Samsung, Lotte, 'fall baseball fire re-emerged'

[조이뉴스24 류한준 기자] After the rest of the all-star break, the KBO League 2018, entered in the second half of the season, was interested in second place.

Progress of the "Baseball of autumn" Five teams are raising the 5th place in Marino. The Samsung Lions and Lotte Giants swept the three weekends.

Samsung beat the KIA Tigers at LGBT Park in Daegu's Samsung Lions Park. This is the first time that Samsung has won a three-way sweep against KIA since it was held in Gwangju from May 16 to 18, 2014.

Samsung won the first sweep of KIA in 1,553 days And it went to the 5th place alone. Meanwhile, KIA fell to No. 7.

Lotte defeated Nexen Heroes at the Goguryeo Sky Dome with a three-game weekend. Nexen, who finished fifth in Lotte's third place, fell to sixth place.

KT Wiz also continued to rise with the winning series (2-1) in the third weekend of the week against LG's twins. KT recorded a 4-2 record last week, while Lotte and Racing maintained a difference of 2.5 cars.

Fifth place in the regular league became important as a "wild card" system introduced in 2015. The fifth most competitive race since was in 2016. The driver from 4th to 8th group placed five very strong teams. close in two games.

A situation similar to that of two years ago is occurring. There are variables. The KBO league will participate in the rest of the Asian Games in Jakarta-Palembang from 2018 to 17 August. Because the league calendar is temporarily suspended, the ranking competitors can play a "total war".

In addition, from August 4, the game will be played in two consecutive games instead of three consecutive games.

KIA and Lotte are the 7th and 8th most competitive teams of the week. KIA meets the No. 1 Bears Doosan, who finished third with Lotte.

Lotte ahead KIA of four wins and two losses after the opening of the season. For Lotte, it may be the last chance to compete in fifth place. After finishing the third round with KIA, Samsung and Kagome are waiting.

Lotte was 7th in the first half of last season, but she has rebounded since the month of August and finished third in the regular league. If Lotte finishes this week with good grades, she could recreate the second half of last year.

Samsung Clbad NC (lowest) (10th) NC Dynos and Lotte in succession, and Samsung won the game with five wins and four losses (NC) and 10 wins and 2 losses Respectively But there is no has no place to save. If you lose, the ranking changes. This is true for all teams competing against Samsung in the top five.