The Korea Herald

Rain wipes out Game 3 of Korean Series

Oct 27, 2012

The third game of the South Korean baseball championship series was rained out Saturday here in Incheon.The Korean Series matchup between the Samsung Lions and the SK Wyverns was pushed back by a day amid heavy downpours, the Korea Baseball said. The game had been scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at Munhak Stadium, home of the Wyverns, just west of Seoul. It will instead be played at 2 p.m. Sunday at Munhak.The fourth game will be back at Munhak on Monday at 6 p.m.The Lions have won the first two ga
Giants shut out Tigers

Oct 26, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Long ball one night, a Giant dose of small ball the next.Two wins in two games and suddenly San Francisco doesn’t need to dig itself out of a postseason hole for a change.Madison Bumgarner shut down the Detroit Tigers for seven innings, then the Giants took advantage of a bunt that stayed fair to eke out the go-ahead run in a 2-0 win Thursday night for a 2-0 edge in the World Series.Gregor Blanco’s single trickled to a stop inches fair on the infield dirt, setting up Brandon
Samsung Lions beat SK Wyverns to take 2-0 lead

Oct 25, 2012

DAEGU (Yonhap News) -- The Samsung Lions defeated the SK Wyverns 8-3 here Thursday to take the 2-0 series lead in the best-of-seven South Korean professional baseball final. In Game 2 of the Korean Series at Daegu Baseball Stadium, Choi Hyung-woo hit a grand slam in the Lions' six-run third inning and starter Jang Won-sam pitched six strong innings, as the defending Korea Baseball Organization champs got a step closer to their second straight crown. The Lions and the Wyverns also squared
Choo Shin-soo hopes to join winning club

Oct 25, 2012

A year away from free agency in Major League Baseball, South Korean outfielder Choo Shin-soo of the Cleveland Indians said Thursday he’d like to “play for a winning ball club.”Upon returning home from the 2012 major league season earlier in the day, Choo said at a press conference here that if he could choose a team, he would go with a title contender.“I grew up winning championships since I was young and I am used to winning,” the 30-year-old said. “And it’s been disappointing to go through the
Panda power

Oct 25, 2012

Sandoval’s 3 homers lead Giants to win
Sandoval‘s 3 HRs lead Giants to 8-3 romp in opener

Oct 25, 2012

Pablo Sandoval hit a record-equaling three home runs to help the San Francisco Giants down the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in the World Series opener Wednesday and put himself into the same class as Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols.The vocal San Francisco crowd roared as the Venezuelan connected on his four at bats and drove in four runs.Pujols homered three times last year, Jackson accomplished the feat in 1977 and Ruth did it in 1926 and again in 1928.Justin Verlander, the reigning Cy Young
Samsung Lions beat SK Wyverns to start Korean Series

Oct 24, 2012

The Samsung Lions defeated the SK Wyverns 3-1 on Wednesday in the opening game of the South Korean professional baseball final.At Daegu Baseball Stadium, slugger Lee Seung-yeop belted a two-run home run and the Lions‘ bullpen slammed the door shut on the Wyverns to start the best-of-seven Korean Series in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).In 29 previous Korean Series, the team that won the first game went on to capture the title 23 times. The opening game of the 1982 Korean Series ended in a
Giants reach World Series with rout of Cardinals

Oct 23, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― In a postseason full of twists and turns, the San Francisco Giants are headed back to the World Series after a big comeback against the defending champs.Hunter Pence got the Giants going with a weird double, Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October and San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL championship series in a driving rainstorm, routing the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 Monday night.San Francisco won its record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, comple
Then there were 2

Oct 23, 2012

Past champions to collide in Korean Series
SK Wyverns eliminate Lotte Giants, reach Korean Series

Oct 22, 2012

The SK Wyverns defeated the Lotte Giants 6-3 on Monday to reach the championship final in South Korea's top baseball league.For the Korea Baseball Organization crown, the Wyverns will battle the Samsung Lions, the defending champs, in the Korean Series starting Wednesday. The Wyverns will make their sixth straight trip to the Korean Series. They already set the KBO record for consecutive Korean Series appearances with five in 2011.The Wyverns won the championship in 2007, 2008 and 2010. In the f
Vogelsong, Giants force Game 7

Oct 22, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Chris Carpenter walked off the mound, and the fans cheered him once again.Giants fans, that is.The orange towel-twirling crowd at AT&T Park saw San Francisco send the St. Louis star to an early exit in a 6-1 win Sunday night that forced the NL championship series to a decisive Game 7.“The bottom line is,” Carpenter said, “I’m not giving my team a chance to win.”The Cardinals’ longtime postseason ace came back from a complicated operation that removed a rib and two neck muscl
SK, Lotte head into Game 5

Oct 21, 2012

BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― The SK Wyverns edged the Lotte Giants 2-1 in the Korea Baseball Organization’s second round of the playoffs Saturday, forcing a decisive Game 5.At Sajik Stadium in Busan, SK’s starter Mario Santiago pitched six shutout innings and the bullpen held on for dear life as the Wyverns staved off elimination on the road.The winner will face defending champion Samsung Lions in the Korea Series. The Lions, who won the league title last year, received a bye to the Korean Series by vi
Lotte Giants defeat SK Wyverns, sit one win from final

Oct 19, 2012

BUSAN (Yonhap) – The Lotte Giants defeated the SK Wyverns 4-1 on Friday to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five second-round playoff series in South Korea's top baseball league.The winner will face defending champion Samsung Lions in the Korea Series. The Lions, who won the league title last year, received the bye to the Korean Series by virtue of finishing first in the regular season.In Friday's match at Sajik Stadium in Busan, the Giants' starter Ko Won-jun held the Wyverns to just three single
Bring on the World Series

Oct 19, 2012

Tigers become just the fourth team to never trail while sweeping a four-game seriesDETROIT (AP) ― Max Scherzer capped a stupendous stretch for Detroit’s starting rotation, and the Tigers advanced to the World Series for the second time in seven years by beating the New York Yankees 8-1 on Thursday for a four-game sweep of the AL Championship Series.Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta hit two-run homers in a four-run fourth inning against CC Sabathia, who was unable to prevent the Yankees from gett
Carpenter leads Cardinals to win

Oct 18, 2012

ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Carlos Beltran limped to the trainer’s room, taking the St. Louis Cardinals’ biggest clutch October bat with him.Turns out they had the perfect substitute.Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer after subbing for Beltran, and the Cardinals chased Matt Cain before a 3 1/2-hour rain delay in the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night for a 2-1 NL Championship Series lead.Beltran strained his left knee running out a double-play ball in the first