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Professional baseball league leaders Samsung bounced back from their loss the previous day, defeating Kiwoom after an intense 11-inning battle. Closer Kim Jae-yoon laid the foundation for the victory by securing 8 outs.
Reporter Lee Seonghun has the story.
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Holding a 1 to 0 lead, Samsung allowed Kiwoom's Davidson to hit a game-tying solo home run in the 8th inning, and then faced a walk-off crisis with one out and the bases loaded in the 9th.
Closer Kim Jae-yoon, who took the mound in this critical situation, put on a masterclass in escaping trouble.
He got Choi Joo-hwan to fly out to shallow center field and induced Davidson to fly out to the third baseman, averting the major crisis.
After Kim pitched a scoreless 10th inning as well, the Samsung lineup reclaimed the lead in the top of the 11th by scoring 2 runs through Lee Jae-hyun's sacrifice fly and Kim Young-woong's RBI single.
Returning to the mound in the 11th, Kim Jae-yoon pitched another scoreless inning, throwing 2 and 2/3 innings—his longest outing since transferring to Samsung—to preserve the 3 to 1 victory and pick up his 5th win of the season.
NC secured consecutive wins against LG, highlighted by a fantastic defensive play from second baseman Kim Han-byeol in the 8th inning with a two-run lead and one out with the bases loaded; he turned Oh Ji-hwan's potential hit into a double play with a diving catch followed by a glove flip.
LG fell into a 7-game losing streak for the first time in 6 years.
Hanwha claimed back-to-back victories against KIA, powered by two-run homers from Moon Hyun-bin and Lee Do-yoon that hit the vehicle home run zone at Gwangju Champions Field.
Hanwha starting pitcher Wang Yancheng earned his 8th win of the season with a strong performance of 2 runs allowed over 7 innings.
SSG secured consecutive wins against Lotte, backed by high school rookie Kim Min-jun's stellar 6 scoreless innings of pitching.
(Video Editing: Park Ki-deok)
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