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Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers Match Player Stats: Full Box Score

Samsung Lions 13, SSG Landers 3 is not a typo. Anyone checking the Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers match player stats from July 5, 2026, at Incheon SSG Landers Field will find a Samsung lineup that sent thirteen runs across the plate on thirteen hits, anchored by two three-run home runs from the same catcher in a span of two innings.

This breakdown covers the full batting and pitching lines from both dugouts, the exact sequence of the second-inning rally and sixth-inning home run that turned a competitive game into a rout, and where each club stood in the 2026 KBO standings heading into the second half. It also flags the plays that decided the outcome, so a reader can skip straight to the moments that mattered.

What separates this recap from a bare box score is context: the two-out single that started Samsung’s scoring, the pitching change that turned a manageable deficit into a blowout for SSG, and what this result means for a Landers team fighting to avoid the bottom of the standings.

Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers Match Player Stats: Final Score

Samsung won 13-3 in a game that took 3 hours and 6 minutes in front of 19,602 fans at Incheon SSG Landers Field. The Lions scored in six of their nine trips to the plate, breaking the game open with four runs in the second inning and three-run home runs in both the fifth and sixth. SSG’s only scoring came in the bottom of the sixth, when the Landers strung together a fielder’s-choice run, a run on a reached-on-error, and an RBI single for three runs in their only productive frame of the night.

Yang Chang-seop earned the win for Samsung after five and two-thirds innings, while Kim Keon-woo took the loss for SSG after allowing four runs before being pulled early. The result on the night pushed Samsung to 49-31-2, holding second place in the KBO standings, while SSG dropped to 30-50-3 and ninth place — a 19-game gap in the loss column between the two clubs immediately following this game.

TeamRunsHitsErrorsRecord After Game
SSG Landers38030-50-3, 9th
Samsung Lions1313149-31-2, 2nd

Box scores like this one matter beyond a single result because Samsung and SSG play each other repeatedly across a 144-game KBO season, and a lopsided win like this one tends to shift the season head-to-head record more than it shifts either team’s overall trajectory.

Samsung Lions Batting Stats: Kang Min-ho’s Two-Homer Night

Kang Min-ho went 2-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI, the most productive individual line either team put up in this specific game. His first home run came in the fifth inning off reliever Jeon Young-jun for three runs, mid-game confirmation from the MyKBO Stats play-by-play log, and his second came in the sixth off Baek Seung-geon, also for three runs, meaning both of his hits drove in all six of his RBI on the night.

Kim Hyeon-joon went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBI, two runs scored, and two walks, doubling home three runs in the second inning before adding an RBI single in the fourth. Kim Ji-chan reached base three times on two singles and a walk, and his two-out, bases-loaded single in the second inning was recorded as the game’s deciding hit. Lewin Diaz added two hits including a double, Ryu Ji-hyuk went 2-for-5 with two RBI despite committing the game’s lone Samsung error in the sixth inning, and Sim Jae-hoon reached base three times on a single and two walks.

  • Kang Min-ho: 2-for-5, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 runs
  • Kim Hyeon-joon: 3-for-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 runs, 2 walks
  • Kim Ji-chan: 2-for-5, RBI, 2 runs, walk, deciding hit
  • Lewin Diaz: 2-for-4, 2B, run, walk

Our take: the more instructive number in this game isn’t the final score, it’s that Samsung scored across three separate innings against three separate SSG pitchers. That points to a lineup that was working counts and finding holes regardless of who was on the mound, not a single hot hitter carrying the whole offense.

Samsung Lions Pitching: Yang Chang-seop Battles Through Six

Yang Chang-seop allowed three runs, two of them earned, on seven hits across five and two-thirds innings, throwing 82 pitches before turning the game over to the bullpen. He struck out two and walked one, and the sixth-inning rally that chased him from the game came almost entirely on singles and a fielder’s-choice groundout rather than hard contact.

Four Samsung relievers combined to close out the final three and a third innings without allowing a run: Lee Jae-hee, Lee Seung-min, Choi Ji-gwang, and Im Gi-yeong. Between them they allowed just one hit and struck out three, a clean finish that mattered once the lead was already comfortable, even as Samsung shuffled its infield behind them, including a mid-game switch at first base from Lewin Diaz to Lee Sung-gyu and at second base from Ryu Ji-hyuk to Yang Woo-hyun.

Samsung’s sixth-inning defensive letdown, an error charged to Ryu Ji-hyuk, opened the door for two of SSG’s three runs that inning, a detail the play-by-play log makes clear even though the box score’s run total alone would not show it.

SSG Landers: A Rough Night for the Rotation and Bullpen

SSG starter Kim Keon-woo was pulled during the fifth inning after allowing four runs, taking the loss. The Landers turned to four different relievers across the rest of the game — Jeon Young-jun, Baek Seung-geon, Park Si-hoo, and Jo Byeong-hyeon — and two of them, Jeon Young-jun and Baek Seung-geon, each surrendered a three-run home run to Kang Min-ho within the span of two innings.

