The Samsung Lions have been terrifying in the second half of the season. Leading the way is Kang Min-ho, who leads the team in batting average.
The Samsung Lions pulled off a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the LG Twins in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Thursday. The win snapped LG’s eight-game winning streak.
It was a thrilling win for Samsung. It was a case of LG running away and Samsung chasing. After giving up two runs in the first inning, they scored one run each in the third and fourth innings to tie the game at 2-2, but then gave up a run in the fifth inning to lose the lead. Samsung tied the game again at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single by Lee Jae-hyun. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Kim Hyun-soo hit a solo home run. It was Kang Min-ho.
Samsung’s concentration was good. Two batters later, Ryu Ji-hyuk singled, Koo Ja-uk walked, and Kang Min-ho hit a two-run double to put the game out of reach. It was the second game in a row that Kang Min-ho had a game-winning hit, and two days later, he came through with a game-winning double.
Prior to this game, Samsung was batting .335 as a team in the second half of the season, and it paid off against the No. 1 team.
“Before, I felt like I was struggling alone,” said Kang Min-ho after the game, “but in the second half, many players took turns. Seeing that they had the strength to keep up with the game, I feel like I have more strength,” he smiled.
“There were a lot of games where if Pirela and I didn’t hit, the innings was almost over. Now that Zaheer is back and a lot of the younger guys in the lower order are stepping up, it seems to be working well.”먹튀검증
The team is feeling the benefits of having the top batting average in the second half of the season. “Definitely, we don’t care which team it is, and I think we have the strength to go after it. Before, if we were losing, we just lost. Nowadays, our winning percentage is not very good, but I think we have the strength to chase, turn around, and follow even if we are losing.” “I realized that our team is not a weak team when we won against LG. It’s true that our pitching staff is weaker than theirs, but the batting lineup reminded me that we’re a scary team when all the injured players come back. We will try to do our best as much as we can,” he said.