Sunday, May 22, 2011

5/22 Roundup and News

Nexen/SK was canceled again.

Would Hanhwa trade ace Ryu Hyeon-jin? Not likely.

Hanhwa 6, KIA 4
W - Julio DePaula (1-3), L - Son Yeong-min (2-1), S - Park Jeong-jin (1)
Hanhwa HR - Oh Jae-pil KIA HR - Lee Beom-ho (8), Ahn Chi-hong (2)

Hanhwa broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning. Second baseman Han Sang-hoon and DH Jang Seong-ho both drew walks. Han would score on a base hit by left fielder Choi Jin-haeng. Choi finished 2-4 with a run scored and two RBIs.

Hanhwa added an insurance run in the ninth when backup outfielder Oh Jae-pil hit a solo homer.

Hanhwa reliever Park Jeong-jin deserved more than a save. Park threw three shutout innings to ice the game. Park gave up one hit and struck out four.

Doosan 7, Samsung 7 (12)
Doosan HR - Choi Joon-seok (4), Lee Won-seok (2) Samsung HR - Park Seok-min (4)

Games like this are why ties suck. This series has been an absolute war and deserved to have a meaningful conclusion.

Samsung jumped out to a 7-5 lead in the sixth inning when the Lions rallied for four runs. Second baseman Shin Myeong-cheol hit a double with the bases loaded that scored three runs.

Samsung appeared to be cruising to a W, but the Lions bullpen gave up a solo homer in the seventh to Doosan first baseman Choi Joon-seok in the seventh to cut the lead to 7-6. The Lions 'pen gave up another solo homer to third baseman Lee Won-seok in the eighth to tie the game at seven.

Tied is where this one would stay for the next four innings. Doosan reliever Jeong Jae-hoon threw four shutout innings. Jeong gave up two walks and struck out six. Jeong was matched by Samsung reliever Lee Woo-seon. Lee threw three scoreless innings. Lee gave up one hit, one walk and one hit batsman while striking out, you guessed it, one batter.

Doosan center fielder Jeong Su-bin lead the Bears' offense. Jeong went 4-5 with a double, a HBP, two runs scored and two RBIs.

Samsung slugger Park Seok-min went 2-6 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored.



"Walk-off hit? That's a paddlin'."

LG 5, Lotte 4
W - Lim Chan-gyu (3-1), L - Kim Su-wan (0-3)
LG HR - Yoon Sang-gyun (4) Lotte HR - None

Lotte held a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth, but LG's Yoon Sang-gyun came in to pinch hit with a runner on second and two outs. He hit a two-run homer off of Lotte reliever Brian Corey to tie the game and send it to extras.

LG left fielder Jeong Eui-yoon lead off tne eleventh with a walk. Jeong was lifted for pinch runner Yang Yeong-dong. Dong promptly stole second to get into scoring position. Second baseman Seo Dong-wook flied out for the first out of the inning, but center fielder Lee Dae-hyeong put a base hit over the head of the Lotte left fielder to score Yang and walk off the Giants.

Lost in this game was a quality start from Lotte starter Song Seung-joon. Song threw 6 2/3 innings(119 pitches, 72 strikes) of two-run baseball. Song gave up seven hits and a walk while striking out six.

Right fielder Son Ah-seop lead the Giants' offense by going 3-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored.

2 comments:

dearan said...

i saw your post on busan haps so thought i'd ask here (hopefully you live in busan):

i'm trying to get tickets for lotte v LG at sajik on sat 4th june - the site says they're all sold out already - is that possible or is it too early for the tickets to be on sale?

Rodney from Pilsen said...

It's entirely possible, but it's also possible to scalp tickets at the park.