Bears ruin Twins' bid to clinch KBO pennant at home

The Doosan Bears ruined their Seoul rival LG Twins' bid to grab the South Korean baseball pennant at home Tuesday night with a convincing 6-0 victory. In order to clinch the best regular-season record in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the Twins, who entered the game leading the Hanwha Eagles by 2 1/2 games in first place, either needed a win or a loss or a tie by the Eagles against the Lotte Giants on Tuesday. They didn't get any of that in their favor, as they managed only three hits at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, and the Eagles beat the Giants 1-0 in 10 innings at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of the capital. The Twins, now 85-54-3 (wins-losses-ties), will take another crack in their season finale Wednesday night against the NC Dinos. The Eagles, 1 1/2 games back of the Twins at 83-56-3, play the SSG Landers on Wednesday and then finish their regular season against the KT Wiz on Friday. The Bears finished the season in ninth place at 61-77-6. Former Twin Yang Suk-hwan smacked a two-run home run to put the Bears on the board in the top of theWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times