The Joongang Daily uses the word, "trounce" in its headline, but they also provide some quotes.
Aaron at the EWC gives the ballgame another solid writeup.
Yeah. I'm really upset I watched on TV instead of battling the lines to get tickets. REALLY upset. If I dragged my girlfriend to the ballpark she would have punched me in the eye.
The standard post-dramatic homer beating. I can't wait for someone to get hurt during one of these and miss a few weeks. Can't wait.
"We surrender!"
On to the roundup....
Samsung 6, Doosan 2
W - Yoon Seong-hwan, L - Lee Hye-cheon
Samsung leads the series, 2-1
Wow. This has to be one of the most improbable playoff runs in recent history. A creaky, injured team with a painfully mediocre pitching staff has stolen 5 games from two of the elite teams in the KBO after trudging through a dull, barely above .500 season. KBO fever! Catch it!
After getting out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the 3rd inning, Samsung drew first blood in the bottom of the 3rd. Slightly wounded 3rd baseman, Park Seok-min clubbed a 2-RBI double off the centerfield wall to put Samsung on the scoreboard. Park can't be as injured as he was made out to be. No one with a chest fracture should be allowed to generate as much power as Park did.
After letting Samsung starter, Yoon Seong-hwan, off the hook for 4 innings, Doosan finally broke through in the 5th. Doosan's Oh Jae-won drove in the first Bears' run on a sac fly to left.
In the 6th inning, Samsung busted the game wide open. Choi Hyeong-woo stepped up to the plate with runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out. He crushed a 1-0 pitch from Doosan reliever, Kim Sang-hyeon, over the rightfield wall for a 3-run bomb. Choi's titanic blast gave the Lions a 5-1 advantage over the Bears. Samsung tacked on an 'EFFF You" run in the 7th inning. Shin Myeong-cheol hit an RBI double to right.
Doosan did mount an awesome fake rally in the 8th inning. The Bears scored their 2nd run on an RBI single from Yoo Jae-wong. Doosan would load the bases with 2 outs....and Kim Hyeon-su lined out to a leaping Park Jin-man to end the threat. The Bears mounted a fake fake rally against Oh Seung-hwan in the 9th. They had runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs...and Chae Sang-byeong struck out staring to end the game.
The series continues tonight in Daegu at 6pm. Game 1 starter, Kim Sun-woo takes the mound for Doosan. He was last seen allowing 7 baserunners in 2 innings of work and throwing with the confidence of me at the immigration office. Meaning, he was about 5 minutes away from tears at any given point. Embattled pitcher Lee Sang-mok takes the hill for the Lions. Lee....was awful this year. He managed to record a 6-6 record with a 5.34 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP. In 124 2/3 innings, somehow, he managed to strikeout 53 men. He allowed 153 hits, only 8 of which didn't stay in the park. Whatever. I'm not talking myself into him. Samsung would be better off with a pitching machine.
1 comment:
Here's my favorite line of that KT story:
Hong Sung-heon, who batted fifth, was held hitless in four at-bats.
Vivid. I'm glad he ended with that...now I understand what happened in that game. Wonder what the guy hitting sixth did.
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