The Korea Herald

Detroit stays alive, Brewers level series

Oct 14, 2011

DETROIT (AP) ― Justin Verlander helped save Detroit’s season with a gutsy pitching effort as the Detroit Tigers recorded a 7-5 victory Thursday that cut the Texas Rangers’ lead to 3-2 in the American League championship series. Delmon Young hit two of Detroit’s four homers and Miguel Cabrera had a tiebreaking double in the sixth inning ― thanks to a bizarre bounce off third base. “I have that ba...
Rangers grab commanding lead in ALCS

Oct 13, 2011

DETROIT (AP) ― The Texas tag team of Nelson Cruz and Mike Napoli was too much for the Detroit Tigers. Cruz made a rocket throw to keep the score tied, then hit a crushing three-run homer in the 11th inning off Jose Valverde that helped send the Rangers over the Tigers 7-3 Wednesday night for a 3-1 lead in the AL championship series. Napoli had put Texas ahead with an RBI single earlier in the 11...
Fister, Tigers tame Rangers 5-2

Oct 12, 2011

DETROIT (AP) ― Colby Lewis came into Game 3 of the AL championship series as the surest thing the Texas Rangers had on the mound. And for three innings, he was. Then, the Detroit Tigers began chipping away. And by the time they were done, they had handed Lewis his first postseason defeat and beaten Texas 5-2 Tuesday night, narrowing the Rangers’ edge to 2-1. The Tigers took the lead on a pitch...
Braun, Brewers bash Cards for Game 1 win

Oct 10, 2011

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― The barbs already were flying. Come Sunday, the Milwaukee Brewers bashed the St. Louis Cardinals with their bats. Needing a rally in the NL championship series opener, Milwaukee turned to its power duo of Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, then got a clutch hit from Yuniesky Betancourt to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-6. Braun launched a two-run, 463-foot homer in the first inning...
Rangers trip Tigers 3-2

Oct 9, 2011

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Justin Verlander was washed out of another Game 1. Scuffling through a wet postseason, the Detroit ace and likely AL Cy Young Award winner left a start early again Saturday night when a pair of rain delays prevented him from pitching more than four innings. He wound up the loser as the Tigers fell 3-2 to the Texas Rangers in the opener of the AL championship series. Verl...
Baseball postseason kicks off

Oct 6, 2011

The country’s top professional baseball league wrapped up its regular season on Thursday night and is now gearing up for what looks like a promising postseason starting Saturday. The defending champion SK Wyverns will face the Kia Tigers in the first round. The two teams met in the Korean Series in 2009 when Kia fended off the Wyverns’ strong challenge to claim the title. This year, the third-p...
Cards force Game 5 in Philadelphia

Oct 6, 2011

ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Roy Oswalt seemed all set to close out the Cardinals. He had an early lead, had won big games in St. Louis and had never lost a postseason start. So much for all that history. David Freese homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the Cardinals roughed up Oswalt and beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Wednesday night, forcing a deciding fifth game in their NL playoff series. R...
SK, Kia kick off postseason

Oct 6, 2011

Pitching-rich clubs set for best-of-five series The country’s top professional baseball league wrapped up its regular season on Thursday night and is now gearing up for what looks like a promising postseason starting Saturday. The defending champion SK Wyverns will face the Kia Tigers in the first round. The two teams met in the Korean Series in 2009 when Kia fended off the Wyverns’ strong chal...
Beltre’s 3 homers power Rangers

Oct 5, 2011

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) ― This is what Adrian Beltre envisioned when he signed with Texas in the offseason. Balls jumping off his bat in October, the Rangers making another run for the pennant. Beltre hit three straight home runs and the defending AL champions advanced again, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in Game 4 Tuesday to win their playoff matchup. Beltre put on a power show that few ...
Brewers sting D-backs in Game 1

Oct 2, 2011

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Yovani Gallardo could barely see the return tosses from catcher Jonathan Lucroy, losing them in the bright light filtering through the windows at Miller Park. Imagine how the Diamondbacks felt. Gallardo emerged from the shadows, outpitching Arizona ace Ian Kennedy as the Milwaukee Brewers kept winning at home with a 4-1 victory in their NL division series opener on Saturday. “...
Rays clinch AL wild card with stunning rally

Sept 30, 2011

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) — A startling comeback on the final day of the regular season carried the Tampa Bay Rays back to the playoffs. Their chances of claiming the AL wild card in jeopardy, the Rays rallied Wednesday night from a late seven-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 on Evan Longoria‘s 12th-inning homer. Throughout an improbable run for a third postseason berth in four y...
Playoffs ready to take flight for Yankees, Tigers

Sept 30, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― After a long flight, a pre-dawn arrival and a workout that came all too soon, Derek Jeter is ready for the playoffs. Almost. First, a good night’s sleep would be nice. “Man, I got home at 4:30. I don’t even know what I’m saying right now,” a bleary-eyed Jeter said Thursday, a day before he and the New York Yankees face Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers in an AL division se...
Cardinals cap incredible run

Sept 29, 2011

HOUSTON (AP) ― Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals completed one of baseball’s greatest comebacks, clinching the NL wild card Wednesday night with an 8-0 win over Houston and a later loss by Atlanta. The Cardinals got their playoff spot when the Braves fell to Philadelphia 4-3 in 13 innings. St. Louis trailed Atlanta by 10 1/2 games on Aug. 25. The Cardinals won 23 of their last 31 game...
Red Sox hold on to stay tied for wild-card lead

Sept 28, 2011

BALTIMORE (AP) ― The Boston Red Sox celebrated a rare September victory for about 20 minutes before turning their attention toward their next game ― the last and most important of the 162-game schedule. The Red Sox maintained a share of the AL wild-card lead Tuesday night, using four home runs to beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-7 and set up a dramatic conclusion to the regular season. The skidding...
Samsung Lions run away with league title

Sept 28, 2011

The Samsung Lions have won the pennant race title in the country’s top professional league for the first time in five years. After winning the game against the Doosan Bears 5-3 on Tuesday, the Daegu-based club improved their record to 76-47 to claim the regular-season title. And with the title, they have now secured an automatic berth for the best-of-seven Korean Series, starting on Oct. 24. Si...