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Kim Kang-min, right, celebrates after hitting a walk-off three-run home run to lead the SSG Landers to a 5-4 win over the Kiwoom Heroes in the Korean Series at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Monday. The Landers had been trailing 4-0 until the bottom of the eighth, when a Choi Jeong home run made it 2-0. Forty-year-old pinch hitter Kim then delivered a huge three-run blast at the bottom of the ninth to take the win. The Landers lead the Korean Series 3-2.  [YONHAP]

Kim Kang-min, right, celebrates after hitting a walk-off three-run home run to lead the SSG Landers to a 5-4 win over the Kiwoom Heroes in the Korean Series at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Monday. The Landers had been trailing 4-0 until the bottom of the eighth, when a Choi Jeong home run made it 2-0. Forty-year-old pinch hitter Kim then delivered a huge three-run blast at the bottom of the ninth to take the win. The Landers lead the Korean Series 3-2. [YONHAP]

 

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