Twins rally past Eagles to reach brink of Korean Series title
Kim Hyun-soo of the LG Twins celebrates after hitting a two-run single against the Hanwha Eagles during Game 4 of the Korean Series at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in the central city of Daejeon, Thursday. Yonhap
The LG Twins staged a thrilling ninth-inning rally to defeat the Hanwha Eagles 7-4 on Thursday to move within a win of capturing the Korean Series title.
A day after giving up six runs in the eighth inning to lose Game 3 by 7-3, the Twins gave the Eagles a taste of their own medicine by scoring six times in Game 4 of this best-of-seven Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) championship series at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in the central city of Daejeon.
With a 3-1 series lead, the Twins can clinch their second title in three seasons with a win in Game 5, back in Daejeon at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The Twins entered the ninth inning trailing 4-1, but Oh Ji-hwan drew a leadoff walk against reliever Kim Seo-hyeon to give his team some life. Then Park Dong-won launched a two-run home run to make it a one-run game.
With the Twins still trailing 4-3 and down to their final strike, Kim Hyun-soo came through with a two-run single off reliever Park Sang-won for a 5-4 lead.
Moon Bo-gyeong followed up with an RBI double that knocked Park out of the game, and then Austin Dean ended his 0-for-15 funk with a bloop single that put the Twins up 7-4.
The Eagles wasted a gem by starter Ryan Weiss, who was charged with a run over 7 2/3 dominant innings and struck out seven.