| Samsung Lions Jose Pirella swings in the third inning against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Eagles Park on the 11th. |
The Samsung Lions of professional baseball played a double role thanks to Shim Chang-min’s perfect comeback game.
Samsung defeated the Hanwha Eagles 5-4 in the 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League match held at Hanwha Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 11th.
Samsung was in danger of being sent off the day before when foreign starting pitcher Mike Montgomery was sent off for swearing at the referee. On the starting mound was Baek Jeong-hyeon, who was selected by the KBO as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for July-August.
Baek Jeong-hyeon was sluggish with 9 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts and 4 runs (3 earned runs) in 6 innings despite the support for the other line. From the 2nd to the 4th innings, he could not overcome the crisis every inning and made 1 run, 1 run, and 2 runs, respectively.
Samsung’s lineup was fierce. In the first inning, Park Hae-min’s bunt hit and Pirella’s timely double took the lead first, followed by Kang Min-ho’s walk in the 3rd inning, and Oh Jae-il’s thunderbolt two-run home run, which gave Baek Jeong-hyeon three points.
In the early 8th inning, which was led to 3-4, Oh Jae-il once again strengthened and tied the score. Kang Min-ho once again walked out and walked, and Oh Jae-il returned the game to the starting point with a timely double to call Kim Seong-pyo, who had entered the runner-up on Kang Min-ho’s place, to the home.
However, Samsung immediately faced a crisis at the end of the eighth inning. Pil-Jun Jang, who came on the mound as the third pitcher on the day, allowed the risk of running out of bases safely with two hits and a walk. Samsung Bench tried to escape by putting in Shim Chang-min, who had fallen due to an injury after appearing against Daegu KT on the 28th of last month.
Shim Chang-min turned his first opponent, Seong-gon Lee, after a five-ball game and struck out a wasted swing with a fastball at a speed of 145 km/h. Shim Chang-min, who had good posture, was literally ‘Untouchable’. Shim Chang-min, who struck out his next opponent No Su-gwang once again with a 145 km/h fastball on the 4th pitch, played out 4 pitches on the third out as well, thinning out the looking strikeouts with a 146 km/h fastball.
Samsung, who was encouraged by Shim Chang-min’s miraculous pitch without a score, made a comeback in the ninth inning. With Hae-Min Park’s bunt hit and Ja-Wook Koo’s hit, a perfect chance for 1 company, 1st and 3rd base came, and Pirella brought the game with a one-run, just-in-time hit that made a comeback.
Samsung completed a 5-4 double play as ‘final boss’ Seung-hwan Oh blocked Hanwha’s attack at the end of the ninth with a three-way inning.
Correspondent Choi Si-woong jet123@yeongnam.com
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