'100% Win Rate No. 1-Team Also 12 Wins 1 Loss' Samsung's Yang Chang-seop Aims for Top of Wins Leaderboard

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Samsung pitcher Yang Chang-seop (27) has fully lived up to his role as the 'Win Fairy' this season.

On an individual level, he has recorded 8 wins in 16 games (13 starts) without a single loss. With a win percentage of 1.000, he leads the league ahead of Hanwha's Ryu Hyun-jin (0.800, 8-2), Doosan's Choi Min-seok (0.750, 9-3), and others (based on 7+ wins).

Samsung's record on days when he started is equally impressive. In 13 games, the team went 12-1, with a win percentage of 0.923. Except for the June 7 loss to KIA (6-7), Samsung won every game. Notably, in nearly half of those games (6 matches), the team scored over 10 runs, establishing the pleasant formula: 'Yang Chang-seop starts = lineup explosion.'

On the 29th, Yang Chang-seop will face a special challenge in the game against KIA at Daegu Samsung Lions Park. First, he aims to extend his season-winning streak to nine and maintain a perfect win percentage. Additionally, if he secures a victory, he could tie for first place in wins alongside Im Chan-kyu, Tolhurst (both LG), Oller (KIA), Kwak Bin (Doosan), and Choi Min-seok (all with 9 wins).

The variable lies in his appearance interval. Since returning to the starting rotation in May, Yang has appeared only on Sundays for seven consecutive weeks, meaning he received one or two more days of rest than other starters—six full days between appearances. Even in the second half, he started games on the 16th and 23rd, again with a week-long gap.

However, for this KIA game, he will take the mound after only five days of rest—one day less than usual. His six-day interval appearance is the second time this season and marks nearly four months since his last such outing. Following his April 1 start against Doosan, he faced KIA on the 7th, pitching five innings and allowing three earned runs. In all appearances with seven or more days of rest, he has posted an ERA of 3.44.

Yang Chang-seop struggled in two games against KIA this season, recording an ERA of 8.10 (10 innings, 9 earned runs). Moreover, KIA is the only team to have handed Samsung its sole loss in games where Yang started. The upcoming game draws attention as it remains to be seen whether Yang will once again showcase the charm of the 'Win Fairy' and whether Samsung's batters will provide another explosive offensive support.

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