8/28 - SK 6, Samsung 4
8/29 - SK 6, Samsung 2
8/30 - SK 3, Samsung 1
Between Samsung and my beloved Chicago White Sox, I'm thrilled that my xbox was repaired AND I found a Chinese copy of Madden to fill the hours with. I've spent more time watching KIA than I have watching the Lions or my beloved White Sox.
This series was all about the pitching and recording of outs. SK was able to do both with regularity. Samsung...didn't.
After tagging SK starter Song Eun-beom for 4 runs during his 3 2/3 innings of work, the SK bullpen shut the Lions down for 5 1/3 innings. 5 SK relievers combined to give up 2 hits and 1 walk, while the SK offense clawed its way back into the game. In the 7th inning, Samsung held a slim 4-3 lead and put the gam in the hands of reliever Cha Woo-chan. Cha was gave up the lead in approximately .0003 seconds. With a runner on 2nd and 1 out, Jeong Geun-woo singled to left to score the tying run. Cha walked the bases loaded and then walked SK shortstop Na Joo-hwan to give SK a 5-4 advantage. SK left fielder Park Jae-sang hit an "eff-you" homer in the 9th just to make sure Samsung knew they were beaten. SK reliver Jeon Byeong-doo recorded the final 5 outs in order for the save.
On Saturday, SK got a quality start from starter Goh Hyo-joon and another shutdown performance from the bullpen. Goh tossed 5 2/3 innings(94 pitches, 61 strikes) of 2-run baseball. He gave up only 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 5. 4 SK relievers combined to throw 3 1/3 innings of shutout baseball. After Goh left the game, Samsung didn't record another hit until the 9th inning. SK 2nd baseman Jeong Geun-woo and DH Park Jae-hyeon both recorded 2 RBIs to lead the SK offense.
Sunday was eerily similar to Saturday. SK starter Gary Glover tossed 7 innings(117 pitches, 68 strikes) of 1-run baseball. The Glove allowed 4 hits and 5 walks while striking out 7. Again, 4 SK relievers combined to throw 2 shutout innings. Only Jeong Woo-ram allowed a hit and he only faced one batter. Samsung starter Francisco Cruceta deserved better than he got from the Samsung offense. Cruceta tossed 7 innings(101 pitches, 60 strikes) and allowed 3 runs. Cruceta gave up only 4 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3. Hold your head up, Franky. The ballgame was scoreless until the 5th inning. SK put runners on 2nd and 3rd with only 1 out. The Wyverns called on pinch hitter Park Jeong-hwan to get them on the scoreboard. Park hit a seeing-eye single up the middle to plate both runners and give SK a 2-0 advantage. Those runs proved to be all SK would need. Jeon Byeong-doo tossed a 1-2-3 9th for his 2nd save in 3 days.
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