Choi Won-tae + Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO

Oct 09, 2025

Choi Won-tae Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO
The first semi-PO match between Samsung and SSG at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. Choi Won-tae, who pitched six scoreless innings, is celebrating. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.10.9/



The Samsung Lions succeeded in gaining the upper hand in the series with the revived lineup and Choi Won-tae's brilliant pitching.

Samsung won the first semi-playoff match against SSG 5-2 at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th, occupying an advantageous position. It was a comfortable first-round victory for Samsung, which can operate Won Tae-in even if it is 1 win and 1 loss at away games in Incheon. In the best-of-five semi-playoff, the first-round winning team's chances of advancing to the playoffs were 68.8% (11/16).

For Samsung, the joy was doubled because it was a victory in the first round achieved by the simultaneous revival of the batting lineup and Choi Won-tae.




With a team batting average of 0.115 in two wild-card games and a one-hit victory in the second game, he set a disgraceful record of winning the minimum number of hits in autumn baseball.

However, the semi-playoff was different, taking the burden off and taking the challenger's position. He took the lead with nine hits and five runs, including two first home runs.

Choi Won-tae Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO
1st semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. Samsung's Lee Jae-hyun is cheering after hitting a solo shot at the first pitch in the top of the first inning. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.09/
From the beginning, he strongly pressured Mitch White, the starter of the first round of SSG.




In the top of the first inning, top hitter Lee Jae-hyun pulled White's 152km first pitch high fastball like a thunderbolt and crossed the left fence. The first home run in the top of the first inning of the postseason for the first time ever.

However, his first home run in the top of the first inning was the first in the postseason.

Samsung couldn't bring down the panicked White immediately. In the top of the first inning, he took the chance to score additional points on the third base with no outs and the first and second bases with no outs in the top of the second inning, and failed.




The resolution in the unstable trend was a symbolic home run by Samsung's batters. After the lead Diaz got on base with his first postseason hit in the top of the third inning, No. 5 Kim Young-woong pulled White's curve perfectly and crossed the right fence. A golden two-run shot running 3-0
Choi Won-tae Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO
1st semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. Coach Park Jin-man is cheering when Samsung's Kim Young-woong's two-run shot with no outs and first base hits in the top of the third inning. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.09/
Choi Won-tae Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO
1st semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. Samsung Diaz is cheering after hitting a timely hit with no outs and second base in the top of the fourth inning. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.09/
Samsung's lineup, which gained momentum by replacing White, called in the lead Koo Ja-wook, who got on base with a walk in the top of the fourth inning, with Diaz hitting two hits in a timely manner in right-center. Kim Ji-chan's timely hit to the middle of the game, which was followed by a substitute at second base with one out, 5-0.
Choi Won-tae Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO
1st semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. Samsung's Choi Won-tae is pitching hard. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.09/
Choi Won-tae dominated the mound.

He silenced the SSG Landers' batters with a brilliant pitching of two hits, one walk, eight strikeouts and no runs in six innings with aggressive and brave pitching that was not avoided from the beginning. It thoroughly neutralized the Landers' batting lineup, which has yet to grasp, by mixing four four-seam pitching and change-up sliders of up to 149 kilometers in a balance.

Victory Day with both wins in Game 1 and Choi Won-tae's perfect revival of fall baseball.
Choi Won-tae Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO
The first semi-PO match between Samsung and SSG at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. Ko Myung-joon is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. Incheon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.10.9/
Choi Won-tae Home Run Strike Simultaneously Resurrected Samsung's first game with a head start, Blue → 68.8% chance of meeting Hanwha, and Mi-Gung-ro in the direction of quasi-PO
1st semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. Samsung's Lee Ho-sung, with two outs, roars after hitting SSG Ko Myung-joon to third base in the bottom of the eighth inning. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.09/
Landers' lineup has been wriggling since Choi Won-tae went down.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, trailing 0-5, Ko Myung-joon seemed to start chasing Kim Tae-hoon with a two-run home run.

After two hits in the bottom of the eighth inning, Heredia Han Yu-sum's consecutive hits and Choi Jeong's walk gave him a bases-loaded chance, but Ko Myung-joon, who hit a home run in the previous at-bat, swallowed the disappointment as he grounded out to third base in a full-count match against Lee Ho-sung.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.