The Kia Tigers, the No. 1 team in the Korean Baseball Organization's regular season, got off to a great start in their quest for a 12th Korean Series title.
The Tigers rode the strength of their bullpen to a thrilling 5-1 victory in Game 1 of the best-of-seven (KS-7) best-of-five series of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Baseball Playoffs, which resumed today (April 23) at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju.
Kia continued its dominance in Game 2, an hour after the end of Game 1, with an 8-3 victory thanks to an explosion from the team's bats, including a home run by Kim Do-young.
With the sweep of Game 1 and Game 2, 메이저사이트 KIA is now seven years away from its first title since 2017 and the team's 12th overall.
In the history of the Korean Series, the team that wins both Game 1 and Game 2 has come out on top 18 out of 20 times, with a 90 percent chance of winning.
Samsung, on the other hand, dropped Game 2 after a heartbreaking Game 1 defeat, and will return to Daegu with the task of bouncing back in Games 3 and 4 at home.
Game 3 of the Korean Series, which will mark the first time in 31 years that Kia and Samsung will meet, will be held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu the day after tomorrow (April 25) after a day's rest.