Wiz walk off Twins to stay alive in KBO postseason
Kang Baek-ho of the KT Wiz celebrates after hitting a solo home run against the LG Twins during Game 4 of the first round in the Korea Baseball Organization postseason at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Yonhap
The KT Wiz walked off the LG Twins 6-5 in 11 innings Wednesday to stay alive in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason.
No. 9 hitter Sim Woo-jun delivered an infield single with the bases loaded in the bottom 11th before a sellout crowd of 17,600 at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province.
The Wiz scored three times in the bottom of the third inning to rally from a 3-1 deficit. Cleanup Kang Baek-ho gave the home team a 5-3 lead with a solo shot in the bottom fifth.
The Twins rallied to tie the game with two runs in the top eighth, but the Wiz, after stranding a winning run in scoring position in both the ninth and 10th innings, finished off the game with Sim's dribbler up the middle, with shortstop Oh Ji-hwan and second baseman Shin Min-jae unable to handle the ball cleanly.
The best-of-five opening round is now tied at 2-2. Game 5 is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Twins' home, Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul.
The winner of this series will go on to meet No. 2 seed Samsung Lions in the best-of-five second round, which begins at 2 p.m. Sunday at Samsung Lions Park in the southeastern city of Daegu. (Yonhap)