Samsung achieved a thrilling come-from-behind victory with successive successive pinch-hit operations.

Samsung won an away game against Hanwha in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Daejeon Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park on the 3rd with a 7-2 come-from-behind victory. Pinch hitters provided by manager Park Jin-man did their job. In the 7th inning, pinch hitter Yoon Jeong-bin hit a solo home run to tie the score, and in the 8th inning, pinch hitter Kim Tae-gun led the come-from-behind victory with a timely wedge hit.스포츠토토

Samsung, which tasted thrilling victories two days in a row following the 8-7 victory over Hanwha the previous day (2nd), secured a winning series. Maintained 7th place with 22 wins and 27 losses. 9th place Hanwha, which sold out Daejeon home matches (12,000 seats) for the first time in four years, became 18 wins, 29 losses, and 3 draws amidst a regrettable come-from-behind loss.

At the beginning of the game, the atmosphere of Hanwha was strong. After two outs in the first inning, Chae Eun-seong pulled a 146km fastball toward the body of Samsung starter Won Tae-in’s first ball and crossed the left wall. Distance 115m, season 9 home run. In the second inning, leader Noh Si-hwan hit a mid-right hit at the end of a 7-pitch match, and then the next batter, Choi Jae-hoon, hit an RBI double toward the left fielder to make it 2-0.

Samsung, which was tied scoreless by Hanwha starter Pena until the 3rd inning, launched a counterattack in the 4th inning. Leading Jose Pirella went on base with a shortstop infield hit. Hanwha shortstop Lee Do-yoon’s bad throw threw a second base chance. Koo Ja-wook retreated with a pitcher’s ground ball, but Kang Min-ho lightly pushed Pena’s high outside fastball and connected it with a timely hit that fell in the middle.

Samsung starter Won Tae-in faced a crisis with 2 outs and 1st and 2nd bases in the 6th inning, but he succeeded in a quality start with 2 runs in 6 innings without additional runs by handling Noh Si-hwan with a fly ball in right field. In the 7th inning, Samsung balanced the game with a pinch hit home run. After two outs, Yoon Jeong-bin, who came out as a pinch hitter in Jae-il Oh’s at-bat, hit Pena’s 4th pitch, a low 146km fastball to the body, and decorated it as a mid-month solo shot. 135m distance, tied solo home run. It was Yoon Jeong-bin’s first home run in his professional debut.

Samsung Yoon Jeong-bin. /OSEN DB

In the end, in the 8th inning, Samsung reversed the game. Kim Ji-chan and Kim Hyeon-jun hit consecutive hits against Hanwha Salvation’s Jung Woo-ram to secure first and second bases. Hanhwa made a winning move by putting closer Park Sang-won early, but could not stop Samsung’s momentum. Pirella was out in center field, but Ja-wook Koo hit a timely hit and turned the score around 3-2.

Pinch hitter Kim Tae-goon exploded a wedge hit in the first run with bases loaded, which continued with Kang Min-ho’s walk. Park Sang-won’s 3rd fork ball was hit and decorated with a timely hit with 2 RBIs. Following this, Kim Dong-yeop also hit the changed pitcher Kim Seo-hyeon in a timely manner, widening the score to 6-2. Kim Ji-chan, who went out with a hit ball in the ninth inning, also scored a wedge when Pirella hit, and when Hanwha left fielder Lee Jin-young made a catch error, he came home and scored a wedge.

Samsung starter Won Tae-in laid the foundation for victory with a quality start with 4 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, 6 strikeouts and 2 runs in 6 innings. Hong Jung-woo, who blocked one inning in the 7th inning without conceding a run, earned his first win of the season. Hanwha starter Pena made a quality start in 6 consecutive games with 5 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, 4 strikeouts and 2 runs (1 earned) in 7 innings, but was unable to establish a relationship with victory. Jung Woo-ram suffered his first loss of the season.