The Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) are on the brink of a cliffhanger in the Korean Series against the KIA Tigers.

The Samsung Lions were swept 2-9 by the KIA Tigers in Game 4 of the best-of-seven Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) 2024 Series at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea, on Saturday. After losing both Games 1 and 2 due to a suspension in Game 1, Samsung bounced back with a win in Game 3, but with the loss in Game 4, they are now one loss away from ending the series.

The score quickly went to 0-7 when starter Won Tae-in left the game with a shoulder injury and Song Eun-beom, who came in as the second pitcher, hit a grand slam. A pitching change in the third inning proved to be the difference.

Won Tae-in, who pitched five scoreless innings (66 pitches) in Game 1, started on four days’ rest. In the first inning, he gave up an infield single to Park Chan-ho and a 10-pitch walk to Kim Sun-bin, who hit a double off the left-field fence. With runners on second and third, he got Kim Do-young to fly out to third base, but Na Sung-beom grounded out to second base to allow a runner to score from third. He allowed one run in the first inning and threw 32 pitches. In the second inning, he gave up a leadoff single to Lee Chang-jin but did not allow a run, but struggled with his pitch count, which was 55 pitches.

In the third inning,

Won Tae-in singled to left, Kim Do-young walked, and Na Sung-beom singled to right to load the bases. Socrates followed with an RBI double to center, making the score 0-3. Choi Won-joon laid down a sacrifice bunt to put runners on first and third. Lee Chang-jin walked to load the bases again. Won Tae-in looked uncomfortable with his shoulder and was replaced on the mound by the pitching coach and trainer.

Won was unable to continue pitching due to the discomfort in his shoulder and was diagnosed with a 4-6 week rehabilitation for glenohumeral labral injury and rotator cuff tendonitis.

Veteran Song Eun-beom came on as the second pitcher. 카지노사이트 The first batter, Byun Woo-hyuk, grounded out to the catcher for an out, but a two-pitch slider (135 kilometers) to Kim Tae-gun on the first pitch allowed a grand slam over the left field fence. In an instant, the score was 7-0 and the game was out of reach.

Song, who was released by LG at the end of last year’s season, signed with Samsung in July after an invincible first half. He was promoted to the first team in late August and posted a 1.08 ERA in nine games with two holds.

In the playoffs, he appeared in two games, facing two batters and allowing one run (unearned) on one hit and one walk.

In the Korean Series, he allowed one run on two hits in two innings in Game 2.

Manager Park Jin-man explained his decision to use Song Eun-beom after Won Tae-in after the game, saying, “Won Tae-in’s pitches were shaky, so Song Eun-beom and Lee Seung-min were preparing in the bullpen.

With his two-seam fastball, slider, ability to induce ground balls, and experience in big games, the plan was to use Song Eun-bum, but it didn’t work out as expected. In Game 2, Song struck out Kim Tae-gun on three pitches with a two-seam and a curveball, but this time he was hit by a grand slam.

What about fireballer Kim Yoon-soo? “He wasn’t ready,” Park said. In the postseason, Kim Yoon-soo has been used primarily in mid-game clutch situations. In the Korean Series, he pitched seven innings in Game 1 and six innings in Game 2.

In Game 4, he pitched with runners on second and third in the bottom of the seventh inning with Korea trailing 2-9. Kim Do-young was batting. Kim threw a first-pitch curveball (ball) and a second-pitch curveball (strike) for a 1B-1S count. He struck out on a slider (139 mph) in the third and a fastball (154 mph) in the fourth.