Kia has taken Game 1 of the Korean Series with a dramatic upset in the first-ever suspended game.
Kia rallied from a 0-1 deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Samsung 5-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-seven 2024 KBO Korean Series (KS-7) at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea, today (April 23).
In the bottom of the seventh, Kia had runners on second and third with one out. Samsung sent Lim Chang-min to the mound, and he threw a wild pitch against Park Chan-ho to tie the game. Socrates followed with a wild pitch to give Kia a 2-1 lead, and Socrates and Kim Do-young followed with RBI singles to extend the lead to 4-1.
Kia added one more run in the eighth inning on an RBI single by Kim Tae-gun to complete a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the first-ever postseason suspended game. 카지노사이트
After sweeping Gisun in Game 1 of the “two-day, three-night” series, Kia is now well on its way to its first Korean Series title since 2017 and 12th overall.
It's been 2,550 days since Kia won the Korean Series, the last time being Game 5 against Doosan on October 30, 2017, when they won their 11th title.