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| 1st semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. SSG Herredia, with two outs, is struck out by Samsung's Choi Won-tae curve in the bottom of the sixth inning. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.09/ |
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The last time we played was on September 30th. Is it because of the eight-day gap. Or was Choi Won-tae that scary. In the end, the customized lineup was also a failure.
SSG Landers gave up Game 1 of the series. SSG suffered a crushing defeat of 2-5 in the first round of the semi-playoff (best out of five) against the Samsung Lions at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th.
The poor performance of starter Mitch White was painful, but the batting line that failed to target the opposing starting pitcher Choi Won-tae at all was also disappointing. After White was sluggish with three runs in two innings, allowing a solo home run to leadoff hitter Lee Jae-hyun in the first inning, SSG was completely dragged by Samsung from the beginning, with Park Si-hoo, who took the mound in the fourth inning, allowing a two-run home run to Kim Young-woong. He has never been able to subdue his opponent.
In particular, the batters' sense of touch was in a state of decline. Opponent Choi Won-tae threw a very good ball, but there was no customized lineup effect with strong batters in front of Choi Won-tae.
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| 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/ |
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On this day, SSG placed Ahn Sang-hyun, Eredia, and Han Yu-seom, who were strong against leadoff Park Sung-han and Choi Won-tae, at No. 2-4. Ahn Sang-hyun, who had a batting average of .500 (3 hits in 6 at-bats) against Choi Won-tae in the season, was placed at No. 2, not in the bottom batting order, and Choi Jeong, who was weak against Choi Won-tae, was placed at No. 5, not No. 3. It was an attempt to put pressure on the opponent, but the result was a failure.
Only Han Yu-seom had a hit and on base until the fifth inning against Choi Won-tae. In the bottom of the second inning, Han Yu-sum took the leadoff batter and recorded a hit, but the follow-up hit failed. In the bottom of the fourth inning, after two outs, Han Yu-sum walked and stepped on the first base, but there was no batter to call in again this time.
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| 1st semi-PO match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th. SSG Han Yu-sum is cheering after hitting a hit. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.09/ |
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Park Sung-han hit after one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, when Choi Won-tae's pitch exceeded 80 pitches, and finally the team's second hit came out. However, after Ahn Sang-hyun left in vain with a fly to shortstop after a foul home run, even Herredia remained silent.
What is comforting is the fact that the batters' sense of play was gradually revived in the second half, including Ko Myung-joon's two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and a bases-loaded chance in the bottom of the eighth inning. Although he failed to turn the game around, he was able to raise hopes for the second game of the night game by preventing a helpless defeat.
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| 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/ |
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SSG's most tense game was against the Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes on September 30. It was before the final ranking was confirmed until the game, and as the third place was decided by the victory over Kiwoom, the remaining games were relatively relaxed. In particular, key hitters who accumulated a lot of fatigue played as starters and were replaced in the second half, and were excluded from some away games in the provinces, trying to control their condition. Instead, he conducted more of his own training and recovery at home in Incheon.
There was no shortage of training, but it was not enough to restore the sense of play that fell from the tense postseason game. Samsung, which showed no signs of revival until the wild card match, fully found its sense in Incheon on the day, while SSG started with a painful loss with a bat silence at home.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
