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Ninth-inning escape, 10th-inning pressure: Samsung closer Kim Jae-yoon delivers two scoreless innings

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Kim Jae-yoon pitched two scoreless innings as the Samsung Lions avoided defeat against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium.
  • LG and Samsung traded three-run rallies to tie the game 3-3 before both teams’ bullpens battled through the late innings.
  • Kim escaped a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the ninth and worked out of trouble again in the 10th.

Samsung Lions closer Kim Jae-yoon held the LG Twins scoreless for two innings, surviving a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and another dangerous situation in the 10th.

The teams met at Jamsil Stadium on the fifth. LG took a 3-0 lead in the sixth after loading the bases with no outs, but Samsung answered with three runs in the top of the seventh to make it 3-3.

The tie sent the game into a tense bullpen battle. In the bottom of the ninth, LG reached with the bases loaded and one out, but Kim struck out one batter and induced a flyout to escape. He returned in the 10th, with a runner on second and one out, and again finished the threat with a flyout and a strikeout.

Kim credited catcher Min-ho’s pitch selection and acknowledged that luck also helped: “Minho hyung’s pitch calling was very good. To be honest, luck was on our side too.”

Minho hyung’s pitch calling was very good. To be honest, luck was on our side too.

· Kim Jae-yoonThe Samsung closer credited catcher Min-ho’s pitch selection after working out of late-inning trouble.
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