KBO Recap: LG Twins 13-5 Samsung Lions | September 13 Highlights & Scores

Game Summary

The LG Twins came out swinging on Saturday afternoon, overwhelming the Samsung Lions 13–5 at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in a game that got away from the hosts in a hurry. What started as a competitive matchup turned into a rout by the fourth inning, as LG’s offense put constant pressure on Samsung’s pitching staff. The Twins improved to 70 wins while Samsung, despite the loss, maintained their hold on second place with 74 victories.

Im Chan-gyu took the mound for LG and delivered a solid seven-inning performance, allowing just seven hits and four earned runs while striking out six. He wasn’t flashy, but he was efficient enough to let his offense do the damage. Samsung’s Choi Won-tae lasted only three and a third innings, surrendering four runs on five hits before the bullpen inherited an already difficult situation.

Pitching Performance

Im Chan-gyu earned his 14th win of the season with a workmanlike effort that featured good command and timely strikeouts. The right-hander scattered his hits effectively, though an error in the fifth inning briefly threatened to compound his troubles. Kim Jin-su and Kim Kang-ryul provided clean relief, with the latter allowing just one inherited runner to score.

The Samsung pitching collapse started immediately with Choi Won-tae’s early exit. He struck out five in his short stint but couldn’t navigate around the Twins’ aggressive approach. The relief corps fared worse—Lee Seung-hyeon, Yang Chang-seop, and Im Ki-young combined to give up nine runs in just five and a third innings. By the time Bae Chan-seung took over in the ninth, the game was well beyond reach. Only Kim Baek-san, with two and two-thirds solid innings in the middle innings, prevented the bleeding from becoming even worse.

Offensive Highlights

LG’s bats came alive early and stayed aggressive throughout the afternoon. Shin Min-jae led the charge with three hits in five at-bats and drove in two runs, while his two-out, bases-loaded single in the fourth inning essentially put the game away. Austin contributed a pair of hits including a three-run home run that punctuated Samsung’s third-inning struggles. Song Chan-ui added two hits and knocked in two, and even Moon Bo-kyung’s lone hit moved runners into scoring position.

Park Hae-min didn’t get a hit but still recorded two RBIs through sacrifice situations and productive outs—the kind of unglamorous work that helped LG pile on runs in the middle innings. Samsung’s Park Seung-gyu kept the Lions fighting with two home runs of his own, hitting one in the first and another in the sixth off Im Chan-gyu, accounting for three of the five Samsung runs. Ryu Ji-hyuk chipped in two hits, but the Lions simply couldn’t keep pace with LG’s offensive onslaught.

Key Play of the Game

Shin Min-jae’s two-out, bases-loaded single in the fourth inning was the play that broke the game open. With LG nursing a narrow lead, the bases were loaded with the hit-and-run sign potentially on. Shin’s line drive up the middle plated at least two runners and gave LG a cushion they’d never relinquish. Austin’s three-run blast later that inning finished Samsung’s confidence for good, but it was Shin’s clutch hit that shifted momentum decisively in the Twins’ favor.

Standings Impact

The loss keeps Samsung in second place with a 74–3–49 record, though their cushion over third-place LG narrowed slightly. The Twins now sit at 70–1–55, within striking distance of the top two teams as the season enters its final stretch. With September baseball intensifying, both clubs will be looking to solidify their playoff positioning in these final weeks. LG showed they’re capable of explosive offensive performances, while Samsung will need to regroup and tighten up their starting pitching if they hope to make a deep postseason run.