Right-handers squaring off again with KBO championship series berth at stake
The two right-handed pitchers that went toe-to-toe earlier in the ongoing South Korean baseball postseason will meet again Sunday with much more at stake -- a ticket to the championship series. The Samsung Lions will host the Kia Tigers for the deciding Game 5 of their best-of-five second round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason at 2 p.m. Sunday at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in…
In the ongoing South Korean baseball postseason, the two right-handed pitchers Ariel Jurado and Adam Oller will face each other once more on Sunday. This will determine which team secures a spot in the championship series. The Samsung Lions will host the Kia Tigers at their home park in Daegu, located 230 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
The game is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. The victorious team will advance to the Korean Series, which kicks off on Tuesday with the regular-season champions, KT Wiz, awaiting their turn. Jurado, a Panamanian ace, will be pitching for the Lions, while Oller, an American starter, will take the mound for the Tigers. The duo had already squared off in Game 2 of the series on Tuesday at Daegu, where the Lions emerged victorious with a score of 8-3.
Jurado achieved his first career postseason win by allowing only two runs on five hits over 6 2/3 innings of play. He had faced the Tigers previously in the regular season on May 15, where he surrendered three runs on 10 hits over seven innings, striking out seven batters in the process.
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