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04/17/2003 Archived Entry: "Korea Baseball News: 11 and Counting...."
Korea Baseball News: 11 and Counting....
By Andrew Wong
Samsung Lions 7 Hyundai Unicorns 6
Hae-young Ma belted a home run in the ninth inning off Yong-joon Cho as the Samsung Lions broke a 6-6 tie to beat the Hyundai Unicorns 7-6 yesterday in Suwon.
The Unicorns sent ace Min-tae Chong to the mound but lost their fourth game in a row. Chong picked up a no-decision as he gave up six runs on nine hits in five innings, not one of his best outings. Cho picked up the loss. For the Leos, closer Jang-jin Noh improved to 3-0 after giving up one run on a homer in 2 2/3 innings of work.
The Lions ten-game winning streak, which ended two days ago, was the best start in Korea Baseball Organization history. The Lions are 10-1 while the Unicorns are 5-5-1.
SK Wyverns 3 Kia Tigers 0
Jin-ho Cho notched his first win since returning from the Major Leagues with a one-hitter in six innings as the SK Wyverns blanked the Kia Tigers 3-0 yesterday in Kwangju.
Left fielder Won-woo Cho went 4-for-5 with an RBI to lead the winners, who improved to 7-4-0. The Tigers dropped to 9-2.
Hanhwa Eagles 2 Doosan Bears 0
Young-woo Lee and Ji-man Song each hit solo home runs as the Hanhwa Eagles shutout the Doosan Bears 2-0 yesterday.
Eagles' starter Min-chul Jung gave up four hits in five innings to pick up the win and improve to 2-0. Lenin Picota picked up his first save of the season with two scoreless innings.
The Eagles flew to 5-6-0 while the Bears ran out of gas at 1-10-0.
LG Twins 4 Lotte Giants 0
11 and counting - in the wrong direction. The Lotte Giants have dropped 11 in a row following yesterday's 4-0 drubbing at the hands of the LG Twins in Seoul.
The Giants have not scored a run in 21 innings.
Byung-seok Lee, who was acquired by the Twins from the Tigers in the off-season, pitched six scoreless innings for the shutout. He improved to 1-0.
The Giants are 0-11-0 while the Twins improved to 6-4-1 on the season.
Today's Games (all games at 6:30 p.m. Korea time)
Doosan Bears at Hyundai Unicorns
Kia Tigers at LG Twins
Hanhwa Eagles at Lotte Giants
SK Wyverns at Samsung Lions
2003 Korea Baseball Organization Standings
W L T Pct. GB
1. Samsung 10 1 0 0.909 -
1. Kia 9 2 0 0.818 1
3. SK 7 4 0 0.636 3
4. LG 6 4 1 .600 4
5. Hyundai 5 5 1 0.500 5
6. Hanhwa 5 6 0 .455 5
7. Doosan 1 10 0 .091 9
8. Lotte 0 11 0 .000 10
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