Lotte Samsung, are you watching?I'm going one step ahead of third place. Good balance between pitching and batting

Sep 02, 2025

Lotte Samsung, are you watching?I'm going one step ahead of third place. Good balance between pitching and batting
The match between SSG and Kiwoom held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 2nd. SSG Lee Ji-young scored during Park Sung-han's timely hit in the sixth inning. Incheon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song @sportschosun.com/2025.09.02/



Lotte Samsung, are you watching?I'm going one step ahead of third place. Good balance between pitching and batting
The match between SSG and Kiwoom held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 2nd. In the bottom of the fourth inning, SSG Ko Myung-joon hit a come-from-behind solo home run that turned the game around. Ko Myung-jun is going around the ground. Incheon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song @sportschosun.com/2025.09.02/
SSG Landers took a step ahead of the third place fight.

SSG won 6-1 against the Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 2nd. SSG has won two consecutive games, recording 62 wins, 4 draws and 58 losses all season. SSG, which was ranked third without a ride, is 0.5 game away from the fourth-place Samsung Lions (63 wins, 2 draws and 60 losses). He led the fifth-place Lotte Giants (62 wins, 6 draws and 60 losses), which was defeated by the LG Twins, by one game.

After the game, SSG coach Lee Sung-yong said, "The balance of pitching and batting was well balanced, so we were able to bring the game", he commented in general.




Starting pitcher Drew Anderson allowed one run in the top of the first inning, but kept the mound without additional runs until the fifth inning. Anderson won for the 10th time in a row, his second consecutive double-digit victory. After that, Kim Min (1 scoreless inning), Lee Un (1 scoreless inning), Noh Kyung-eun (1 scoreless inning), and Jeon Young-joon (1 scoreless inning) took the mound one after another to complete the victory.

Lotte Samsung, are you watching?I'm going one step ahead of third place. Good balance between pitching and batting
The match between SSG and Kiwoom held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 2nd. SSG Anderson is pitching as a starter. Incheon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song @sportschosun.com/2025.09.02/
SSG formed the starting lineup in the order of Park Sung-han (striker), Guillermo Herredia (left fielder), Choi Jung (third baseman), Han Yu-sum (right fielder), Ryu Hyo-seung (designated hitter), Ko Myung-joon (first baseman), Ahn Sang-hyun (second baseman), Lee Ji-young (fosu), and Kim Sung-wook (middle fielder).

In the meantime, the batters scored points whenever necessary. Park Sung-han hit a double in the bottom of the first inning and made it 1-1 thanks to a defensive error from Herredia's at-bat.




In the bottom of the fourth inning, leadoff hitter Ko Myung-joon's home run led by one point, and in the bottom of the sixth inning, Ahn Sang-hyun and Lee Ji-young's consecutive hits after one out gave them a chance to get first and third bases with one out. Kim Sung-wook's ground ball made Ahn Sang-hyun come home, and Park Sung-han's timely hit widened the score to 4-1.

SSG, which scored a wedge in the bottom of the eighth inning with no outs and a wild pitch, added a score with foil and wild pitches, won the game as it was.

Lotte Samsung, are you watching?I'm going one step ahead of third place. Good balance between pitching and batting
The match between SSG and Kiwoom held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 2nd. In the bottom of the fourth inning, SSG Ko Myung-joon hit a come-from-behind solo home run that turned the game around. Ko Myung-jun is going around the ground. Incheon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song @sportschosun.com/2025.09.02/
After the game, SSG manager Lee Sung-yong said, `Starting Anderson took charge of five innings and won 10 games of the season, and the bullpen pitchers who followed took charge of one inning each, showing an unshakable pitching" he said.




Manager Lee continued "In the batting line, Myung-jun's solo home run in the fourth inning set the tone at the beginning, and the key to victory was to keep the flow going by adding an additional point in the sixth inning. Sung Han and Eredia of the top batters actively led the attack, and Ji-young also helped with a good batting sense and stable pitcher lead with three hits."

SSG will play two consecutive games against the KIA Tigers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. SSG has Choi Min-joon as the starting pitcher, and KIA has James Tomorrow. Director Lee said, "Thank you to the fans for your support, and I will prepare well to continue the good trend in the away game in Gwangju."He expressed his determination.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.