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The bats of Lee Jae-won and Han Dong-hee, the centerpiece of the Sangmu batting order, exploded at the same time.
On April 24, the Commerce won 7-5 at home against the Samsung Lions of the Futures Summer League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea, thanks to the efforts of Lee Jae-won and Han Dong-hee.
Sangmu took the early lead. In the first inning, Han Tae-sun and Cho Seo-jin drew walks to put runners on first and second. Han Dong-hee stepped to the plate. She hit a double to left-center field against Samsung starter Kim Yoon-soo, bringing both runners home. 2-0.
In the third inning, with the bases loaded, Han Dong-hee hit a double down the right-field line. Lee Jae-won singled to center field to bring home Han Dong-hee. In the top of the fourth inning, Kim Sun-woo took a leadoff single off Samsung starter Kim Yoon-soo.
Samsung rallied back from a 0-4 deficit in the top of the fourth inning with a two-run arch by Kang Kang-ul. On a 2B-0S pitch, Kang pulled a three-pitch fastball over the right-field wall. It traveled 115 meters.
Samsung cut the deficit to 3-4 in the top of the fifth inning when leadoff hitter Kim Min-soo singled to left followed by Yang Woo-hyun's triple to right-center field. Lee Hyun-joon and Kim Dong-jin followed with a grounder to third and a straight hit to the third baseman, respectively. Two batters later, Jeon Byung-woo drew a walk and Kim Dong-yeop doubled to left center. Yang Woo-hyun crossed home with room to spare, and Jeon Byung-woo tried to rush home but was thrown out at the plate.
With the score tied at 4-4 in the top of the seventh, Sangmu drew a walk to lead off the inning. Park Jung-hyun laid down a sacrifice bunt, but the runner reached third on an error. Jo Seo-jin's infield grounder made it 5-4 again. Samsung tied the game at 5-5 in the eighth when Oh Hyun-seok singled to right-center with runners on first and second.
The Commerce won the game with a single by Lee Jae-won in the ninth inning. With one out, Lee Jae-won hit a two-run arch to left-center off Samsung's Hong Jung-woo. It traveled 125 meters.
Lee Jae-won, batting fifth, led the offense with four hits (one home run), three RBIs and one run scored, including the 메이저사이트 game-winning two-run arch in the ninth inning, while Han Dong-hee, batting fourth, added two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored in five at-bats. Lee Hae-seung had two hits in five at-bats and Han Tae-yang had two runs scored and two walks.
Cho Min-seok pitched five innings, allowing four runs on six hits (one home run) with two walks and four strikeouts. The fourth pitcher, Heo Jun-hyuk, gave up one run in one inning, but the offense helped him earn the win. Lee Kang-jun pitched one scoreless inning to earn the save.
Samsung starter Kim Yoon-soo allowed four runs on eight hits (one home run) with three walks and five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Kang Kang-ul hit his first archer of the season, while Kim Dong-yeop, who celebrated his birthday today, went 1-for-3 with a double and one RBI. Catcher Kim Min-soo also had a multi-hit game. However, the team was overshadowed by the loss.