Korean Series Games 1 and 2 Postponed One More Day... Resuming at 4 PM on the 23rd

The first and second games of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO Korean Series between the KIA Tigers and Samsung Lions, scheduled to be held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field from 4 p.m. on the 22nd, have been postponed by one more day.

Continuous rain in the Gwangju area on that day caused poor field conditions, and according to the weather forecast from the Korea Meteorological Administration, rain was expected to continue, making it difficult to proceed with the games.

The KBO announced the postponement about two hours before the scheduled resumption of the first game of the Korean Series. A KBO official stated around 1:50 p.m., "Due to heavy rain from the previous day until this morning, it is expected to take more than three hours to prepare the field for a normal game, so it was judged that it would be difficult to hold the suspended first game at 4 p.m. as planned." He also added, "Since there is a rain forecast from the Korea Meteorological Administration starting in the afternoon, we decided to postpone both games."

On the afternoon of the 22nd, a waterproof cover was placed over the Gwangju Kia Champions Field, where it rained.
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Accordingly, the first game of the Korean Series will resume on the 23rd at 4 p.m. during the top of the 6th inning with no outs and runners on first and second bases for Samsung. The second game will start one hour after the end of the first game.

The first game of this year's Korean Series, where KIA and Samsung faced each other for the first time in 31 years, was declared a suspended game due to rain during the previous day's match, an unprecedented event. At that time, Samsung's leadoff batter in the top of the 6th inning, Kim Heon-gon, hit a push bunt off KIA starter Neil's main pitch, the sweeper, scoring the first run. In the following at-bats, Diaz and Kang Min-ho each earned walks to get on base, and the game was suspended during Kim Young-woong's at-bat. The game was stopped at 9:24 p.m., and after waiting 45 minutes with no sign of the rain stopping, the umpires declared the game suspended.

In postseason history, there have been two instances where games were postponed due to rain for two consecutive days: the 1996 Hanwha Eagles vs. Hyundai Unicorns second game of the semifinals, and the 2014 LG Twins vs. NC Dinos second game of the semifinals.

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