Samsung Park Jin-man, who led the team to victory in the opening game for the first time in six years, said, “The players even burned their souls.”

Samsung Lions coach Park Jin-man.

The Samsung Lions smiled in the opening game for the first time in six years. Samsung coach Park Jin-man applauded the players, saying, “They even burned their souls.”

Samsung won 6-2 after a close overtime match against KT Wiz in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province on the 23rd.

Samsung tied the score in the top of the 7th inning when they were trailing 1-2 with Kim Ji-chan's timely hit, and in the bottom of the 8th inning, with 2 outs and runners on first and second base, right fielder Kim Seong-yoon's 'super catch' prevented a run from being conceded. Afterwards, starting with pinch hitter Kim Hyun-jun's winning hit in the top of the 10th inning of extra innings, the team scored four runs to tie the game.

It has been 6 years since Samsung won the opening game. Samsung, which had not been able to smile in the opening game for five years after winning the Jamsil Doosan Bears game in 2018, started the season with a 'victory' for the first time in a while.

Coach Park Jin-man said after the game, “The players showed everything they had prepared since spring camp. “From the first game of the opening game, we burned our hearts and had a strong desire to win,” he praised.

He added, “Conor Siebold, who started as a starter, showed himself as a first starter (with 8 strikeouts, 2 runs, and 1 earned run in 6 innings), and the bullpen pitchers who came after him also did a good job blocking.”

In this day's game, Samsung's cheering song 'El Dorado' was sung for the first time in a long time before the top of the 8th inning. Eldorado, which had disappeared due to copyright issues since the retirement ceremony of current Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop in 2017, returned for the first time in seven years on this day. Samsung fans who filled the stadium not only heard the familiar cheering song, but also enjoyed the joy of victory. Director Park Jin-man also expressed his gratitude to the fans. He said, “I would like to thank the fans who came and supported us from the first game until the away game.”

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Pub: 28 Mar 2024 02:19 UTC
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