The Korea Herald

Royals stay perfect, up 2-0

Oct 12, 2014

BALTIMORE (AP) ― Following another successful road show, the Royals are heading back to Kansas City with momentum and history on their side in the AL Championship Series.Alcides Escobar doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, Mike Moustakas extended his home run-binge and the Royals remained perfect in the playoffs, beating the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven matchup.Lorenzo Cain had four hits, scored twice and drove in a run for the wild-card Royals,
A study in contrasting offenses

Oct 10, 2014

BALTIMORE (AP) ― Speed versus power. The surprising Kansas City Royals and unflappable Baltimore Orioles are extremely similar with one significant exception: the fashion in which they score runs. The team that best utilizes its standard method of offense will likely win the best-of-seven AL Championship Series, which begins Friday night.Get ready for small ball versus long ball.Back in April, few could have predicted these two teams would be the last standing in the American League. But the fas
Big changes in store

Oct 9, 2014

Dodgers face decisions after abrupt playoff exit
Homegrown talent key to another NLCS

Oct 9, 2014

ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Changing cast, same old hit show for the St. Louis Cardinals.In the NL Championship Series for the fourth straight year, the Cardinals used just five players from their 2011 World Series champions in the just-completed four-game Division Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.Sixteen players carried over from the roster in last year’s World Series loss to Boston.“We wanted to make sure we could do this internally and have the depth to be successful and build from within,” g
Cardinals sink Kershaw again

Oct 8, 2014

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw reacts after giving up a three-run home run to St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Adams on Tuesday. (AP-Yonhap)ST. LOUIS (AP) ― The St. Louis Cardinals tagged Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning for the second straight time, riding Matt Adams’ go-ahead, three-run homer to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday and a fourth consecutive trip to the NL Championship Series.Following their 3-1 win in the best-of-five series, the Cardinals a
Dodgers fall to Cards 3-1

Oct 7, 2014

Ryu Hyun-jin gets no-decision after tossing six solid innings
Ryu Hyun-jin gets no-decision in NLDS vs. Cardinals

Oct 7, 2014

Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers got a no-decision despite a solid outing in his first playoff start of the year on Monday in St. Louis.The South Korean lefty pitched six solid innings against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Division Series, giving up one earned run on five hits and striking out four.Ryu threw 94 pitches, 59 of them for strikes.Justin Turner pinch hit for Ryu in the top of the seventh with the score tied at 1-1, and Scott Elbert, also a left-hande
Ryu, Lackey set to battle in big Game 3

Oct 6, 2014

ST. LOUIS (AP) ― John Lackey stepped to the podium, minus the obvious status symbols: his two World Series rings. No reason to brag.“No, I don’t wear them very much,” he said Sunday. “Maybe to a wedding or stuff like that. They’re a little big and a little flashy, not exactly my style.” The St. Louis Cardinals acquired Lackey from World Series champion Boston at the trade deadline for occasions just like this, knowing NL Division Series Game 3 against the Los Angeles Dodgers won’t be too big for
Giants beat Nats in 18 innings, lead NLDS 2-0

Oct 5, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Brandon Belt homered off Tanner Roark in the 18th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to their 10th consecutive postseason victory, edging Washington 2-1 on Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the National League Division Series.It equaled the mark for most innings in a postseason game and set a time record at 6 hours, 23 minutes.Later, Matt Kemp hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-2 home win over the St. Louis Cardinals to l
Dodgers heal up for playoffs

Oct 1, 2014

Ryu Hyun-jin set to throw a simulated game as he rehabs from shoulder inflammation
Royals knock out A’s

Oct 1, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) ― The Kansas City Royals had waited 29 years to reach the postseason. They weren’t going down without a fight.Salvador Perez singled down the left-field line with two outs in the 12th inning, allowing Christian Colon to score from second base and giving the long-suffering Royals a 9-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics in a wild AL wild-card game Tuesday night.Quite a start to October baseball ― even if this one appeared to be over in September with plenty of time to s
[Asian Games] Sighs of relief after baseball gold medal

Sept 29, 2014

It was as ugly as a game of this magnitude can get, but South Korea will gladly take its 6-3 victory over Chinese Taipei for the gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games here.South Korea went down earlier and clawed back into the game in unsightly fashion. In the eighth, the tying run that made it 3-3 came on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch. The go-ahead run later in the same inning was scored on a grounder to second.Only Hwang Jae-gyun’s clean single to right, scoring two runs that dealt one final blo
Jeter leaves with hit in win over Sox

Sept 29, 2014

BOSTON (AP) ― The ball, marked and numbered for the occasion, bounced high off the dirt and down the third-base line, where a rookie who was 4 years old when Derek Jeter made his major league debut leaped into the air to attempt a barehanded play.It went off of his palm and onto the grass, and by that time Jeter was safe at first with hit No. 3,465 ― the last of a career in which he established himself as the New York Yankees’ consummate captain and, for two decades, the face of baseball.“It’s b
Jeter returns to lineup as Red Sox beat Yanks

Sept 28, 2014

BOSTON (AP) ― Derek Jeter sped down the first-base line for a chop single over the pitcher’s head.His 3,464th hit may have been the last play ― and injury ― of his career.“He probably felt it a little bit in his hamstring,” New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said after Saturday’s 10-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox. “He didn’t say he was injured, but we’ll see.”Jeter said before the series that he would be the designated hitter on Saturday and Sunday to finish his 20-year career, but Girardi said,
Dodgers beat Giants 9-1 to win West title

Sept 25, 2014

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw strode into the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse with a rare demand.“Give me some,” he yelled, making a beeline for an icy tub of champagne and beer.The probable NL Cy Young Award winner and MVP candidate grabbed a bottle of bubbly and began pouring in celebration of the Dodgers’ NL West title after a 9-1 victory over second-place San Francisco on Wednesday night.“You can’t take lightly what we did,” a soaked Kershaw said. “You got to celebrate accomplishments and