and went down, and Lee Seung-min and Kim Dae-woo later combined for one scoreless inning. Bae Chan-seung then blocked one perfect inning. Lee Seung-hyun, who took the mound with two outs in the eighth inning, kept the mound until the ninth inning. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Ahn Sang-hyun, the leadoff hitter, was allowed an infield hit, but he held two outs without shaking. And with two outs and a runner on the first base, Samsung put the last pitcher Kim Jae-yoon on the mound. Samsung succeeded in escaping five consecutive losses as Kim Jae-yoon caught Oh Tae-gon and caught the last out count.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.