SSG’s only offensive production came in the bottom of the sixth. Jeong Jun-jae opened the frame with an infield single, Park Seong-han followed with a double down the left-field line, and after a pinch-runner substitution, Guillermo Heredia reached on an error that scored Jeong Jun-jae. Choi Jeong then reached on a fielder’s choice that scored a second run, and Jeon Ui-san singled home the third. Choi Ji-hoon finished the night 2-for-4 with two singles, one of the few consistent bright spots in an otherwise quiet Landers lineup.

The honest limitation here is that the box score does not explain why SSG used four separate pitching changes in a game that was already out of hand by the sixth inning — that bullpen management decision shows up in the substitution log but not in the reasoning behind it.

Season Context: Where Each Team Stands in the KBO Standings

Samsung sat second in the KBO table with a 59-39 record as of early August 2026, a game and a half behind first-place KT Wiz, standings data compiled by Sofascore shows. SSG, by contrast, sat at 39-60 in ninth place, ahead of only Kiwoom Heroes in the ten-team league. That later snapshot reflects roughly a month of additional games beyond the July 5 result covered in this recap, and the gap between the two clubs only widened in that stretch.

Choi Jeong, SSG’s veteran third baseman and the only player in KBO history to reach 500 career home runs while playing exclusively in the league, went 1-for-4 in this game with a single in the first inning and a fielder’s-choice groundout in the sixth that drove in SSG’s second run of the frame.

Samsung held second place in the standings both immediately after this game and roughly a month later in early August, a sign of stability near the top of the table even as SSG continued to occupy the bottom third of the league. A 13-3 result against a ninth-place opponent is the kind of game that pads a run differential without meaningfully changing playoff positioning for a club already positioned near the top.

Key Plays and Turning Points

Four plays decided this game, and three of them belonged to Samsung.

  1. Bottom of the 2nd: Kim Ji-chan singles with two outs and runners on first and second, driving in the game’s first run and setting up a bases-loaded situation.
  2. Bottom of the 2nd: Kim Hyeon-joon doubles to the left-center gap, clearing the bases for three more runs and turning a 1-0 game into a 4-0 lead.
  3. Bottom of the 5th: Kang Min-ho hits a three-run home run off Jeon Young-jun, extending Samsung’s lead to 7-0.
  4. Bottom of the 6th: Kang Min-ho hits his second three-run home run of the game, this time off Baek Seung-geon, putting the game at 11-0 before SSG’s own half-inning rally.

SSG’s three-run sixth inning, built on an infield single, a double, an error, and two productive outs, was the Landers’ only real answer all night. By the time that rally ended, Samsung had already scored eleven unanswered runs across four different innings, and the final two-run Samsung frame in the seventh was more a formality than a turning point.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers game on July 5, 2026?

The Samsung Lions won 13-3 at Incheon SSG Landers Field. Yang Chang-seop earned the win despite allowing three runs in five and two-thirds innings, and Kim Keon-woo took the loss for SSG after being pulled during the fifth inning.

Who had the best batting stats in the game?

Kang Min-ho led both teams, going 2-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI. Both of his hits were three-run home runs, one in the fifth inning and one in the sixth, off two different SSG relievers.

How many home runs were hit in this game?

Kang Min-ho hit both home runs in the game, a three-run shot in the fifth inning and another three-run shot in the sixth. No other player on either team homered in this matchup.

What was the deciding hit of the game?

Kim Ji-chan’s two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the second inning was recorded as the game’s deciding hit, opening the scoring and setting up Kim Hyeon-joon’s bases-clearing double later in the same frame.

Where do Samsung Lions and SSG Landers rank in the KBO standings?

As of early August 2026, Samsung Lions sat second in the KBO standings at 59-39, while SSG Landers sat ninth at 39-60, ahead of only Kiwoom Heroes. This July 5 result reflected the wide gap between the two clubs’ seasons rather than a surprising upset.

How does this game compare to Samsung’s game against Hanwha Eagles?

Samsung’s offense looked very different in each game covered on this site. In the Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles match player stats breakdown, Samsung managed just one run and five hits in a loss to Hanwha, while against SSG on July 5 the Lions produced thirteen runs on thirteen hits in a comfortable win, illustrating how much a single lineup’s output can swing between series.

Final Thoughts

The single most important number from this Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers match player stats box score is six: the six RBI Kang Min-ho drove in on two three-run home runs, exactly double what SSG managed as a team all game. Samsung’s second-inning rally set the tone, but it was the two home runs in the fifth and sixth that turned a competitive early game into a rout.

SSG needed four relief pitchers to cover the final four innings of a game that was already decided, a workload that matters less for this result than for how rested that bullpen will be heading into its next series. Readers following either club should watch SSG’s next few games closely for signs of bullpen fatigue, since burning four arms in a blowout can leave a team short-handed if the following games are closer. For a look at how a different Samsung bullpen performance played out in a much tighter game, the LG Twins vs Hanwha Eagles match player stats guide and the Nippon Ham Fighters vs Seibu Lions match player stats recap both cover similar late-game pitching decisions worth comparing against this one.