Both the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins will put on the mound the starting pitcher for the most wins in a season in their respective teams. Samsung is committed to bringing in the second round of the playoff by taking out ace Won Tae-in and LG’s foreign pitcher Detrick N.C.
Samsung defeated LG 10-4 in the first round of the 2024 professional baseball PO held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Sunday. The number of hits was 14, eight ahead of LG (six), and the team garnered three home runs to secure victory.
Starting pitcher Denny Reyes also displayed stellar pitching. Reyes was in charge of six ⅔ innings alone, and became the winning pitcher with four hits, one strikeout, and three runs.
Before entering the PO, Samsung’s mound was in a big crisis. Connor Seabold, another foreign pitcher, suffered a scapula injury last month, and his condition did not recover. “Stone Buddha” Oh Seung-hwan failed to elevate his ball power, which had been falling since mid-to-late part of the season. Baek Jeong-hyun, a starting pitcher, was injured after being hit on the finger in a pre-Autumn Baseball warm-up match.
All three players were excluded from the PO list in the end. So Reyes carried a bigger burden for the win, which he overcame well and gave the team the win. 먹튀검증
In the second round, Won Tae-in, the ace of blue blood, will take the mound as starting pitcher. He is the reigning champion of the 2024 KBO League. Won finished the regular season by garnering the most wins along with Kwak Bin of the Doosan Bears. He played in 28 games, recording 15 wins, 6 losses and an earned run average of 3.66.
His strength lies in his physical stamina. He rested for about three weeks at the last game against the Kiwoom Heroes on April 22. However, he has no win against the LG Twins this year. He started two games against the LG Twins, but had one loss and only 4.09 ERA. During 11 innings, he allowed 13 hits and allowed five runs.
On the other hand, LG Twins, which lost the first game in vain, will have ENCE, the top scorer in multiple wins, as the starting pitcher. ENCE will take the mound for the third time in this year’s postseason.
The team put right-hander Choi Won-tae as its starter in the first round. Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop of the LG Twins gave Choi another chance as he had no win in the fall baseball in his 10th year as a pro. However, Choi failed to display impressive pitching. On the day, Choi bowed his head after receiving seven hits during three innings, allowing five runs.
Only eight out of 33 teams have advanced to the Korean Series after losing in the first round of POs. To turn the tables, N.S. must display good pitching. N.S. has played in 30 games this season, recording 13 wins and six losses with an ERA of 4.19. He is tied for third with multiple wins in the league after Won Tae-in and Kwak Bin.
However, it can be a burden that this is the third time that Nence has taken the mound in autumn baseball. Nence started the game against KT Wiz in Game 4 of the semi-PO on the 9th and threw the ball. On this day, Nence was sluggish with six hits and four runs in three ⅓ innings, and left the mound early. In the first game of the semi-PO held on the 5th, Nence, who took the mound as a starting pitcher, was not in bad condition with five hits and three runs in five ⅓ innings, but he became a losing pitcher without the help of the batters.
In the regular season, he failed to secure victory over Samsung. In his second start against Samsung this year, he had one loss and an earned run average of 3.00 without a win. In total, he pitched 12 innings, leaving eight hits and four runs.
