The Samsung Lions snapped the NC Dinos’ four-game winning streak in their first midweek game. Samsung won the first midweek game against NC 9-6 at Lions Park in Daegu on 6 June.
Despite losing Koo Ja-rook and Kim Dong-jin to hamstring strains, the bats came alive in every inning. They scored a whopping nine runs off new NC pitcher Taylor Widener, taking the pressure off Baek’s shoulders.메이저놀이터
Samsung’s bats came alive in the first innings.
Top hitter Kim Ji-chan led off with a straight bunt and was followed by a single from Kim Hyun-joon to put runners on first and third.
Kang Min-ho led off with a single and Kim Dong-yeop followed with a double. With runners on second and third, Oh Jae-il hit a two-run double to make it 4-0.
In the second inning, after Kim Ji-chan singled and stole second and Kim Hyun-joon walked, Kang Min-ho’s 3-2 pitch hit the tip of third baseman Park Seok-min’s glove and deflected into left field for the fifth run.
NC got a run back in the third on a groundout by Seo Ho-cheol with runners on first and third, then scored three runs on a sacrifice fly by Kwon Hee-dong and an RBI single by Park Seok-min.
However, Samsung took advantage of three hits and two walks to score four runs in the fifth inning to put the game out of reach for Widener, who seemed to have settled down in the third.
Leading 5-3 with two outs in the fifth, Lee Jae-hyun singled and Kim Ho-jae followed with a two-run double to right-centre field to drive in four runs.