Fading Lotte Giants seeking 1st win of Sept. in KBO

Having lost their grip on a postseason berth in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), the Lotte Giants will try to win their first game of September in a crucial, four-game week. The Giants will enter the new week ranked sixth in the 10-team league standings, at 62-62-6 (wins-losses-ties). They opened August comfortably in third place, with a decent chance to move up to second place, but posted the league's worst record that month at 7-16-3. With three consecutive losses to begin September, the Giants are the only team without a win this month. They are only a half game back of the KT Wiz (63-62-4) for the fifth and final playoff spot, but the Wiz have a game in hand. The NC Dinos (58-62-6) are two games behind the Giants in seventh place and have four games in hand on the Giants. Among the six teams vying for the final three postseason spots — with the LG Twins (78-47-3) and the Hanwha Eagles (73-52-3) having pulled away as the two best clubs — the Giants have the fewest games left with 14. They will play four of those this week -- two against the Eagles at home, Sajik Baseball StaWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times