Lions defeat Wiz in extra innings to even up Korean Series

The Samsung Lions defeated the KT Wiz 3-2 in 12 innings in Suwon on Wednesday, tying the best-of-seven Korean Series at one game apiece. Lewin Diaz scored the winning run on a throwing error by second baseman Oh Yoon-suk. The series moves to Daegu for Games 3, 4 and 5, scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Diaz went 4-for-5 with two RBIs, hitting two singles, a double and a triple.

The game drew a sellout crowd of 17,700 at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, about 30 kilometers south of Seoul.

Game 3 is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, while Games 4 and 5 are set for 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Lions put six consecutive left-handed batters in their starting lineup against sidearm pitcher Ko Young-pyo.

Published Nov 4, 2026 11:29 pm KST

Lewin Diaz of the Samsung Lions, left, celebrates after hitting an RBI single against the KT Wiz during Game 2 of the Korean Series at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Yonhap

SUWON — The Samsung Lions edged out the KT Wiz 3-2 in extra innings on the road Wednesday to even up the Korean Series at one game apiece.

The Lions scored the go-ahead run on an error by Wiz second baseman Oh Yoon-suk in the top of the 12th inning before a sellout crowd of 17,700 at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, some 30 kilometers south of Seoul.

Lewin Diaz scampered home on the play to score the winning run. He batted 4-for-5 and drove in two runs for his team. He had two singles, a double and a triple to fall a home run shy of the first cycle in Korea Baseball Organization postseason history.

The best-of-seven Korean Series will now shift to the Lions' home of Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, about 230 kilometers southeast of the capital, for the next three games.

Game 3 will be 6:30 p.m. Friday, followed by Game 4 at 2 p.m. Saturday and Game 5 at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Against the sidearm pitcher Ko Young-pyo, the Lions put six straight left-handed batters in their starting lineup.

Two of them had a hand in opening the scoring in the top of the second inning.

Choi Hyoung-woo, who moved up a spot to bat cleanup, led off that frame with a double. Diaz, who dropped down to No. 5, followed with a triple off the right field fence to bring home Choi for a 1-0 lead.

The Wiz finally tied the score in the bottom fourth. Sam Hilliard led off with a double and reached third on a flyout. Then with two outs, Heo Kyoung-min cashed him in with a bloop single to shallow left field.

With both Ko and Paddack pitching effectively, offense was hard to come by for both sides.

The Lions loaded the bases with one out in the top sixth with three straight singles against Ko, who escaped the jam by inducing Ryu Ji-hyuk to bounce into a 3-2-3 double play.

First baseman Kim Hyun-soo fielded a high chopper and threw home for the force, and then catcher Han Seung-taek made a perfect throw back to Kim to nab Ryu to complete the inning-ending twin killing.

After the Lions wasted that chance, the Wiz created one for themselves in the bottom sixth, with a Hilliard single and a Kim Hyun-soo double putting runners at second and third with one out.

But Paddack retired the next two batters on soft groundouts to foil that rally and keep the game tied at 1-1.

The Lions failed to score after putting a go-ahead run at second base in the top ninth, and the Wiz wasted a one-out double by Heo in the bottom ninth to send the game to extras.

The Lions scored the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th, as the Wiz blinked first in the battle of the bullpens.

Koki Sugimoto came on to start the top 10th and hit Kim Ji-chan with his very first pitch.

Kim Seong-yoon bunted Kim Ji-chan over to second, and then Sugimoto intentionally walked Koo Ja-wook to set up a double play with Park Seung-kyu coming to the plate.

Park smoked a sinking liner toward right center that seemed destined to fall for an extra-base hit, but center field Sam Hilliard laid out for a clutch catch.

But Diaz, the next batter, singled off new pitcher Jeon Yong-ju to put the Lions up 2-1.

In the bottom 10th, though, Diaz committed an error that led to the Wiz's tying run.

They had two straight one-out singles off Won Tae-in. Hilliard then hit a grounder to Diaz, who bobbled the ball as he was taking it out of the glove to get the force out at second.

The bases were now loaded, and Won walked Kim Hyun-soo on four pitches to let in the tying run.

The Lions failed to cash in with runners at second and third in the top 11th, with reliever Kim Jeong-woon striking out Park Gye-beom to snuff out that rally.

The Wiz went quietly in the bottom 11th, and the Lions capitalized on sloppy defense by the Wiz in the top 12th.

With one out and runners at first and second, Lee Jae-hyeon hit a comebacker to pitcher Woo Kyu-min for what should have been an inning-ending double play. Woo threw to Oh Yoon-suk covering second base for the force out, but Oh double-pumped as he took the ball out of the glove and bounced a throw to first baseman Kim Hyun-soo.

As the ball skipped into foul territory, Diaz scored to put the Lions up 3-2.

For the Lions, reliever Bae Chan-seung pitched around a two-out walk in the bottom 12th to lock down the win.

