Sitting at the bottom of the win column in May, the Samsung Lions look to regain their footing in the mid-table race with their second straight win of the month.
With one win after two losses in last 메이저사이트 weekend’s three-game series against the KT Wiz, whom they swept in their first meeting in April, Samsung also faces the challenge of finding a winning streak this month.
With a win against the Kiwoom Heroes in the final game of their first three-game series in May and a two-game sweep at home against Hanwha that followed a rainout of a three-game series against Lotte as their only back-to-back wins this month, Samsung will look to follow up Sunday’s victory with a road win against the SSG Landers on Tuesday.
Samsung, which opened the month with a six-game losing streak but also had a five-game winning streak, remains in seventh place in the standings, but the gap between them and the leaders has grown even wider, as losing streaks and winning streaks are a rarity in May.
With 19 wins and 25 losses, seventh-place Samsung is three games out of fifth place, but only 2.5 games out of last-place KT, putting them closer to the bottom than the middle.
Samsung, which meets the SSG Landers for the start of a six-game road trip, has memories of its last meeting with SSG on March 13, when it won a hard-fought batting battle behind the efforts of heavy hitters like Oh Jae-il and Kim Dong-yup.
With one or two players back from injury, Samsung is especially excited about the return of Kim Dong-yeop to the first team, who went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs in the third game against SSG.
With a 1-2 record against SSG in the season series, Samsung will be looking to extend its winning streak against SSG and the team’s winning streak at the same time.