2009 April 7 Roundup and News: Heroes vs Samsung



Seoul Heroes 10, Samsung 8
W - Cho Yong-hoon(1-0), L - Kwon Hyeok (0-1), S - Hwang Doo-seong (1)

Both starting pitchers looked very mediocre last night. National team member, Jeong Won-sam didn't make it out of the 4th inning and Samsung's foreign ringer looks like he's going to be on the unemployment line fairly soon.

I'm not going to bore you with the blow-by-blow details of this game, but it was a long, slow KBO slugfest that was fairly ugly to watch. It's also fairly troubling that both Kwon Hyeok and Oh Seung-hwan continue to give up runs.

Maybe the last 4 years of constant use is starting to catch up to the Dynamic Duo. On the offensive side of this one, 8 DIFFERENT Samsung Lions doubled last night. This team looks a lot younger and faster than last year's team already.

I'm a little afraid to admit to my mancrush on 2nd baseman, Kim Sang-su, but if he keeps hitting like this I'm going to be wearing his jersey by June. He was 2-5 last night with a walk, 1 run scored, 1 RBI and a stolen base.

Cliff Brumbaugh likes having Doug Clark hitting in front of him. At least I'm assuming so by the results. For all I know, Brumbaugh and Clark could hate each other, but the two are combining for positive results on the baseball field. Clark was 2-5 with a run scored and Brumbaugh finished the night 3-4 with a double, a homer, 1 run scored and 3 RBI.

Big Cliff was one of 3 Heroes to go yard last night. Hwang Jae-gyun went deep in the first inning off Cruceta and Lee Taek-geun hit one off of Oh Seung-hwan in the 8th.