"Kang Minho One Man Show." Samsung beat LG to advance to the Korean Series...Face KIA for the first time in 31 years

[Anchor]
Professional baseball Samsung advanced to the Korean Series for the first time in nine years by beating LG with Kang Min-ho's solo home run.

Samsung and KIA will face each other in the Korean Series for the first time in 31 years.

I'm reporter Yang Si-chang on the sidewalk.

[Reporter]
Kang Min-ho pulls LG's second pitcher Son Joo-young's fastball hard and sends the ball over the left-center fence.

Fans shout at the thunderous home run that broke the tight balance of zero, and Kang Min-ho roars with his fists clenched.

It is the only RBI in this game and the final home run that determines Samsung's trip to the Korean Series for the first time in nine years.

Veteran catcher Kang Min-ho also frustrated LG in defense.

In the first and second innings, Hong Chang-ki and Oh Ji-hwan, who each attempted to steal, were caught in succession with accurate throws, lightening starter Reyes' shoulders.

Reyes, who had an unstable start by giving up a ball that hit his body from the leadoff hitter, quickly settled down after Kang Min-ho stopped stealing,

In the end, he went seven scoreless innings, winning two playoff games and winning the MVP of the series.

[Park Jin-man / Samsung manager: Reyes showed the best performance this year, and Kang Min-ho played the role of troubleshooter, making it a bridgehead to go to the Korean Series.]

LG showed perfect pitching in which N.S. gave up only one hit and struck out eight until the sixth inning, but
Son Joo-young, the second pitcher in
, lost the game by one point after being hit by Kang Min-ho.

He expressed his ambitious ambition to achieve a dynasty after winning the Korean Series last season, but he ended the fall baseball by exposing various problems, including a loose bullpen and a lack of slugging power by batters.

[Yum Kyung-yeop / LG manager: I'm really sorry that I couldn't achieve the results that fans wanted, and I'll make sure to fill up the gaps that I lacked this season and prepare well for the postseason on a higher level next year.]

Samsung will reach the Korean Series for the first time in nine years since 2015 and face KIA, which is ranked first in the regular season.

It is the first time in 31 years that the two teams, a traditional prestigious team representing professional baseball, have faced off in the Korean Series since 1993.

It's YTN Yang Si-chang.


Video Edit: Oh HWONSEULGI