He made the captain cry with his determination to give his knee. He said he wanted to smell the Korean Series, a blow from a 21-year veteran

He made the captain cry with his determination to give his knee. He said he wanted to smell the Korean Series, a blow from a 21-year veteran

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Captain Koo Ja-wook, who expressed his will to play, said, "It doesn't matter what my knees are like," shedding tears. "I want to smell the Korean Series," the best homeowner's final shot led Samsung to the final stage of the fall baseball.

Samsung advanced to the Korean Series by winning the LG Twins 1-0 in Game 4 of the playoffs at Jamsil Stadium on Sunday. It is the first showdown in nine years since 2015 and the first showdown in 31 years between Samsung and KIA (including those during the Haitai era) since 1993.

There was a touching drama after winning the fourth round. Koo Ja-wook suffered a ligament injury in his left knee while trying to steal the ball in the second round of the playoffs on Sunday, and returned to the team for the first time in five days.

Koo Ja-wook, who flew to Japan for intensive treatment with 1% hope, returned home on the 18th and received treatment until the evening of the 18th and the morning of the 19th, and came to Jamsil Stadium in the afternoon to join the team

"I feel a lot better," Koo said as he entered the press conference with a slight limp on his left leg. It's not like I can play from the first inning, but given the circumstances, I will be preparing well. If it's an important moment, I think it doesn't matter what happens to my knees. If I get a hit, I have to go all the way to the first base." It was the captain's determination that even showed his sense of pride.

Unlike Koo Ja-wook's wish to encourage him in the dugout throughout the game, the game continued to be a 0-0 thin game until the seventh inning. Samsung starter Reyes pitched 110 pitches without losing a point until the seventh inning, but LG starter N.S. also faced off without losing a point until the sixth inning. Son Joo-young, who took the mound in the top of the seventh inning, also blocked Samsung's batters with three outs.

And Kang Min-ho took the batter's box as a leadoff hitter in the top of the eighth inning. To Kang since his debut in 2004, the Korean Series has been a stage that he could only watch on TV. Indeed, he would have said, "I want to smell the Korean Series."

Wearing a catcher's mask on the day, Kang blocked Hong Chang-ki in the first inning and Oh Ji-hwan in the second inning, cutting off the flow of LG's offense. Moreover, he displayed superb ball combination and led Reyes to good pitching. At the end of each inning, Reyes showed his gratitude to Kang. 토토사이트

Kang did not miss Son Joo-young's high pitch in the middle of the fifth pitch in the 3B1S, and fired a solo shot over the left-center fence. When Kang, who roared around the ground, entered the dugout, Koo welcomed him with his shoulder-to-shoulder arms with coach Park Jin-man and senior coach Jeong Dae-hyun. Kang and Ulsaan cheered with tears in their eyes.

Samsung will play its first match against the KIA Tigers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 21st.