7 billion FA's home turf march continues..."CHAN SEUNG, thank you for preventing us from being on the 2nd and 3rd base"
7 billion FA's home turf march continues..."CHAN SEUNG, thank you for preventing us from being on the 2nd and 3rd base"
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Choi Won-tae, the "7 billion FA" of the Samsung Lions in professional baseball, continued his "home undefeated" march.스포츠토토
Choi Won-tae started the home game against the KIA Tigers at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 23rd and won his third victory of the season with two runs (seven hits, two walks and five strikeouts) in five ⅓ innings. This continued the winning rate of 100% with three wins out of three home games.
Choi tightly bound three batters in the first inning, namely Park Chan-ho, Kim Sun-bin and Na Sung-bum. Choi, who allowed a walk to the first batter Choi Hyung-woo in the second inning, induced Wisdom to play a double play by shortstop. Choi, who gave up a walk to Lee after two outs, struck out Oh Seon-woo by swinging.
Choi struck out Byun Woo-hyuk and Han Seung-taek with a fly ball to the center field in the third inning, but Park Chan-ho and Kim Sun-bin had consecutive hits with two outs and no runners on the first and third bases. Choi guided Na to an infield grounder, continuing his scoreless streak.
Choi Won-tae and Lee Woo-sung's sacrifice fly to the right field allowed one run to the third base with one out, after Wizdom had a double and stolen base with one out in the fourth inning. Oh Seon-woo gave up a double to the right-center field, but Byun took a breather by overpowering Byun Woo-hyuk with a swing and miss strikeout.
Choi blocked Han Seung-taek, Park Chan-ho, and Kim Sun-bin from getting on base in the fifth inning. The crisis struck again in the sixth inning. After allowing one more run on consecutive hits by Na Sung-bum and Choi Hyung-woo, and Wizdom's double, Choi earned the out count with a catcher's foul fly after a close game with Lee going all the way to the 11th pitch.
Samsung's bench put Bae Chan-seung on the mound instead of Choi Won-tae. Bae Chan-seung, the changed pitcher, silenced Oh Sun-woo and Byun Woo-hyuk with strikeouts in a row.
Samsung beat KIA 7–2. Bae Chan-seung, Baek Jeong-hyun, Lee Jae-hee, and Kim Tae-hoon collaborated to score no runs after starting pitcher Choi Won-tae. In the attack, Kim Young-woong and Park Byung-ho hit home runs, and Kim Ji-chan completed the three-hit game.
Choi Won-tae said after the game, "There were many walks (four) in the last game (against Jamsil LG on April 16), so I threw it with the idea of continuing to hit the ball with the bat today. I didn't think the balance was that good, but I was lucky," he said.
He then expressed his gratitude, saying, "I personally only thought of winning rather than greed for quality starts. I am grateful that (Bae) Chan-seung played a big role."
Meanwhile, manager Park Jin-man said, "Choi Won-tae blocked well and laid the foundation for us to win the game. With two runners on the ground, Bae Chan-seung scored two strikeouts, which greatly boosted the mood." He added, "It was a great performance that caught an important out count. All the bullpen pitchers showed good performance while not losing any points."
In addition, head coach Park Jin-man said, "The batting line was also active overall and piled up one by one when the score was needed," adding, "The overall sense of hitting is coming up, so I think I will be able to play better in the future."