Professional baseball SSG Landers continued their hope for fall baseball. 메이저사이트
SSG won an 11-9 comeback victory after a batting match against Samsung at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th.
With the victory, sixth-ranked SSG maintained a 2.5 game gap with fifth-ranked Doosan. Doosan won the game 2-1 to KT. SSG has 11 more games to play. Doosan has 10 more games to play.
SSG got the upper hand in the bottom of the first inning with Park Sung-han’s leadoff homer. In the second inning, Lee Ji-young hit a timely hit to center field to lead 2-0.
Samsung’s leadoff hitter Lee Jae-hyun got on base with a hit in the third inning and advanced to second base with a foil. Yang Yang-geun drew a walk with one out and third base, and Kim Ji-chan hit a timely hit to the right to make up for one run. Kim Hun-gon struck out and Koo Ja-wook stepped down with an outfield fly ball in the continued chances of the second and third bases with one out.
SSG ran away again in the bottom of the third inning. After one out, Choi Jung got on base with a double on the left. Heredia hit a double on the left-handed side off Song Eun-beom, the changed pitcher, to go for a 3-1 victory. Han Yu-som stepped down with a fly ball to the third base, but Oh Tae-gon’s timely hit to center field widened the gap to 4-1 with one out and two on the second base.
However, foreign starter Anderson collapsed in the fourth inning. With one out, Park had a hit, Ryu Ji-hyuk had a hit, and Lee Jae-hyun had a walk to load the bases with one out. Pinch hitter Yoon Jeong-bin was struck out with two outs.
However, he allowed one run by throwing balls four times in a row against Yang Yang-geun, the ninth batter. Kim Ji-chan’s grounder to the shortstop was a little slow, and Kim Ji-chan quickly became safe at the first base due to sprinting. The score was 4-3. Anderson lost concentration. He threw a 156km fastball against Kim Heon-gon, but his straight walk again tied the score at 4-4. He then allowed a come-from-behind victory due to Koo Ja-wook’s grand slam.
SSG chased in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lee Ji-young walked out, and Ko Myung-joon’s heavy hit made it to the first and second bases with no outs. Park Sung-han’s right-handed hit caught up with one run. Jung Joon-jae’s timely RBI hit went off with runners on the first and third bases with no outs. With runners on the first and third bases with one out, Herredia’s sacrifice fly caught up to 7-8.
Samsung ran away again in the sixth inning. With one out, Kim Heon-gon got on base with a left-center double, and Koo Ja-wook added an RBI single with a timely hit. The team led 9-7.
SSG did not give up until the end. With one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, Han Yu-sum had a hit to the midfielder, Oh Tae-gon had a walk to the eighth pitch, and Ha Jae-hoon had a hit to the ninth pitch, creating a one-out full base chance. Lee Ji-young got one run at the batter’s box thanks to a balk by Samsung pitcher Choi Ji-kwang. Lee then hit a timely hit to the left to exit next to the third baseman, with two runners on the second and third bases with one out, and both runners homered to turn the game around 10-9.
After two outs in the eighth inning, SSG went on an 11-9 run with a double off Herredia’s hit and Han Yu-sum’s right fence.
Manager Lee said after the game, “The fielders showed their concentration and did their best. And thanks to the bullpen pitchers’ good pitching, I was able to catch an important game.”
“(Lee) Ji-young was very active in offense including the come-from-behind final hit in the seventh inning. And with the lead by one point, Yoo-sum (Han)’s running RBI eased the burden on the closing pitcher. The bullpen pitchers allowed one run in five innings, helping the closing pitcher win,” he said.
Coach Lee said, “I would like to thank the fans for their support with a full crowd at a time when the team is struggling.”
The SSG sold out 23,000 tickets on the day. It attracted full attendance at its sixth home game this season.
