“It can’t be said that there was no aftermath (from the defeat in the first round). I will change the mood from Daegu to long hit.”
Samsung Lions manager Park Jin-man, who headed to Daegu bitterly, looked back on the games on the 23rd. 토토사이트
Samsung, led by head coach Park, lost 3-8 to manager Lee Bum-ho’s KIA Tigers in Game 2 of the 2024 professional baseball KBO Korean Series at Gwangju-KIA Champions Field on the 23rd.
Samsung, which suffered a 1-5 upset loss in the first game, which was held in suspension from the 21st to the 23rd due to heavy rain, will head to Daegu, where the third and fourth games will be held, with only 0 wins and 2 losses in the series.
Game 2 was also Game 2, but the loss in Game 1 was painful. The main cause was a failure to score an additional point with runners on the first and second bases with no outs leading 1-0 in the top of the sixth inning. Kim, who entered the batter’s box at the time, tried to bunt KIA’s Changed pitcher Jeon Sang-hyun, but the ball was headed toward the front of the catcher. Kim Tae-gun, Kia’s catcher, sprayed the ball to the third base to catch second baseman Lewin Diaz. Later, with the bases loaded with two outs leading to Park’s strikeout and Yoon Jeong-bin’s walk, Lee Jae-hyun was grounded out.
Samsung, which failed to score with strikeouts by Kim Heon-gon and Diaz in the top of the seventh inning with one out and second base, allowed Lim Chang-min to turn the tables in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. Afterwards, Samsung, which gave up the win by dedicating a successive RBI timely hit to Socrates Brito and Kim Do-young, also allowed Kim Tae-gun to hit an RBI timely hit to left-center in the bottom of the eighth inning, and had to accept the defeat.
In the second game that followed, Samsung continued to be lethargic. Starting pitcher Hwang Dong-jae (five hits, one walk, and five runs) was substituted early on, and the batters had 12 hits, two more than KIA, but managed just three runs.
After the game, coach Park Jin-man said there was a aftermath of the first game defeat in the second game, and vowed to avenge the mood with long balls in Daegu, where Games 3 and 4 are held.
The following is a Q&A session with director Park Jin-man.
Q. If you could give me a general review of the game.
- I feel sorry for both games. My goal was to win and lose 1 game in Gwangju. I’m going to think of it as minus one. I’ll go to Daegu and rest well and prepare well.
Q. I had 12 hits and only scored three points.
- If you look at our winning pattern, you should get a long shot. It was not like we had few hits in the second game. We were on par with KIA, but had no RBI at a critical moment. We had a difficult game because all the hits were single hits. Going to Daegu, I will change the mood to long balls.
Q. I would like to hear about the timing of replacing Hwang Dong-jae.
- There were some regrets because he entered the bullpen day after the suspended game in Game 1, but there were many right-handed hitters. It was a burden to change the game in the first inning.
Q. Was there an impact of losing the first game.
- It cannot be said that there was none. Rather than being upset by KIA in the first game, he allowed the team to come from behind by wild pitches with two outs and allowed the team to come from behind. He lost the mood there. He could not overcome the mood.
Q. Kim Young-woong tried to bunt at first and second bases with no outs in the top of the sixth inning of Game 1.
- It was in the middle to the end of the game. Baseball is a battle of probabilities. By buntting well, if the team reached the second or third base, it was possible to score extra points without any hits. While going through a fight of probabilities, the team failed due to unsuccessful operation. In baseball, we should go with probability. It is regrettable that we failed to score extra points.
Q. What is Lee Jae-hyun’s physical condition after suffering from pain in his left ankle in the second game.
- I sprained my ankle during the playoffs. I’m playing with taping. It hurts at bat. I decided to replace it because I have to play again in the future.
Q. If the chance continued in the 9th inning, did you consider Koo Ja-wook’s substitute card.
- I have to use Koo Ja-wook, but I keep looking at his condition. I have the will to keep going. I think I need to check my physical condition every day.
Q. Kim Hyun-joon, the ninth batter, played 2 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats.
- Today is the first postseason game, and he swung well. I think the Futures (second division) team prepared well during the playoffs (which was omitted from the entry). I think it will have more uses.
