KBO Highlights and Standings (week of May 4, 2003)
Samsung Lions 9 - Lotte Giants 3:
Lee Seung-yeop and Ma Hae-young both hit their league-leading eighth home runs in the first inning to beat the Giants in Taegu. Yang Joon-hyuk and Kim Han-soo also connected for home runs for the Lions. Kim Jin-woong gave up only two runs and four hits in five innings to post his second win of 2003.
LG Twins 3 - Doosan Bears 1:
The Twins beat the Bears in Chamsil. Doosan left 10 men on base in their loss. Twins reliever Jeon Seung-nam has thrown 28 1/3 straight scoreless innings including 1 1/3 scoreless innings on Monday. Lee Sang-hoon pitched the ninth inning to earn the save.
Kia Tigers 8 - Hyundai Unicorns 7:
Cho Kyu-je struck out two batters in the tenth inning but catcher Kim Dong-soo lost control of the ball to allow the Tigers to score the winning run in Suwon.
Hanwha Eagles 11 - SK Wyverns 2:
Lee Sang-mok pitched six innings to win the game for the Eagles in Taejon. Chang Jong-hoon hit a home run among his three extra base hits for Hanwha.
Korean Baseball Organization
W L T Pct GB
Samsung Lions 17 5 1 .773
Hyundai Unicorns 17 7 1 .708 1.0
SK Wyverns 14 9 1 .609 3.5
Kia Tigers 14 9 1 .609 3.5
LG Twins 12 12 1 .500 6.0
Hanwha Eagles 10 15 1 .400 8.5
Doosan Bears 6 19 0 .240 12.5
Lotte Giants 5 19 2 .208 13.0
Kia Tigers 4 - Samsung Lions 3:
Choi Sang-deok (3-0) pitched six innings giving up two runs and four hits to get the win for the Tigers in Kwanju. The Lions' Lee Seung-yeop blasted his ninth home run to become the sole HR leader in the KBO for 2003. Lee has also homered in three consecutive games. Ma Hae-young, Shim Jong-soo, and Michael Coolbaugh are tied with eight home runs each for 2003.
SK Wyverns 8 - Hyundai Unicorns 2:
Eddie Diaz hit 3-for-5 with a fifth inning home run and an RBI double to lead the Wyverns past the Unicorns in Suwon. Starter Um Jung-wook (0-0) struck out three batters, allowing one hit and three walks in three innings. Je Chun-mo (2-0) notched the victory in 2 1/3-innings of relief. Kim Dong-soo hit a sixth inning two-run home run for Hyundai.
Hanwha Eagles - LG Twins:
Rained out in Seoul.
Doosan Bears - Lotte Giants:
Rained out in Pusan.
W L T Pct GB
Samsung Lions 17 6 1 .739
Hyundai Unicorns 17 8 1 .680 1.0
SK Wyverns 15 9 1 .625 2.5
Kia Tigers 15 9 1 .625 2.5
LG Twins 12 12 1 .500 5.5
Hanwha Eagles 10 15 1 .400 8.0
Doosan Bears 6 19 0 .240 12.0
Lotte Giants 5 19 2 .208 12.5
Hyundai Unicorns 14 - Sk Wyverns 3:
Chong Min-tae (6-0) struck out four batters and allowed no runs in eight innings to lead the Unicorns past the Wyverns at Suwon. Cho Jin-ho took the loss for SK as he gave up seven runs in five innings.the Unicorns (18-8-1) thrashed the SK Wyverns (15-10-1) 14-3.
Lotte Giants 11 - Doosan Bears 6:
Lotte Giants 11 - Doosan Bears 7:
Kim Dong-joo blasted three runs in the Bears' double losses to the Giants in Pusan (Busan). Doosan is now in last place in the KBO standings.
LG Twins 2 - Hanwha Eagles 2:
Jeon Seung-nam ran his streak to 32 innings of shutout ball by pitching 2 2/3 in the first game.
LG Twins 8 - Hanwha Eagles 1:
Ahn Chi-yong had four RBIS for the winning Twins in the second game at Chamsil (Jamsil).
Korean Baseball Organization
W L T Pct GB
Samsung Lions 17 6 1 .739
Hyundai Unicorns 18 8 1 .692 0.5
SK Wyverns 15 10 1 .600 3.0
Kia Tigers 15 9 1 .625 2.5
LG Twins 13 12 1 .520 5.0
Hanwha Eagles 10 16 1 .385 8.5
Doosan Bears 6 21 0 .222 13.0
Lotte Giants 7 19 2 .269 11.5
(I try to compile standings accurately as possible but errors are possible.)
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Lotte Giants 5 - Samsung Lions 4:
The Giants played Lion killer as the last place team beat the first place Lions in Taegu. Samsung had three home runs including Lee Seung-yeop's game tying homer in the eighth inning. Noh Jang-jin gave up two ninth inning runs to lose the game. Sohn Min-han yielded two runs and four hits in 7 2/3 innings to keep the Giants in the game. Lim Kyung-wan was given the win.
Doosan Bears 3 - LG Twins 2:
Satoshi Iriki got the last two Twins' batters to fly out with a runner on third to earn his fourth save for the Bears in Chamsil. Kwon Myung-chul allowed two runs on two hits in five innings to pick up the victory for Doosan.
Hyundai Unicorns 11 - Kia Tigers 10:
The Unicorns climbed into a virtual tie for first place on a game ending home run by Shim Jong-soo in the bottom of the 10th inning in Suwon.
SK Wyverns 4 - Hanwha Eagles 1:
Chae Byung-ryong struck out seven batters and yielded only one run in seven innings to beat the Eagles in Taejon. The Wyverns now have a four game winning streak.
Korean Baseball Organization standings as of May 5, 2003