Daegu: Flexing their home run muscle, the Samsung Lions knocked off the SSG Landers to move on to the next round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason Tuesday. Lewin Diaz and Lee Jae-hyeon hit back-to-back homers with two outs in the bottom eighth to lift the Lions to a 5-2 victory in Game 4 of the first-round series at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the southeastern city of Daegu.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the Lions, No. 4 seed, clinched the best-of-five series 3-1 after winning their second straight game at home against the third-seed Landers. The Lions will now go on to meet No. 2 seed Hanwha Eagles in the best-of-five second round starting Friday.

Lions starter Ariel Jurado threw seven shutout innings and left the game with the Lions up 2-0. His bullpen imploded and squandered that lead in the top eighth, before Diaz smacked a two-run blast and Lee followed up with a solo shot to put the Lions up for good.

Closer Kim Jae-yoon pitched a perfect ninth for his third save of the series, to the delight of a sellout crowd of 23,680 fans in Daegu. The Lions became the first No. 4 seed to win the first round in 17 years.