KT Wiz beat Samsung Lions 8-7 to open Korean Series
The gist
KT Wiz beat Samsung Lions 8-7 in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Korean Series.
Samsung rallied from 8-0 down, so the series' next games in Daegu stay live.
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2026Young-pyo Go's last regular-season start came against Samsung: five innings, four hits, no walks, five strikeouts, one unearned run and the win.
- Oct 26, 2026In Game 1 of the playoff round against KIA, Chris Paddack threw 94 pitches and took the loss, giving up five runs on five hits including two homers in 4 2/3 innings.
- Nov 3, 2026KT beat Samsung 8-7 in Game 1 of the Korean Series; Samsung scored five in the seventh and two in the eighth to bring the tying run to third base. Sam Hilliard's two-run double in the first inning proved the game-winner and Park Yeong-hyun struck out the side in the ninth.
Key terms
- Korean Series
- The Korean Series is the final championship series of the KBO League, held since 1982.
- best-of-seven
- A playoff format where the winner is decided by total points or goals scored across two legs.
- submarine-throwing
- A submarine pitch is a baseball delivery where the ball is released from below shoulder height with the torso bent.
Source: Wikipedia