After 16 seasons in the big leagues and four more in the KBO, former MLB All-Star Choo Shin-soo officially called it a career on Thursday.
Mel Rojas Jr. smacked a go-ahead three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning for a two-homer day on Tuesday as the KT Wiz rallied past the SSG Landers 4-3 to secure the final KBO postseason ticket.
The SSG Landers won their final 2024 KBO regular season game against the Kiwoom Heroes 7-2 on Monday, tying for fifth place with the KT Wiz.
Choo Shin-soo, the most successful Korean hitter in Major League history, made the final regular season appearance of his stories career at Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Monday.
The KT Wiz and SSG Landers both won their games Saturday, leaving the Landers in their final 2024 KBO regular season game to decide whether the two sides will play a head-to-head fifth-place tiebreaker for a final spot in the postseason.
The SSG Landers are bringing back starter Roenis Elias, the club announced Tuesday, and have said goodbye to Keisho Shirakawa, who came on as a temporary replacement player in May.
Kia Tigers infielder Kim Do-yeong fired a Ryu Hyun-jin pitch over the fence to join the 20-20 club on Sunday as the Gwangju club held on to first place on the KBO table.
The Kia Tigers extended their spell at the top of the KBO table, making up lost ground from a surprise midweek sweep by the Lotte Giants in Busan, while the SSG Landers dropped every game and the Hanwha Eagles saw more turnover at the top.
It saves the Landers from using up their one remaining foreign player switch-up this season, as teams can only change players — release one and acquire another — twice.
The Kia Tigers extended their lead at the top of the KBO to three games over the weekend, pushing the NC Dinos down to third with the sole sweep of the week at Changwon NC Park in South Gyeongsang.
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