SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The defending South Korean baseball champions LG Twins and the runners-up KT Wiz will go at it again this fall. After battling in the Korean Series last November, the Twins and the Wiz will clash in the first round of this year’s Korea Baseball Organization postseason. The best-of-five series [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Wiz ace William Cuevas lived up to his reputation as a big-game pitcher Wednesday, delivering a scoreless gem in a wild card game of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason against the Doosan Bears on Wednesday in Seoul. Cuevas’ counterpart, Gwak Been, failed to flip the narrative as [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Choo Shin-soo, the most successful South Korean hitter in Major League Baseball (MLB) history, appeared in his final regular-season game on home soil Monday. The 42-year-old outfielder and designated hitter for the SSG Landers stepped in as a pinch hitter for Ha Jae-hoon in the bottom of the eighth [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The postseason picture in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is becoming clearer with each passing day, with just one spot up for grabs now. The Doosan Bears clinched fourth place with a 4-3 win over the Lotte Giants on Thursday night in the southeastern city of Busan. The Bears [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — NC Dinos ace Kyle Hart has lost his bid to become just the second foreign pitcher to win a Triple Crown in Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) history. Hart’s dreams of accomplishing the rare feat evaporated after he served up two home runs in an 8-2 loss to the SSG [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The battle for the final playoff spot in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) could come down to an unprecedented tiebreaker game. The KT Wiz and the SSG Landers are fighting for one remaining postseason ticket in the top South Korean league. Through Wednesday’s action, the Wiz were clinging to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With two home runs and three RBIs on Tuesday for the Doosan Bears, hard-hitting second baseman Kang Seung-ho kept adding to his career-high numbers across the board. After helping the Bears beat the NC Dinos 10-5 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, Kang is now batting .282/.330/.480 with 18 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — NC Dinos slugger Matt Davidson has had a productive season for himself, but the same couldn’t be said about his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club. Davidson, in his first KBO season after six big-league seasons and another one in Japan, leads the league here with 46 home runs through [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Tigers superstar Kim Do-yeong set a single-season runs scored record in South Korean baseball Monday, while inching closer to a rare 40-40 season. Kim, the leading MVP candidate in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), scored three times to reach 138 runs for the season in a 5-3 victory [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — When Canadian outfielder Jared Young signed with the Doosan Bears in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on July 23, he became part of a small piece of history in the top South Korean league. With his US$300,000 contract, Young joined fellow Canadian Jordan Balazovic, a right-handed pitcher who had [...]