Samsung, which avoided the double play of the 'Dale Home Throwing Butterfly Effect', showed a great reversal of "1:3→10:3" against KIA! Choi Hyung-woo's three-run shot + four RBIs are crazy [Gwangju Field Review]

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The Samsung Lions showed their scary concentration in the second half of the game and won a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the KIA Tigers. The situation that could have ended with a double play in the eighth inning led to the fielder's choice, leading to Samsung's mass score.

Samsung beat KIA 10-3 in its first showdown of the "2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League" season at Gwangju-KIA Champions Field on the 7th. 1-3, dragged into the top of the eighth, but turned the game around.

With this victory, Samsung started the week in a good mood by catching the first of three consecutive games during the week, while KIA failed to continue its momentum to win the previous game on the 5th.

On this day, Samsung set up a starting lineup with Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Diaz (first baseman), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Kang Min-ho (fosu), Kim Heon-gon (right fielder), and Lee Jae-hyun (striker). The starting pitcher is right-hander Yang Chang-seop.

Against this, KIA composed the batting order in the order of Jarryd Dale (striker), Kim Ho-ryeong (middle fielder), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Castro (left fielder), Na Sung-beom (designated hitter), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Park Sang-joon (first baseman), Kim Tae-gun (captor), and Park Jae-hyun (right fielder). Left-hander Yang Hyun-jong stepped up as the starting pitcher.

From the first inning, both teams showed off their firepower. First, Samsung opened the door. After one out in the top of the first inning, Ryu Ji-hyuk hit Yang Hyun-jong's two pitches (132 km/h slider) with one ball to hit the right fence. It was Ryu Ji-hyuk's second home run of the season.

However, KIA also turned it over immediately in the bottom of the first inning. After the leadoff batter Dale walked to get on base, Kim Ho-ryeong struck out to become a first base with one out. Here, Kim Do-young continued his chance to second and third base with a double to left field. Subsequent Castro made it 2-1 with a timely two-run hit.

The lull continued somewhat, but KIA added a score in the bottom of the fifth inning. The leadoff hitter Park Jae-hyun created the opportunity with a heavy hit, and succeeded in stealing second base at the next Dale at-bat. Dale struck out, but Kim Ho-ryeong's timely double to right field ran away 3-1.

However, the game fluctuated in the eighth inning. Samsung's leadoff hitter and pinch hitter Yang Woo-hyun took a chance with Ryu Ji-hyuk's walk, starting with a double on the left-field line. Here, Choi Hyung-woo added a timely double on the right wing and Diaz added a timely hit to the right to tie the game 3-3.

Koo Ja-wook's ground ball in front of the shortstop failed to lead to a double play with one out and runners on the first and third bases. When KIA shortstop Dale threw home, he caught only Choi Hyung-woo, who was heading home from third base. It was a ball that would easily lead to a double play, but he caught only one out count.

In the end, this scene was the "butterfly effect." Samsung, which turned the game around 4-3 due to Kim Young-woong's timely hit at the first and second bases, ran 6-3 further with a timely double on the left-field line until Kang Min-ho. In the top of the ninth inning, Samsung started with a double by leadoff hitter Jeon Byung-woo, and made Ryu Ji-hyuk's timely hit after Kim Ji-chan's bunt hit made the first and third bases with no outs. In addition, Choi Hyung-woo's three-run home run was added to finish the game.

Samsung's batters literally fired up from the second half of the game. Choi Hyung-woo, who faced his former team, hit hard with two hits (one home run) in three at-bats with two walks and four RBIs, and Kang Min-ho also added his firepower with one hit and two RBIs in four at-bats. In addition, Ryu Ji-hyuk played a key role in the team's victory with three hits in four at-bats (one home run) and two RBIs.

Samsung starter Yang Chang-seop held out well with five hits, three walks, six strikeouts and three runs in five innings, but failed to record a win or loss due to lack of support from the batters. Lee Seung-min, Jang Chan-hee, Bae Chan-seung, Choi Ji-kwang, and Lim Ki-young, who took the mound, all did not lose points and sold the game.

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