The Korea Times
No team in South Korean baseball this season has been as streaky as the Samsung Lions. They are in the midst of a seven-game winning streak, the longest active run in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Just two weeks ago, they were mired in their season-worst seven-game losing skid. And that slide came right after a seven-game winning streak from April 10 to April 18, which had catapulted them to first place. The Lions are the only club to win at least seven in a row and also lose at least seven in a row this year. Now in third place with a wins-losses-ties record of 21-14-1, the Lions will open the new week with a three-game series against the second-place LG Twins (22-14-0), beginning Tuesday at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. The Lions pitching staff posted an excellent 1.67 ERA last week. Jack O'Loughlin, the Australian left-hander who signed as a temporary replacement for injured Matt Manning, won both of his starts last week while tossing 12 innings of one-run ball with 13 strikeouts. O'Loughlin's four rotation mates -- Won Tae-in, Choi Won-tae, Ariel Jurado and rookie Jang C
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