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LG Twins forced a deciding wild-card game with an 11-inning walk-off single at Jamsil, keeping Doosan Bears from closing the series on the road after a two-run lead.
The KBO postseason opens October 14 with a wild-card series at Jamsil between fourth-place LG and fifth-place Doosan, while KT Wiz awaits the survivor as the regular-season champion.
Hanwha Eagles right-hander Moon Hyun-bin threw a no-hitter against Doosan in Daejeon, forcing a final-day KBO tiebreaker scenario with Samsung still alive for the wild card.
Hanwha Eagles starter Moon Hyun-bin threw a combined no-hitter against Doosan in Daejeon on Friday, setting up a final-day KBO tiebreaker for the last wild-card berth.
Kiwoom Heroes clinch fifth place and a wild-card berth while Lotte Giants miss the KBO postseason on run differential after a rain-shortened week reshuffled the standings.
The KIA Tigers and LG Twins entered the final regular-season weekend with identical .547 winning percentages, fighting for third place and home-field advantage in the Oct. 14 wild-card round.
League-leading KT Wiz send Davis Daniel to the mound at Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday against last-place Kiwoom as LG and Doosan chase wild-card berths with six games left.
The KBO fixed eleven rain-makeup dates through Oct. 12, setting a wild-card start on Oct. 14 as KT Wiz leads the table and fourth-place jockeying continues in the season’s penultimate stretch.
Kia Tigers and LG Twins meet at Jamsil on Sunday with fourth place on the line, while KT Wiz chases win 86 later in Suwon as the KBO regular season enters its final October week before the Oct. 14 wild card.
KT leads the KBO at 84-49-4 while Samsung hosts Doosan on Saturday as both clubs tune playoff rotations before the regular season ends.
Samsung Lions beat Hanwha 3–2 in Daegu for a fifth straight win as Lee Jae-hyun’s two-run homer set a franchise shortstop season record and Koo Ja-wook kept the KBO batting lead at .371.
The Doosan Bears clinched a KBO wild-card berth on Oct. 1 while Samsung lost both games of a rain makeup doubleheader, leaving five teams within two games of the playoff cut line.
Park Hye-jeong lifted 133 kilograms in the snatch and 167 in the clean and jerk for a 300-kilogram total and silver in the women’s +81 kg class at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sept. 29, setting Korean records behind China’s Li Wenwen.
Hanwha Eagles veteran Ryu Hyun-jin is slated to begin a rehab outing Tuesday in Daejeon as the club chases a KBO wild-card berth.
South Korea’s women’s football team meets Uzbekistan in an Asian Games semifinal at Incheon Stadium on Monday night, with an Olympic qualifying berth on the line before the K-League resumes domestic play.
Oh Sang-uk's Korea beat Japan 45-44 in the men's sabre team final, a fourth straight Asian Games gold, while the KBO stayed idle and FC Seoul led the K League table.
Chuseok rain wiped out Doosan–Lotte and Samsung–SSG on Sept. 25, and with no Sept. 26 reserve date on the schedule, the KBO will push both games into an already crowded October.
The Korea Baseball Organization posted post-Chuseok doubleheaders on September 27–28 so the Kia Tigers and Samsung Lions can clear typhoon backlog, with Gwangju hosting four games in forty-eight hours while the league keeps pitch-clock waivers off the table.
K League moved Daegu FC’s home kickoff against Jeju United two hours earlier on Chuseok weekend to keep fan convoys off the peak Gyeongbu expressway window, coordinating with police and bus operators on post-match exits.
The LG Twins cut their KBO wild-card magic number to four after sweeping SSG Landers in Munhak Stadium, riding a Park Dong-won grand slam and Casey Kelly’s seven-inning start before Chuseok idle days compress the pennant race.