KBO-leading Twins rout Tigers to snap 2-game slide

Starter Anders Tolhurst bounced back from a rough outing to twirl six shutout innings, and shortstop Oh Ji-hwan drove in four runs to tie his season high, as the LG Twins pounded the Kia Tigers 14-0 at home Sunday to end their two-game losing streak in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Before a sellout crowd of 23,750 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, the Twins also became the first team to win 80 games this season. At 80-50-3 (wins-losses-ties), they continue to lead the KBO regular-season standings with 11 games left. On the 20 previous occasions, teams that reached 80 wins first have gone on to win the regular-season crown 19 times and captured the Korean Series title 15 times. The Tigers, trying desperately to make it to October in their title defense season, dropped to 61-66-4. They started the day just two games out of the fifth and final postseason berth. The Twins took full advantage of some shaky command early on by the Tigers starter Yang Hyeon-jong, who walked two of the first three batters he faced while loading the bases with no out in the bottom of the first. Moon BoWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times