Samsung avoids three consecutive comeback losses → Koo Ja-wook delivers 'outstanding performance' with 4 hits, 4 RBIs, and 5 times on base [Daegu]

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Samsung avoided three consecutive comeback losses. The Samsung Lions washed away the regret of two consecutive shocking defeats.

On the 31st, Samsung defeated the Doosan Bears 9-4 at Daegu Samsung Lions Park. After surrendering walk-off home runs in consecutive games on the 29th and 30th, leading to two comeback losses, Samsung held off the opponent's late rally on this day and concluded the weekend series with one win and two losses.

As in the previous two games, Samsung built a lead early by steadily accumulating runs. Koo Ja-wook's double in the bottom of the first inning gave Samsung the first run. In the bottom of the third, with the score tied 1-1, Koo's double combined with an error by the opposing right fielder Cameron to add another run. Shortly after, Choi Hyung-woo's double extended the lead to 3-1.

In the bottom of the fifth, Koo hit a two-run home run to the left-center field off Doosan's starting pitcher Min Seok. With two outs and bases loaded, Yang Woo-hyun drew a bases-loaded walk to add another run. Koo reached base via a hit-by-pitch in the bottom of the sixth and added a one-run infield single in the bottom of the eighth when trailing 6-4, finishing with 4 hits, 4 RBIs, and 5 times on base. Soon after, Jeon Byeong-woo and Park Gye-beom hit consecutive sacrifice flies to seal the victory.

Samsung's starting pitcher Yang Chang-seop, who recorded his first career shutout against the Lotte Giants on the 24th, pitched six innings allowing four hits and two earned runs on this day, securing his third consecutive win and fourth win of the season (undefeated).

Samsung's Choi Hyung-woo, starting at left field as the fourth batter, hit a one-run double to right field in the bottom of the third with two outs and a runner on second base, becoming the first player in KBO history to record 1,000 extra-base hits (doubles + triples + home runs). His totals include 553 doubles, 20 triples, and 427 home runs.

Doosan managed to score only two runs in the top of the eighth while trailing 2-6, failing to continue their comeback momentum from the previous two days. Min Seok struggled, allowing five hits and six runs (four earned) in four innings, resulting in two consecutive losses. A critical moment came in the bottom of the fifth when he mishandled a ground ball by opposing leadoff hitter Kim Sung-yoon, allowing him to reach base, and immediately surrendered a two-run home run to Koo Ja-wook on the first pitch.

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