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![]() Giants Bats Struggle Again, Lose 2-0 to LG 9 weeks 11 hours ago BUSAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants scoreless streak hit 19 innings as they lost 2-0 to LG Wednesday afternoon. The Giants haven't scored since getting two runs in the eighth inning on March 14th, five days ago. Jeon Jun-woo led Lotte with two hits, as the team only managed five against six LG pitchers. Go Won-jun pitched four innings in the start for Lotte, striking out four while giving up three hits and no runs. Kim Seung-hui took the loss for Lotte. The two teams will play... |
![]() William, Lee Lead IPark Past Seoul 9 weeks 2 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- The Busan IPark played a complete 90 minutes Sunday, defeating Seoul 1-0 at the Asiad World Cup Stadium. It was the first time in two years and four months that Busan has beaten Seoul. Busan entered the game with a seven-game winless streak against Seoul that dated back to October 2010. William's first goal with the IPark, a rebound off a Park Jong-woo freekick in the 17th minute was the difference maker, as Lee Bum-young stifled Seoul's Daeyan and Molina... |
![]() KT Drops Sixth in a Row 9 weeks 3 days ago SEOUL, South Korea -- Courtney Sims scored 33 points and added 12 rebounds as SK easily defeated KT 100-87 to give the Sonic Boom their sixth straight loss and their 13th in the past 15 games. Seo Jang-hoon led KT with 26 points and eight rebounds in his second last game in the league, while Ryan White also added 20 points for KT. The Sonic Boom close out their 2013 season with a home game versus last place KCC 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
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![]() Lotte, Samsung Tie 0-0 9 weeks 4 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Song Seung-joon pitched five innings of four hit ball, and three Lotte relievers shut down the Samsung offense as the Giants tied Samsung 0-0 Friday afternoon. Cho Seung-hwan led Lotte with two hits, as Lotte hitters struggled to also hit the ball combining for seven hits off four Samsung pitchers. Exhibition games do not go into extra innings to decide a winner.
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![]() KT Eliminated From Playoff Contention 9 weeks 5 days ago ULSAN, South Korea -- The KT Sonic Boom's post-season dreams were smashed with an 84-56 loss to Mobis, eliminating them from any hopes of making the playoffs. The Sonic Boom failed to make the postseason for the first time in the past six seasons. Moon Tae-young scored 21 points and added 10 rebounds for Mobis, who saw four of its starters reach double digit points. KT shot an abysmal 37% from the field and were led by Kim Hyun-soo with 18 points, the only player to reach double... |
![]() Giants Fall to 1-3 in Exhibition Play 9 weeks 5 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Kim Tae-won hit a two run homer in the eighth inning and Anuery Rodriguez pitched four strong innings for Samsung to give the defending champion Lions a 5-3 win over Lotte Thursday afternoon in KBO exhibition play. Kim's homer gave the Lions a 5-1 lead after earlier pounding Lotte starter Shane Youman (0-1) for three runs and five hits in 3 2/3 innings. Lotte managed just seven hits off seven Samsung pitchers as the offense continues to struggle in... |
![]() Giants Drop Second in a Row 10 weeks 13 hours ago BUSAN, South Korea -- Lotte starter Lee Jae-gon was tagged for solo homeruns in the second and third innings as the Giants fell to Nexen 4-2 at home Tuesday afternoon. Lee Seung-yeol hit a solo shot in the second and Lee Taek-geun hit one in the third, as Lee pitched five innings, giving up five hits while striking out two. Lotte tied the game in the bottom of the fifth on RBIs from Yong Duk-han and Cho Seung-hwan, but Lotte gave up a run in the eighth off loser Lee... |
![]() Lee Jae-an Leads Gyeongnam FC Past IPark 10 weeks 2 days ago CHANGWON, South Korea -- The Busan IPark failed to register their first win of the year Sunday, falling 1-0 to Gyeongnam FC at the Changwon Soccer Stadium. Lee Jae-an's 59th minute header was the difference, as Gyeongnam's constant attack finally paid off after just failing to connect in the 57th minute when Lee and Kim In-han's pressure led to a narrow miss off the crossbar. Lee Beum-young kept the IPark close making a handful of dramatic saves, but the offense... |
![]() NC Dinos Rally Late to Beat Nexen 7-4 10 weeks 2 days ago MASAN, South Korea -- The NC Dinos pounded out 14 hits to win their first exhibition game of the year, defeating Nexen 7-4 at the Masan Baseball Stadium. The bottom of the lineup came up big for NC, as Kim Tae-geun went 2-3 with three RBIs and Lee Hyung-gon went 3-3. Charlie Shirek pitched four innings for NC, allowing four hits and one earned run while striking out three. Lee Hyun-bum (1-0) pitched two innings of relief for the win, giving up one earned run, a... |
![]() Lotte Drops Exhibition Finale With SK 10 weeks 2 days ago BUSAN, South Korea -- The SK Wyverns split the opening exhibition series with Lotte, earning a decisive 6-3 win at Sajik Stadium Sunday afternoon. SK pounded out 12 hits and took advantage of three Giants errors to rally from a 1-0 deficit and score five runs in between the fifth and seventh innings. After Lotte cut the lead to 5-3 in the eighth, SK added an insurance run in the ninth to win their first game of the spring. Choi Young-pil (1-0) notched his first win of the... |




























