Tigers hold off Twins to grab No. 3 seed in KBO postseason
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Kia Tigers clinched the third seed in the upcomin...
The Kia Tigers secured the third seed in the upcoming South Korean baseball postseason after defeating the LG Twins on Monday, marking the conclusion of the Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) regular season. Star player Kim Do-yeong hit a crucial two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, helping the Tigers secure a 4-2 victory.
The Tigers finished the season with an impressive 79-63-2 record, leading the Twins by 1.5 games. As the third-seeded team, the Tigers automatically qualified for the best-of-five first round in the postseason. Meanwhile, the Twins will face the fifth-seeded Doosan Bears in the wild card round, playing on Wednesday at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul.
The higher-seeded Twins require a tie or a win in two attempts to advance, while the Bears must win two consecutive games to progress. The wild card format was introduced in 2015, and only once has a fifth-seeded team defeated a fourth seed – the KT Wiz over the Bears in 2024. This will be the final postseason series between the Seoul rivals at Jamsil, which will be demolished at the end of the season to make way for a new dome.
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