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| Samsung Koo Ja-wook hits a tiebreaking solo home run and shares joy with Diaz at the top of the 8th inning at Changwon NC Park on the 18th. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/ |
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Samsung won a come-from-behind victory. It was a valuable victory that solidified the fourth place and even allowed him to chase the third place.
The Samsung Lions won the game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 18th, 9-5 thanks to Diaz's three-run shot in the fourth inning, Koo Ja-wook's equalizer in the eighth inning and Kim Young-woong's timely hit in the come-from-behind final.
With the victory, Samsung has won three games in a row to become fourth, trailing third-place SSG Landers by 1.5 games. Moreover, KT Wiz, the fourth-ranked rival team, lost a double header against the LG Twins on the same day, falling into a swamp of four consecutive losses, and the gap widened by 1.5 games, allowing them to play the rest of the games with a more comfortable mind.
On the contrary, NC, which was able to reduce its victory against Samsung to one game, is now in a position to look at KT rather than Samsung, with the loss widening by three games.
It wasn't an easy game. Since it was the day the ace Furado came out, he should have taken the lead from the beginning and entered, but rather, he was beaten by NC.
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| A match between Samsung and NC at Changwon NC Park on the 18th, and Samsung center fielder Kim Ji-chan is unable to catch NC Davison's ball in the bottom of the second inning. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/ |
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NC scored four points in attack in the bottom of the second inning. The starting point was that Kim Ji-chan missed a big hit to center field by leading Davison and made it a double in front of the fence. Furado was shaken as if he was shocked by this play. Kwon Hee-dong hit a timely RBI, followed by a hit to Kim Hwi-jip and a walk to Kim Hyung-joon, and was on the verge of loading the bases with two outs. Here, Kim Joo-won hit a sweeping triple.
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| The match between Samsung and NC at Changwon NC Park on the 18th, with two outs in the bottom of the second inning, NC Kim Joo-won hitting a three-run triple and sharing joy. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/ |
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Samsung manager Park Jin-man put in a stronghold after the defense in the bottom of the second inning to remove Kim Ji-chan, who did not even hit a batter's box. The message that you need to focus.
I wonder if this worked. Samsung went on the chase. Samsung, which failed to give up on starter Koo Chang-mo until the third inning, started to burn as soon as Koo went down. Kim Sung-yoon hit against the changed pitcher Lim Jung-ho in the fourth inning, Koo Ja-wook walked, and Diaz hit a three-run home run. 48th of the season. And 142 RBIs. It was the moment to set a new record for the most home runs and most RBIs in a season for foreign hitters. The previous record was Samsung's Navarro 48 home runs and NC Thames 140 RBIs.
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| Samsung Diaz is happy to hit a three-run home run in the top of the fourth inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases at Changwon NC Park on the 18th. Diaz hit his 48th home run, setting a tie for the most home runs in a season for a foreign hitter. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/ |
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Samsung, which gained momentum, tied the game with Kim Sung-yoon's infield grounder in the first and third base chances with no outs following consecutive hits by Lee Sung-kyu and Lee Jae-hyun in the top of the fifth inning.
NC didn't stay still, either. After Hurado went down in the bottom of the seventh inning, he targeted the changed pitcher Lee Ho-sung and scored a run away again. Kim Joo-won hit an RBI double against Lee Seung-min, who came up as a relief, in a one-out, first-and-third-base call made by Seo Ho-chul's double and Kim Hyung-joon's hit.
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| Samsung Koo Ja-wook hits a tiebreaking solo home run in the top of the eighth inning at Changwon NC Park on the 18th. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/ |
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But the joy is also brief. Samsung's determination to go to autumn baseball was great. NC put in Kim Jin-ho, a must-win group, in the eighth inning, and Koo Ja-wook properly kicked Kim Jin-ho's high fastball to lead him to a cool equalizer. Shaken, Kim Jin-ho gave Kang Min-ho a walk in vain, and Kim Young-woong, who appeared next, allowed a come-from-behind final double. Hong Hyun-bin, a pinch runner who was put in place of Kang Min-ho, dug from first base to home. Kim Young-woong went to third base due to the poor broadcast play of NC players who lost their fighting spirit, and after Park Byung-ho's four pitches, NC replaced the pitcher with Ha Joon-young, but Ryu Ji-hyuk made a surprise bunt hit that caught him off guard.
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| Samsung Kim Young-woong hits an RBI double and cheers in the top of the eighth inning, with one out and one out, at Changwon NC Park on the 18th. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/ |
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Samsung cheered when Jeon Byung-woo hit a two-run timely hit that completely sealed the victory in the top of the ninth inning.
After starting, he failed to meet the requirements for victory by allowing four runs in six innings, but he held out well until the sixth inning after four runs in the second inning, setting the stage for a turnaround. While the bullpen was shaking, Choi Won-tae, who took the mound in the seventh inning in a crisis and erased two ⅓ innings, also showed outstanding performance. It was Oketty who was replaced with two runners left in the last nine innings.
NC starter Koo Chang-mo pitched three innings in his second appearance after being discharged from the military. On the day, Ryu pitched 49 pitches. The only comfort to NC was that Koo pitched three perfect innings. NC, which could not give up the game to compete in the fifth round, tried to fight until the end by sending out a total of nine pitchers, but it was not enough in the final strength fight.
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| In a game between Samsung and NC at Changwon NC Park on the 18th, NC starter Koo Chang-mo is pitching hard. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