三星狮队周三在水原经过12局苦战，以3比2击败KT巫师队，将七场四胜制的韩国系列赛总比分扳成1比1平。莱文·迪亚兹利用二垒手吴允锡的传球失误跑回制胜分。系列赛第三、四、五场比赛将于周五、周六和周日在大邱举行。

迪亚兹5次击球4次安打，贡献2分打点，其中包括2支一垒安打、1支二垒安打和1支三垒安打。

这场比赛在位于首尔以南约 30 公里的水原市 KT Wiz 公园举行，吸引了 17700 名观众，门票全部售罄。

第三场比赛定于周五下午 6:30 举行，第四场和第五场比赛分别定于周六和周日下午 2 点举行。

狮队面对侧投投手高永杓，首发阵容中连续派出六名左打者。

发布于2026年11月4日晚上11:29（韩国标准时间）

周三，在京畿道水原市KT巫师公园举行的韩国系列赛第二场比赛中，三星狮队的莱文·迪亚兹（左）击出一支带有打点的安打后庆祝。（韩联社）

水原——三星狮队周三在客场经过加时赛以 3-2 险胜 KT 巫师队，将韩国系列赛的总比分扳成 1-1 平。

在首尔以南约 30 公里的水原 KT Wiz 公园，17700 名观众爆满的球场上，狮队在第 12 局上半局凭借 Wiz 二垒手 Oh Yoon-suk 的失误得分，取得了领先。

莱文·迪亚兹趁机跑回本垒，拿下制胜分。他全场5打数4安打，为球队贡献两分打点。他击出两支一垒安打、一支二垒安打和一支三垒安打，距离韩国棒球联赛季后赛历史上的首个完全打击仅差一支本垒打。

接下来的三场比赛将在韩国系列赛七场四胜制的比赛中移师大邱三星狮子公园举行，该球场位于首都大邱东南约 230 公里处，是大邱狮队的主场。

第三场比赛将于周五下午 6:30 进行，第四场比赛将于周六下午 2 点进行，第五场比赛将于周日下午 2 点进行。

面对侧投投手高永杓，狮队在首发阵容中连续派出了六名左打者。

其中两人在第二局上半局参与了首开纪录。

崔亨宇升至第四棒，首局便击出二垒安打。随后，迪亚兹降至第五棒，击出右外野方向的三垒安打，将崔亨宇送回本垒，比分变为1-0。

巫师队终于在第四局下半扳平了比分。萨姆·希利亚德率先击出二垒安打，随后靠着一次高飞球上到三垒。两出局后，许京民击出一记左外野浅飞安打，将他送回本垒得分。

由于高宝璟和帕达克投球表现出色，双方进攻都很难有所斩获。

狮队在第六局上半局一出局的情况下，连续三次击出安打，攻占满垒，但高宝璟通过让柳智赫击出3-2-3双杀化解了危机。

一垒手金贤洙接住一个高弹跳球，传回本垒完成封杀，随后捕手韩承泽完美地回传给金贤洙，将柳贤洙触杀出局，完成了结束该局的双杀。

狮队错失良机后，巫师队在第六局下半场为自己创造了一次机会，希利亚德击出一垒安打，金贤洙击出二垒安打，一人出局，垒上跑者分别站上二垒和三垒。

但帕达克让接下来的两名击球手击出软弱的滚地球出局，挫败了对方的反扑，使比赛保持 1-1 平局。

狮队在九局上半局将领先跑者送上二垒后未能得分，而巫师队在九局下半局浪费了许某在一出局的情况下击出的二垒​​安打，将比赛拖入延长赛。

狮队在第十局上半攻下制胜分，而巫师队在牛棚大战中率先失分。

杉本幸树在第十局上场，第一球就击中了金智灿。

金成允用触击将金智灿送上二垒，然后杉本故意保送具在旭，为朴胜奎上场打击时创造双杀机会。

朴某击出一记下坠的平飞球，飞向右中外野，眼看就要形成长打，但中外野手萨姆·希利亚德飞身扑球，完成了一次关键的接杀。

但下一位击球手迪亚兹从新投手全勇柱手中击出一垒安打，使狮队以 2-1 领先。

不过，在第十局下半，迪亚兹犯了一个错误，导致奇才队追平了比分。

他们连续两次从元泰仁手中击出一垒安打，当时已经是一个出局数了。随后希利亚德击出滚地球，迪亚兹在从手套中取出球时出现失误，未能成功封杀二垒手。

现在垒上满垒，元四球保送金贤洙，让对方跑回追平分。

狮队在第 11 局上半局二三垒有人时未能得分，救援投手金正云三振朴桂范，扼杀了狮队的反扑势头。

巫师队在第 11 局下半悄无声息地出局，而雄狮队在第 12 局上半利用巫师队防守上的疏忽大意取得了胜利。

一人出局，一二垒有人，李在贤击出一记反弹球，本应是结束该局的双杀。禹圭民传球给补位二垒的吴允硕，准备封杀，但吴允硕在接球时做了个双挥动作，球弹地滚向一垒手金贤洙。

球弹到界外区后，迪亚兹得分，使雄狮队以 3-2 领先。

对于狮队来说，救援投手裴灿胜在第 12 局下半局两出局保送上垒后，稳住了胜局。