Diaz hits a game-winning two-run home run Samsung beats Lotte and defends second place

Diaz hits a game-winning two-run home run Samsung beats Lotte and defends second place

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There are signs that the Samsung Lions are moving towards solidifying their second place.

Samsung achieved a thrilling comeback victory 5-3 in the home game against Lotte Giants in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 23rd, thanks to home runs by Kang Min-ho and Lewin Diaz.

With this, Samsung widened the gap with third-place LG Twins, who lost that day, to two games, and took the high ground advantageous for defending second place.

It was a game where Samsung turned the tide with two home runs.

Lotte made it 1-0 when Hwang Seong-bin, who hit a center hit in the top of the first inning, scored on a pickoff throw and Son Ho-young's sacrifice fly.

Samsung turned the game around to 3-1 in the bottom of the 한국을 4th when Kang Min-ho hit a 3-run home run over the left-center field fence.

Lotte, in 8th place and not giving up hope of advancing to the postseason, made it 3-3 in the top of the 6th inning when Ko Seung-min hit a two-run home run over the right field.

But Samsung's new foreign hitter Diaz has stepped up as a 'problem solver'.

In the bottom of the 8th inning, with one out and a runner on first base, Diaz hit a huge two-run homer off Lotte's second pitcher, Jin Park, that flew over the right-center field fence and into the top of the outfield stands, giving the team a 5-3 lead.

Samsung, which had the upper hand, tied the game in the top of the 9th with a three-strikeout victory when new closer Kim Jae-yoon took the mound.