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05/15/2004 Archived Entry: "Korea Baseball News: Strikeout Record and Double-Headers"
by Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow
Hyundai Unicorns 11 - Kia Tigers 4:
Kim Jae-park notched his 600 win as a manager as the Unicorns danced all over the Tigers 11-4 in the first game of a double-header on Thursday.
Kia Tigers 10 - Hyundai Unicorns 7:
Tigers' reliever Lee Kang-chul struck out two batters to stand alone as the KBO career strikeout leader. Lee's 1,699th strikeout passed Sun Dong-yeol milestone to help Kia beat Hyundai 10-7. The Unicorns' Cliff Brumbaugh did launch his 14th homer of 2004 off of Lee.
SK Wyverns 5 - LG Twins 4:
SK Wyverns 8 - LG Twins 0:
Hanwha Eagles 7 - Samsung Lions 6
Choi Jin-hang's seventh inning home run tied the game and Lee Beom-ho's blasted the game winning homer in the eighth inning as the Wyverns slipped pass the Twins 5-4 in the first game of a double-header.
Hanwha Eagles 3 - Samsung Lions 2
Song Chang-shik allowed eight hits and struck out four in 6 2/3 shut out innings to lead the Eagles past the Lions.
Lotte Giants 3 - Doosan Bears 1:
Park Ji-chul pitched the Giants over the Bears 3-1 yielding one run and four hits in seven innings in the first game of a double-header.
Doosan Bears 3 - Lotte Giants 1:
Park Myung-hwan threw 7 1/3 shut out innings striking out 11 to slip the Bears by the Giants.
Korean Baseball Organization
May 14, 2004
W L T Pct GB
Hyundai Unicorns 20 13 1 .606 --
SK Wyverns 17 14 3 .548 2.0
Hanwha Eagles 17 15 2 .531 2.5
Kia Tigers 17 15 2 .531 2.5
LG Twins 16 17 1 .485 4.0
Doosan Bears 15 18 1 .455 5.0
Samsung Lions 14 18 2 .438 5.5
Lotte Giants 12 18 4 .400 6.5
Source: Kim Hyun-cheol, Korea Times (2004, May 14)
