Amidst the overabundance of 19 sand dunes... Jaehee Lee's 7 fastballs saved Samsung

(Daegu = Yonhap News) Reporter Kyung-yoon Kim = Game 4 of the Korean Series (KS, 4 wins out of 7) between KT Wiz and Samsung Lions held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 7th showed a subtle trend.

KT starting pitcher Logan Allen showed extreme ball control, giving up 4 outs and outs in the first inning, allowing 6 runs.

Leading 6-1, Samsung scored an additional point with three walks in the bottom of the third inning, widening the score to 7-1, and seemed to be on the cusp of victory.

However, Samsung was in the biggest crisis defensively in the top of the 5th inning.

Satoshi Miyamori, who took the mound as the second pitcher, recorded two walks, one hit, and one wild pitch, putting the bases loaded with no outs, and even Bae Chan-seung, who took the mound, allowed three walks.

The score narrowed to 7-4, 3 points.

As the one-out, bases-loaded crisis continued, the direction of the game quickly went into the fog.

Samsung raised its game.

Lee Jae-hee, a six-year orthodox right-handed pitcher who commands the pitch, was brought in, and veteran catcher Kang Min-ho was brought in.

Lee Jae-hee and Kang Min-ho's battery played an honest game.

To prevent additional out-and-out balls, a head-to-head match centered on fast balls.

At that moment, Kim Sang-soo, who had not recorded a hit in the previous two at-bats, came into the batter's box.

Lee Jae-hee threw four fastballs and struck out Kim Sang-soo, putting out the fire in a hurry.

Jaehee Lee's head-to-head competition continued.

He threw three fastballs in a row to Heo Gyeong-min, who was in poor condition due to chronic chest pain.

It felt like I was throwing the ball with the intention of allowing hits and preventing walks.

Jae-hee Lee eventually escaped the biggest crisis by blocking Heo Gyeong-min with a fly ball from second base.

Lee Jae-hee's courageous head-to-head performance in the match department played a decisive role in bringing back the flow of the game that had been focused on KT.

On this day, Jae-Hee Lee pitched 33 pitches in 2⅔ innings, striking out 4, and pitching perfectly, and Samsung won 10-5, earning their 3rd win (1 loss) in the series.

On this day, KT gave up 12 and Samsung gave up 7, resulting in a total of 19 missed balls for both teams.

That's why Lee Jae-hee's fight, which was a good fight without a single strike, was even more brilliant.