You're the ace until the end! On the day of Oh Seung-hwan's departure, Samsung, who took out a big burden on the fall baseball, also had a bright smile on the head coach.
Sep 30, 2025
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Samsung won 5-0 against the Daegu KIA Tigers on the 30th to confirm its advance to the fall baseball league. However, the ranking is still undecided.
Oh Seung-hwan's retirement ceremony was held on this day, a legend representing Korean baseball in the 21st century. On this day, Samsung set up several photo spots for Oh Seung-hwan on the outer wall of Lions Park, and the players wore the same uniforms with 'Final Boss' on the front and No. 21 on the back (the number 1 depicts Oh Seung-hwan).
Oh Seung-hwan is a Korean baseball finisher in the 21st century.
Since joining the Samsung Lions in the second round (five times overall) in 2005, he is a one-club man who has played for 15 seasons in the Korean professional baseball league alone. He entered the Hanshin Tigers in the Japanese professional baseball (NPB) in 2014 and played for two years before moving to the Major League. He returned to Samsung in 2019 after playing for the Toronto Blue Jays and Colorado Rockies, starting with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2016.
He has 427 saves in the KBO League and 549 saves in the Korea-U.S. and Japan, respectively. Oh Seung-hwan is also the oldest save (42 years and 12 days) in his history.
Oh Seung-hwan's wife Kim Ji-hye and son Oh Seo-joon threw the first pitch with the hitters. Kim Jihye says, "I'm going to shout 'El Dorado' today."He didn't hide his heated chest with his fans.
However, there was a lot of tension hidden in Samsung coach Park Jin-man's smiling face. Asked whether Oh Seung-hwan would take the mound, he said, `If possible, I would like to take the mound in the ninth inning"But we have to watch the situation over and over again " he said.
However, Diaz opened the start of the day in a good mood, opening the way for victory. Diaz fired a first three-run shot over the right-center fence in the bottom of the first inning against KIA starter Kim Tae-hyung with one out and runners on first and second bases.
It was Diaz's 50th homer of the season this season as well as the first run. The milestone was when coach Park Jin-man was worried that Diaz's batting balance would falter after paying attention to the home run for no reason. Diaz happily became the first player ever to hit 50 home runs and 150 RBIs. He also made his name as a batter who hit 50 home runs for the first time in 10 years since Park Byung-ho in 2015. It's been a long time since the record number of home runs (formerly Yamaico Navarro, 48) has been exceeded.
Samsung added one point each at the bottom of the fifth and eighth innings, taking advantage of the opponent's error, creating an atmosphere for Oh Seung-hwan's appearance. Starter ace Furado also pitched well with two hits and no runs until the seventh inning.
Oh Seung-hwan finally took the mound as the first pitcher in the top of the ninth inning after Kim Tae-hoon in the top of the eighth inning. KIA put forward Choi Hyung-woo as scheduled. Oh Seung-hwan received enthusiastic cheers from fans by striking out four pitches after striking the first pitch and fouling the second or third pitch.
Oh Seung-hwan was replaced after sharing a friendly hug with Choi Hyung-woo and other Samsung teammates. Samsung wrapped up the game with closer Kim Jae-yoon catching the remaining two out-counts. With the victory, Samsung confirmed its advance to the fall baseball league.
After the game, coach Park Jin-man said, "Furado gave the best pitching in his last start of the regular season. Congratulations on your 15th win of the season and did your best to be an ace until the end of the regular season"I was delighted.
In the batting line, Diaz hit a three-run home run early on, making the game easy. I want to congratulate Diaz on his 50th home run," he stressed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
