The Korea Times takes a look at the Wyverns recent success. I believe they've won 9 in a row heading into tonight.
While the Joongang Daily takes a glance at this season's attendence. Over 20% of the league's total attendence is from the games in Busan.
On to the roundup...
LG 6, Doosan 5
W - Kyeong Heon-ho (2-0), L - Lim Tae-hoon (11-5)
Wow. This time the Doosan bullpen actually cost CJ Nitkowski a win. Usually its the other way around. CJ tossed 5 innings(99 pitches, 55 strikes) of 2-run(only 1 earned) baseball. He only gave up 2 hits, 4 walks and 1 hit batsman while striking out 4. Doosan actually held a 5-4 advantage in the bottom of the 9th inning, but ace reliever Lim Tae-hoon got into some trouble. LG infielder Park Jong-ho reached on an infield single to lead off the inning. Park was removed for pinch runner Jeong Ju-hyeon. Center fielder Lee Dae-hyeong laid down a sac bunt to move the runner over. The next batter, 3rd baseman Jeong Seong-hoon, drew a walk. DH Roberto Petagine struck out staring for the second out. With 2 outs, pinch hitter Park Yeong-taek singled to right to tie the game at 5 and put the go ahead run at 3rd. LG 1st baseman Choi Dong-su poked a single through the right side of the Doosan infield for a walkoff single and earned himself a beatdown from his teammates. I still can't believe he wasn't injured.
Samsung 4, Seoul Heroes 3
W - Jeong Hyeon-wook (8-4), L - Song Sin-yeong (2-3), S - Kwon Hyeok (6)
The score was tied at 2 in the top of the 8th inning when Samsung started to rally. With runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs, Samsung right fielder Park Han-yi hit a seeing-eye single(seriously, it bounced away from 2 different infielders) back up the middle to score the runner from 2nd. Samsung would add another run on a wild pitch from reliever Cho Yong-joon. The real story in this game was the starting pitching. Samsung starter Francisco Cruceta and Heroes starter Lee Hyeon-seung both threw well enough to win, but didn't get enough run support or bullpen help. Cruceta tossed 6 innings(77 pitches, 46 strikes) of 1-run ball. Fast Franky gave up only 1 hit and 3 walks while striking out 2. Lee threw 7 innings(106 pitches, 65 strikes) and gave up 2 runs. Lee surrendered 6 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3.
SK 7, Lotte 5
W - Lee Seung-ho (6-5), L - Song Seung-joon (12-8), S - Jeon Byeong-doo (8)
This game should have been more watchable than it was. Both starters were chased by the end of the 2nd inning and the two managers had to piece the game together with their bullpen. SK was able to pull it off. Lotte wasn't quite as lucky. All of SK's runs came via the homerun. The knockout punch came in the bottom of the 6th inning with the Wyverns nursing a slim 5-4 advantage. SK left fielder Park Jae-sang connected for a 2-run homer to give the Wyverns a 7-4 advantage. Lotte would make it interesting with rallies in the 7th an 8th innings, but would ultimately come up short. The Giants loaded the bases with 2 outs in the 7th and couldn't deliver. The Giants would actually score in the 8th, but they couldn't get enough baserunners to really threaten. SK 1st baseman Park Jeong-kwon enjoyed a solid day at the plate. Park finished 2-4 with a 3-run homer.
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