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Lotte Giants beat SK Wyverns to tie playoff series
Lotte Giants’ Jo Sung-hwan gets a timely hit during the Game 2 of second round of the 2012 KBO playoffs. (Yonhap News)The Lotte Giants defeated the SK Wyverns 5-4 in 10 innings on Wednesday to tie their second round playoff series at one game apiece in South Korea's top baseball league.In the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) contest at Munhak Stadium here, west of Seoul, SK's reliever Jung Woo-ra
Oct. 17, 2012
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Verlander gives Tigers 3-0 lead
DETROIT (AP) ― The New York Yankees avoided a dubious distinction. They didn’t avoid moving within a loss of elimination.Eduardo Nunez’s ninth-inning home run prevented New York from getting shut out in consecutive postseason games for the first time. Raul Ibanez went on to strike out against former Yankee Phil Coke with two on, sealing a 2-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night and a 3-0 AL championship series deficit.On a night when Alex Rodriguez was benched for the second time in four
Oct. 17, 2012
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SK Wyverns beat Lotte Giants to start second round of baseball playoffs
SK Wyverns` Park Jung-kwon hits a go-head single that clinched the game 1 of the second round of the KBO playoffs on Tuesday in Incheon. (Yonhap News)The SK Wyverns squeezed past the Lotte Giants 2-1 Tuesday to open the second round of the playoffs in South Korea's top baseball competition.In the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) action at Munhak Stadium here, just west of Seoul, starter Kim Kwang
Oct. 17, 2012
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Giants crush Cards in Game 2 to tie up NLCS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Marco Scutaro answered Matt Holliday’s hard takeout with a big hit of his own to help the San Francisco Giants end their home slide.Scutaro hit a two-run single in San Francisco’s four-run fourth inning to help the Giants get their first home win this postseason, 7-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night that tied the NL Championship Series at one game apiece.The game got off to a testy start when Holliday barreled into Scutaro at second base to break up a potential d
Oct. 16, 2012
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Baseball, softball join up for bid
ROME (AP) ― The International baseball and softball federations signed an agreement Monday to join forces in a bid to get back into the Olympics, while proposing a shortened tournament they hope will attract Major League Baseball players.The International Baseball Federation and International Softball Federation announced a memorandum to move ahead with a proposed merger that would be overseen by an eight-person joint committee.Baseball and softball were voted off the Olympic program in 2005, ma
Oct. 16, 2012
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Tigers beat Yanks for 2-0 lead in ALCS
NEW YORK (AP) ― Anibal Sanchez and the Detroit Tigers made the plays, benefited from an admitted missed call by an umpire and delivered during their few good opportunities at the plate.The reward: a commanding 2-0 lead in the AL championship series, and a trip home with their ace ready to start.Sanchez shut down a Yankees lineup minus injured Derek Jeter, and Detroit won without any drama this time, beating New York 3-0 Sunday. Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda pitched perfect ball into the sixth in
Oct. 15, 2012
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Lotte, SK to clash in rematch of last year’s playoffs
The Lotte Giants and SK Wyverns will clash in Korea’s pro baseball playoffs this week for the second year in a row.The Wyverns will host the Giants in Incheon on Tuesday to open the best-of-five series. SK earned a bye to the round by finishing second in the regular season. Fourth-seeded Lotte reached the playoffs Friday by beating the Doosan Bears to win the playoff qualification series 3-1.SK is vying to compete in the championship Korean Series for the sixth straight time. Last year, the Wyve
Oct. 14, 2012
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Tigers win in 12 to take ALCS lead over Yanks
NEW YORK (AP) ― Delmon Young doubled home the go-ahead run in the 12th inning after New York’s Raul Ibanez hit another stunning game-tying home run during a four-run rally in the ninth, and the Detroit Tigers outlasted the Yankees 6-4 Saturday night in an AL championship series opener in which Derek Jeter was helped off the field with what appeared to be a serious leg injury.Jeter rolled over his knee when he dove in an attempt to glove Jhonny Peralta’s grounder up the middle in the 12th. Unable
Oct. 14, 2012
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Lotte, SK clash in rematch of last year's playoff series
Lotte Giants celebrate after eliminating Doosan bears in the first round of the playoffs on Friday. (Yonhap News)The two teams that clashed in the second round of the South Korean baseball playoffs last year will square off in a rematch starting this week.On Tuesday, the SK Wyverns will host the Lotte Giants at their home Munhak Stadium in Incheon, just west of Seoul, to open the second round seri
Oct. 14, 2012
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Giants end Reds’ season with 6-4 win
CINCINNATI (AP) ― Not just any comeback would get San Francisco back to playing for a pennant. It would take one of Giant proportions.And Buster Posey believed it could happen. Even after the Giants left the West Coast down two games, the National League batting champion insisted his team could pull it off, despite the long odds.With one swing, he got everyone else believing it, too.Posey hit the third grand slam in Giants’ postseason history on Thursday, and San Francisco pulled off an unpreced
Oct. 12, 2012
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Bears beat Giants to stay alive in playoffs
