The Samsung Lions earned a comfortable victory.
The Samsung Lions rode 13 hits, including a strong pitching performance by starter Danny Reyes and a solo home run by Oh Jae-il, to an 8-3 victory over the Kia Tigers in an exhibition game of the 2024 Baseball Organization’s SOL bank KBO League at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on Monday. They are now 4-5 in the series. Kia was held to four hits and lost 3-6.
Samsung’s lineup was Kim Hyun-joon (right fielder), Jeon Byung-woo (third baseman), Koo Ja-uk (left fielder), McKinnon (designated hitter), Kang Min-ho (catcher), Oh Jae-il (first baseman), Lee Sung-kyu (center fielder), Kim Young-woong (shortstop) and Ryu Ji-hyeok (second baseman). Kia used Park Chan-ho (shortstop), Seo Gun-chang (second baseman), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Koh Jong-wook (left fielder), Hwang Dae-in (first baseman), Choi Won-joon (right fielder), Kim Tae-gun (catcher), and Kim Ho-ryung (center fielder).
Samsung took advantage of Kia starter Yang Hyun-jong in the top of the second inning
Loading the bases on a single by Baek Keenan, a stolen base by Oh Jae-il, and a walk by Lee Sung-gyu, but Kim Young-woong and Ryu Ji-hyuk struck out to end the threat. With the bases loaded, Hwang Dae-in drove a Reyes pitch over the left-center field fence in the bottom of the inning. It was the third run of the game for the 1-0 Gisun.
Samsung fought back in the top of the third inning when Kim Hyun-joon singled and stole second, bringing in Koo Ja-rook with a double into the right-field corner. 토토사이트 In the fourth inning, Oh Jae-il drew a solo shot over the right field wall. In the fourth, Kang Min-ho reached on an error by the third baseman and Oh Jae-il singled to right, putting runners on first and third with Kim Young-woong and Ryu Ji-hyeok hitting back-to-back RBI singles to make it 4-1. In the seventh inning, Koo Ja-uk and Kang Min-ho doubled and Lee Sung-kyu singled to center field to score two more runs.
Kia scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning against Samsung’s Kim Jae-yoon, with Lee Chang-jin singling in front of the pitcher, Park Min-soo singling to left and Kim Kyu-sung tripling down the right field line. In the top of the ninth, Samsung scored one run on an infield grounder by Kim Young-woong and another on an RBI single to left by Ahn Joo-hyung.
Samsung Reyes picked up the win on the mound.
He held KIA to just two hits in the sixth inning. He threw 84 pitches, including a fastball, two-seam, slider, changeup, cutter, and forkball, and struck out three. His fastball touched 150 mph as he warmed up for his start in Game 2.
In his first start of the tournament, Yang gave up two runs on six hits (one home run) with one walk and four strikeouts in four innings. It was his first start since Game 1 of the Okinawa training camp. With the bases loaded, he struck out two batters in a row to get out of a jam. He threw a slider and curveball in addition to his fastball and changeup, which topped out at 144 kilometers.
Samsung went to work in the seventh inning. Im Chang closed out the seventh, but Kim Jae-yoon gave up two runs on three hits in the eighth. In the ninth, Oh Seung-hwan, who received the final out, sealed the game with a great pitch. For Kia, Yoon Jung-hyun, who followed Yang Hyun-jong, pitched a scoreless fifth inning, but Lee Hyung-beom (sixth), Lim Ki-young (seventh), and Park Jun-pyo (ninth) gave up two runs each.