Oh Seung-hwan (42), the Stone Buddhist Statue, almost collapsed on the ground. Despite the seven-point lead, Oh failed to clear one last out count, almost allowing his team to come from behind to face a reversal. Oh's poor pitching forced the Samsung Lions to smile even after confirming their advance to the playoffs.

Oh Seung-hwan was sluggish in the ⅔ innings with four hits, one homer, one walk, one strikeout and six runs (non- earned) against the Kiwoom Heroes of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Sunday. Samsung won the game 9-8.토토사이트

With four games to go until the end of the season, Samsung (77 wins, two draws and 61 losses) and LG Twins (73 wins, two draws and 65 losses) at the second place have widened its gap with the third-place LG Twins (73 wins, two draws and 65 losses) to four games. Samsung, which was also ahead of rivals in the match, erased the magic number "1" to win a direct ticket to the PO.

His performance was perfect until the eighth inning. Won Tae-in, the ace in blue blood, left the mound after completing his career-high 15 wins this season by allowing five hits and one run during six innings. Song Eun-beom (⅔ scoreless inning), Lim Chang-min (one run scored in one inning), and Kim Tae-hoon (⅓ scoreless inning) allowed one run in the seventh and eighth innings. The batters drove in nine runs through the eighth inning with Park Byung-ho (three hits and three RBIs in three times at bat)'s first three-run shot and Koo Ja-wook (two hits and three RBIs in four times at bat).

In the top of the ninth inning, when Samsung was leading 9-2, Samsung gave Oh a chance to enjoy the joy of directly confirming the PO. Oh took the mound and struck out Jang Jae-young on the third pitch and Won Seong-jun on the fly ball to the right field on the first pitch, successfully posting two out-counts.

However, the nightmare began when Kim had a hit. The next batter, Lee Ju-hyung, was induced to ground out to the first base with a count in his favor at 0-2, but the game did not end due to Lewin Diaz's error in catching the ball, leading to a crisis with two outs and runners on the first and third bases.

Oh Seung-hwan caused a bases-loaded crisis with a walk after a game of up to eight pitches with Song Sung-moon, and eventually allowed Kim Hye-sung to make a timely hit with two RBIs. Choi Joo-hwan was induced to ground out to the second base with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, but narrowly gave up an infield hit, and Song Sung-moon homered in the meantime, making the score 9-5.

With runners at the first and second bases with two outs, Oh gave Kim a three-run homer as his second slider at the count of 1-0. The score was 9-8, which was close to the one-run gap.

The Samsung bench could no longer leave the mound to Oh. Kim Jae-yoon, who was deployed for the last out count, gave up a right-handed hit to Bae Sang-kwon, but ended the game with difficulty by striking out Jang Jae-young.

In his 20th year as a pro, Oh is in his worst season since debut. He has pitched in 58 games, winning three games and losing nine games with 27 saves and two holds with an ERA of 4.91, which does not match his reputation and value. His ERA is the highest since his debut, and he has lost the most games (nine times).

Oh became the first player to make 20 saves in the league this season, and cruised to one win, one loss and 21 saves with an ERA of 1.67 until June 14. Since then, Oh has been on a downward spiral since July (nine games, one win, two losses and two saves with an ERA of 12.15). He showed poor performance despite his performance in August (seven games, one win, two losses and one save with an ERA of 10.50), but ultimately gave up his finishing position.

Although he came down from the "finisher" position, he is still sluggish with a 6.00 ERA with one loss and two holds in six games in September. He took the mound for the first time in a week after giving up four hits (one homer) and three runs in the ⅔ innings against SSG Landers on the 15th, but this time he was shaken even more with six runs. All of them were recorded as non-visibility points, including errors, but there was no excuse for being hit with one last out count left.

Oh Seung-hwan's poor performance has deepened Samsung's agony even after confirming his entry into the fall baseball league. Samsung, which has seen a gaping hole due to the injury of Choi Ji-kwang (35 games, 3 wins, 2 losses and 7 holds average ERA of 2.23), who has shown the best condition recently, has not been able to find his form, making the back door even more unstable. Oh had 427 saves in all of his regular season career and displayed outstanding performance with 2 wins and 11 saves and an ERA of 1.62 in 27 games in the post season, but his last appearance in fall baseball remains in 2021. Given his current condition, no one can guarantee that Oh will be included in the post season entry.