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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung manager Park Jin-man welcomes Lee Jae-hyun, who scored. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung's Lee Sung-kyu is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung's Kim Young-woong is scoring. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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The Samsung Lions won against the LG Twins, the No. 1 opponent, and firmly secured the fourth place, raising the possibility of baseball in the fall.
Samsung won a 14-4 victory with Lee Jae-hyun's four hits and Kim Young-woong and Lee Sung-kyu's two-run shot in an away game against LG at Jamsil on the 20th. Samsung, which has recently won four consecutive games against LG, has maintained its fourth place with 69 wins, two draws and 65 losses. On the same day, he maintained a 1.5 game gap with fifth-place KT, which beat Hanwha 4-2.
LG ended its four-game winning streak with the loss on the day. Fortunately, LG, which had 83 wins, 3 draws and 51 losses, maintained its three-game gap as the second-place Hanwha Eagles lost 2-4 to KT Wiz. The winning magic number was also reduced to five.
On this day, LG released the best lineup of Hong Chang-ki (designated hitter), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder), Moon Sung-joo (right fielder), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Park Dong-won (catcher), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Samsung made Lee Jae-hyun (striker), Kim Sung-yoon (right fielder), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder)-Diaz (first baseman) - Kim Young-woong (third baseman) - Park Byung-ho (designated hitter), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman) - Kang Min-ho.
LG Tolhurst and Samsung's Won Tae-in will face off as starters. The pitching match was expected because it was the best card match between the two teams, but the flow of the game was different.
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| Oh Seung-hwan's retirement tour was held ahead of the game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Oh Seung-hwan is taking a commemorative photo with general manager Cha Myung-seok. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Tolhurst is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung's Won Tae-in is fighting hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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In the top of the first inning, Samsung showed a tremendous hit against Tolhurst with nine batters to score as many as four runs. Lee Jae-hyun's walk made Kim Sung-yoon's right-handed hit to first and second bases, and Koo Ja-wook's heavy hit lightly scored the first run. Diaz hit a sacrifice fly to center field with runners on the first and third bases with no outs, and Kim Young-woong hit a right-handed hit, creating a chance for runners on the first and third bases with one out, and Park Byung-ho struck out to make it two out, but Ryu Ji-hyuk and Kang Min-ho scored two more runs to make it 4-0.
Samsung scored one run in the top of the second inning with Diaz's double to the right with two outs and a runner on first base, and in the top of the third inning, Lee Jae-hyun's timely hit to the left led to a 6-0 run.
LG starter Tolhurst recorded his second loss of the season with nine hits, two walks, six strikeouts and six runs in three innings. His three-game winning streak in Jamsil is also over.
If it was Samsung's pace until the beginning of the third inning, it was LG's pace from the end of the third inning.
LG scored two runs with consecutive hits by Shin Min-jae and Austin in the bottom of the third inning with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, which were made with hits by Oh Ji-hwan and Park Hae-min.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, he chased one run with Oh Ji-hwan's double and Park Dong-won's heavy hit after two outs, and in the bottom of the sixth inning, Kim Hyun-soo's double and Oh Ji-hwan's double scored one run, leading to a 4-6, two-run gap.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung manager Park Jin-man welcomes Lee Jae-hyun, who scored. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung's Koo Ja-wook is running home. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Hong Chang-ki is scoring. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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Samsung, which needed an additional point, finally ran away in the top of the seventh inning.
Lee Jae-hyun, with two outs and a bases loaded with Park Byung-ho's hit, Kang Min-ho's infield hit, and pinch hitter Lee Sung-kyu's walk, hit a left double from Kim Jin-sung to score two runs, widening the gap to 8-4.
In the top of the eighth inning, Kim Young-woong fired a two-run shot over the middle wall at the first base with no outs and ran to 10-4. Lee Sung-kyu's two-run shot with two outs and a runner on second base also exploded to make it 12-4. He added two more runs in the top of the ninth to make it 14-4.
Samsung starter Won Tae-in allowed nine hits, four strikeouts and four runs in six innings, leading his team to victory and recording his 12th win (four losses) of the season. Since the match against Changwon NC on August 20, it has won five consecutive games, three consecutive games against LG, four consecutive games in Jamsil, and five consecutive away games. He has struck out 100 times for five consecutive seasons.
Samsung devastated the LG mound with a total of 17 hits, including four hits and three RBIs, Diaz two hits and two RBIs, Kim Young-woong two hits (one home run) two RBIs, Kang Min-ho two hits and one RBI, and Lee Byung-hun two hits.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung's Lee Sung-kyu is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Samsung's Kim Young-woong is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with no outs in the top of the eighth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.20/ |
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LG also had 10 hits, with Oh Ji-hwan having three hits and one RBI and Austin having two hits and one RBI, but lacked a concentrated hit.
LG's starting agent Son Joo-young took the mound in the top of the sixth inning to test the bullpen. In the top of the sixth inning, he blocked well with one hit and no run, but in the top of the seventh inning, he reached two outs, but allowed two hits and was replaced by Kim Jin-sung and later lost a point. He allowed three hits and two runs in one ⅔.
On the 21st, Samsung will meet KT, its top-five competitor, in Suwon, and LG will go down to Changwon after a three-day break to have an away game against NC.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
