Shortstop Lee Jae-hyun, a former first-round pick of the Samsung Lions in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), showed off his initiative and problem-solving skills.
Lee started at second base against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on April 14 and went 1-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, two runs scored and two walks. After a fly ball to center field in the first inning and a grounder to second base in the third, Lee stepped to the plate for the third time in the fifth inning with the bases loaded and the score 0-1. He drew a walk against Doosan’s second pitcher, Lee Kyo-hoon. Ryu Ji-hyuk came home from third base to tie the game at 1-1.
Trailing 1-2 in the top of the seventh, Samsung had runners on first and second when Ryu Ji-hyeok singled to right-center and pinch-hitter Ahn Joo-hyung laid down a sacrifice bunt. Kim Heon-gon singled straight to the second baseman, but Lee Jae-hyun showed his fixer instincts. On a 1B-1S pitch count with Doosan’s Lee Young-ha, he pulled a three-pitch slider for a double to left field. Ryu Ji-hyuk, who was on second base, rounded third and came home. 2-2. The game was tied.
After Koo walked on an automatic high four-pitch walk, Kang Min-ho took a first-pitch slider from Lee Young-ha and blasted it over the left-field fence. The distance was 115 meters. Samsung took a 6-2 lead with a single from Kang Min-ho. Lee Jae-hyun singled to center field in the ninth inning.
Samsung defeated Doosan 6-2 to complete the three-game weekend series with a two-game sweep.
After starting left-hander Lee Seung-hyun 카지노 커뮤니티 (5⅔ innings, eight hits, one walk, two strikeouts, two runs), right-hander Lee earned his fifth win of the season with 1 1/3 scoreless innings (two strikeouts) in the second game. Kim Jae-yoon in the eighth and Oh Seung-hwan in the ninth shut down the rally. No. 4 Kang Min-ho led the offense with a 2-for-4 performance, including the game-winning three-run homer, three RBI and one run scored.
“(The fifth-inning pushing double) was a case of me looking at the zone narrowly, trying to hit the ball I was aiming for, and I was able to get a pushing double,” Lee said after the game on the club’s official YouTube channel, Lions TV. “I thought it was going to be caught as soon as I hit it, but when I ran, I realized it was a hit,” he said of his tying double in the seventh inning.
Meanwhile, Park Jin-man said, “All the pitchers who came out today did their job and gave us the conditions to win. I would like to praise the starting pitcher Lee Seung-hyun and the right-handers Lee Seung-hyun, Kim Jae-yoon, and Oh Seung-hwan for pitching fearlessly against the opponent’s foreign starters.”
“In the batting lineup, Lee Jae-hyun, who had two RBIs, including the tying run, and Kang Min-ho, who sent the Lions fans on third base into a frenzy with a three-run home run in the seventh inning, were outstanding,” he added.
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