The Doosan Bears defeated the Lotte Giants 7-2 on Thursday to stay alive in the opening round of the playoffs in South Korea's top professional baseball league.In the Korea Baseball Organization action at Sajik Stadium, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Choi Joon-suk belted a two-run home run for the Bears in the first inning and Oh Jae-won added two runs batted in, as the Bears cut the seri
Oct. 11, 2012
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Never satisfied
Despite having a strong first season in Japan, Lee Dae-ho sees room for improvementGIMHAE (Yonhap News) ― Upon returning from a strong first season in Japan, South Korean baseball slugger Lee Dae-ho said he was only half-satisfied with his performance this year.The Nippon Professional Baseball star received a hero’s welcome at Gimhae International Airport, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, arriving home two days after finishing his first season with the Orix Buffaloes.Lee ended the season
Oct. 11, 2012
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Nexen promotes Yeom Kyung-yup to lead team
The Nexen Heroes in South Korea’s top baseball league on Wednesday promoted their third base coach Yeom Kyung-yup to manager.The Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization announced that Yeom signed a three-year deal, worth 200 million won ($180,000) per season with a signing bonus of another 200 million won. This will be the first managerial job for the 44-year-old.“I’d like to thank the team for giving me this opportunity,” Yeom said. “I will try to name my coaching staff as soon as possible. M
Oct. 10, 2012
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Lee Jong-beom named coach for Hanwha Eagles
Lee Jong-beom, once South Korea’s most complete baseball player, on Wednesday became a coach for the Hanwha Eagles in the nation’s top league.The Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization said Lee, 42, signed a one-year deal worth 50 million won ($44,900) to be their base running coach.Lee, who ended his 16-year career with the Kia Tigers earlier this year, will work under his former Tigers manager, Kim Euong-yong. The Eagles named Kim their new manager on Monday.Lee and Kim won the Korean Serie
Oct. 10, 2012
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Giants stave off elimination
CINCINNATI (AP) ― Hardly able to get a hit, the San Francisco Giants used a misplayed grounder to prolong their NL playoff series.Third baseman Scott Rolen’s two-out error in the 10th inning gave the Giants the go-ahead run Tuesday night in a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, who couldn’t shake 17 years of home postseason futility.The Giants avoided a sweep in Game 3, cutting their deficit to 2-1.Rolen, an eight-time Gold Glove winner, couldn’t come up with Joaquin Arias’ short-hop grounder,
Oct. 10, 2012
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Balanced attack
Bottom of the lineup carrying offense for LotteThey may not quite be the “fearsome foursome,” but the bottom three hitters in Lotte Giants’ lineup have done enough damage to instill fear into pitchers of their playoff opponent, the Doosan Bears.The Giants hold a 2-0 series lead over the Bears in their best-of-five first round playoff series in the Korea Baseball Organization. They beat the Bears 8-5 in 10 innings on Monday and squeezed past the Seoul-based club 2-1 on Tuesday. As the series move
Oct. 10, 2012
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Sadowski puts history, injury behind him
U.S.-born pitcher Ryan Sadowski of the Lotte Giants, competing in the playoffs of the Korea Baseball Organization, says he is focused on the present and has put some bad history between his team and the Doosan Bears, Lotte’s current playoff opponents this fall, behind him.Competing in his third KBO postseason, the right-hander is slated to start the third game of the best-of-five first round series on Thursday. Before the series opener, Sadowski said he was looking forward to pitching in his thi
Oct. 9, 2012
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All square
ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Never count out the St. Louis Cardinals in October ― especially after they lose a series opener.Carlos Beltran hit the last two of the Cardinals’ four homers and St. Louis chased an ineffective Jordan Zimmermann early in a 12-4 rout of the Washington Nationals on Monday that tied their NL division series at one game apiece“We know this offense has the potential to do this,” Cardinals rookie manager Mike Matheny said. “It was nice to see this, and hopefully it becomes contagious
Oct. 9, 2012
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Police officers ask baseball stars for an autograph during playoff match
Derek Jeter, a renowned superstar and the captain of the fabled New York Yankees, is a man who earned a reputation for not being easily fazed. But even he was caught off guard when two policemen came up to him for an autograph during the crucial first game of the American League Division Series against the Baltimore Orioles. According to New York media, two unnamed Maryland police officers assigned to security in the Yankees dugout at the Sunday match asked the shortstop and a fellow Yankee Nick
Oct. 9, 2012
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Walk-off sac fly lifts Tigers
DETROIT (AP) ― Al Alburquerque reached out and snagged a sharp grounder to the mound ― then planted a little kiss on the ball before tossing it to first.The relieved reliever gave his Detroit teammates a reason to laugh in the ninth inning of a tight game. Moments later, the Tigers were celebrating.Don Kelly scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the eighth, then hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth that lifted the Tigers over the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Sunday for a 2-0
Oct. 8, 2012