KANG Min-HO’S TYING HOMER AND GAME-WINNING RBI SNAPS LG’S 8-GAME WINNING STREAK

SEOUL, South Korea (Yonhap) – The bottom-ranked Samsung Lions of South Korea snapped an eight-game winning streak by the top-ranked LG Twins behind the bat 카지노 of No. 4 hitter Kang Min-ho and the pitching of starter David Buchanan .Samsung held on for a 5-4, one-run victory over LG in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Thursday .Samsung snapped LG’s five-game losing streak and Friday’s five-game winning streak, while LG saw its recent seven-game winning streak come to an end, as well as its four-game winning streak in visiting games .In the first inning, LG struck first .In the first inning, leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki and No. 2 hitter Shin Min-jae singled to put runners on first and third with no outs, and a wild pitch by Buchanan and an Austin Dean single with runners on first and third scored two runs. Two batters later, Samsung tied the game with a single by Kang Min-ho after Kim Sung-yoon singled, stole second and scored on a Kim Hyun-joon RBI single .Down 1-2 in the bottom of the fourth, Kang Min-ho stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and a full count against LG starter Lee Ji-gang, and launched a game-winning home run over the left field wall. It was Kang’s 13th home run of the season. Shin Min-jae’s RBI single in the fifth inning gave LG the lead again, and Lee Jae-hyun’s RBI single with two outs in the seventh tied the game at 3-3.LG took the lead again in the eighth when a home run came from an unlikely place. With one out and the bases loaded after Shin Min-jae failed to steal first base, Kim Hyun-soo drove an outside pitch from Samsung’s Lee Seung-hyun over the left field wall .It was Kim’s third home run of the season and his first since June 15 against Samsung. Desperate, Samsung rallied in the bottom of the eighth, putting runners on second and third with two outs after Ryu Ji-hyuk singled and Koo Ja-rook doubled .Coming to the plate, Kang Min-ho took a six-pitch slider from LG’s Yoo Young-chan and slid it under the plate for a game-winning two-run double to right-center field. The LG bench appeared to be trying to avoid a confrontation with Kang Min-ho, but when Kang Min-ho was down to two strikes, they opted for a showdown. Kang Min-ho, a former national team catcher, didn’t let the LG battery get away with it and urned the game around with a pinpoint hit. With a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the ninth, Samsung brought up Oh Seung-hwan to seal the win .For the first time since March 2 against the Hanwha Eagles, Oh pitched a three-hit shutout inning to preserve the win and earn his 14th save of the season .For Samsung, Buchanan didn’t get the win, but he did his job with seven innings of five-hit ball, three walks and two strikeouts. With two 카지노 outs in the seventh inning, Buchanan took charge and stayed on the mound to close out the inning even as his right hand cramped.