Lions defeat Landers to grab stranglehold in KBO postseason

DAEGU -- Behind a solid performance from their starting pitcher and a string of timely hits, the Samsung Lions defeated the SSG Landers 5-3 on Monday to move within a win of reaching the next round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason. Starter Won Tae-in held the Landers to a run over 6 2/3 innings on a rainy night before a sellout crowd of 23,680 fans at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the southeastern city of Daegu, as the Lions grabbed a 2-1 lead in this best-of-five first-round series. Their top three hitters in the lineup, Kim Ji-chan, Kim Seong-yoon and Koo Ja-wook, each had two hits while combining for three RBIs and four runs scored. The Lions will move on to the next stage with a win in Game 4 at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the same Daegu stadium. The teams were tied at 1-1 in this series before Monday. On seven previous occasions where teams split the first two games of the first-round series, the one that took Game 3 went on to win the series all seven times. After being silenced by starter Drew Anderson over the first two innings, the Lions put up a three-spot in the thirWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times