▲ Hyungwoo Choi ⓒ KIA Tigers |
[스포티비뉴스=광주, 박성윤 기자] The KIA Tigers escaped from their 2nd consecutive losing streak.
KIA defeated Samsung Lions 5-2 in the ‘2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ to be held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 14th. KIA escaped from two consecutive losses and recorded a win rate of 0.422 with 51 wins, 8 draws and 70 losses. Samsung stopped at two consecutive wins and faltered with a win rate of 0.560 with 70 wins, 8 draws and 55 losses. The two teams came to an end in their last match this season. The match ended with Samsung having a big advantage with 11 wins and 5 losses.
KIA: Wonjun Choi (right fielder) – Minsang Yoo (1st base) – Hyungwoo Choi (designated hitter) – Preston Tucker (left fielder) – Jihyeok Ryu (3rd baseman) – Jeongyong Choi (2nd base) – Minsik Kim (catcher) – Jungwoo Park (center field) – Chanho Park (shortstop) ) against Samsung. Samsung Park Hae-min (center fielder)-Koo Ja-wook (right fielder)-Oh Jae-il (first baseman)- Jose Pirella (designated hitter)-Lee Won-seok (third baseman)-Kim Sang-soo (second baseman)-Kim Ji-chan (shortstop)- Kim Heon-gon (left fielder)-Kim Do-hwan ( Catcher) made up the lineup.
At the end of the third inning with a 0-0 tie, KIA took the lead. Won-jun Choi went on base with a heavy hit and Min-sang Yu walked. Hyeong-woo Choi on first and second bases without a hitch gave a 2-0 lead by hitting a double in just the right time for a double RBI that split the right-middle.
KIA widened the score gap in the bottom of the fifth inning. Hyung-woo Choi took the lead and sent a batted ball to the left field to hit a double. 3rd base safely with a pitcher’s fierce pitch. Samsung sent Tucker to the sand dunes. The next samurai 1st and 3rd base. The Samsung infielder played a forward defense, but Ryu Ji-hyuk hit a right-handed hit that pierced it and called Choi Hyung-woo home.
Choi Jeong-yong’s sacrifice bunt was successful in the continuous sacrificial first and second bases. 1 company 2nd and 3rd base. Samsung again developed an infield forward defense. Kim Min-sik, who stood at the plate, hit a two-run heavy hit through the middle of Samsung’s fielding line, and KIA took a 5-0 lead.
Jae-il Oh hit the ground ball in front of shortstop against Hyun-sik Jang, but shortstop Chan-ho Park made a mistake and Hae-min Park scored. In the next crisis, Jang Hyun-sik turned Pirella into a swing and strikeout and overcame the crisis. KIA finished the victory with the closing pitcher Jung Hae-young in the early ninth inning. Jang Hyun-sik had 29 holds in the season, and Jung Hae-young took 27 saves in the season.
▲ Daniel Mengden. ⓒ KIA Tigers |
KIA foreign starting pitcher Daniel Mengden won 6 victories (3 losses) in the season by pitching 6 innings, 1 hit, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts and no runs. Samsung starting pitcher Won Tae-in showed a sluggish performance with 9 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts and 5 runs in 4⅓ innings and took 7 losses (13 wins) in the season.
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