The Kia Tigers are preparing to end the Korean Series (KS, best-of-seven series) in Game 5 with veteran ace pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong (36). Samsung, which needs counterattacks, will counter with left-handed rookie Lee Seung-hyun (22). Samsung, which has no background, has declared an all-out war by mobilizing all of its bullpen.메이저사이트

KIA and Samsung will play their fifth game of the KS at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on Sunday. KIA is leading by posting three wins and one loss through the fourth game. If the team wins one more game, it will acquire a combined championship for the first time in seven years since 2017, and its 12th career championship. Samsung, which is on the brink of collapse, is in a position to win all of its fifth and seventh games.

Kia will start with Yang. This year, Yang had 11 wins (five losses) and an ERA of 4.10 in 29 games during the regular season. He played in five games against Samsung, showing poor performance in ERA of 5.13 without any win or loss. In the second game on Sunday, however, he garnered eight hits and two runs (one earned run) during five ⅓ innings in his second game. He also posted the record of winning the oldest starting pitcher at the KS on Thursday.

If he becomes a winning pitcher in Game 5, he will set a new record of winning the KS' oldest starting pitcher along with team win. Following a shutout in Game 2 in 2017, Yang took the mound as the closing pitcher in Game 5, and ended the series himself.

Yang, who debuted in 2007, is a "one-club man" who has played only in KIA since 2021 when he entered the U.S. The Korean pitcher ranks second in this category with 2,503 ⅔ innings overall, including 170 innings for the last 10 consecutive seasons. He also ranks second in overall wins with 179 wins and first in strikeouts with 2,076.

Lee Seung-hyun, a left-hander of the Samsung Lions, is a pitcher in his fourth year. This year, he won six games (four losses) and had an ERA of 4.23, his first year as a starting pitcher. He was given the role of saving his team. He has to endure the longest innings while allowing the least number of runs, before handing over the baton to the bullpen. Lee came out as a relief pitcher in all four games (three ⅓ innings) of this postseason. He pitched as the second pitcher in the first round of the KS, which resumed in two days on Sunday, and allowed one run in one inning.

Samsung lost ace Won Tae-in after leading hitter Koo Ja-wook. Won Tae-in, who was substituted early with the bases loaded with one out in the third inning in Game 4 on the 26th, was diagnosed with a right shoulder joint injury after a hospital examination. He needs rehabilitation for the next four to six weeks, so he cannot play in the remaining series. We have to block Game 5 with Lee Seung-hyun and the bullpen and expect Denny Reyes to throw hard in Game 6. There are few starting pitchers who can make it to Game 7, but there is no time to think about it.