| 2017 Korean Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 25–30 | |||||||||
| MVP | Yang Hyeon-jong | |||||||||
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The2017 Korean Series was thechampionship series of the2017 KBO League season. TheKia Tigers, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series.[1] They played the winner of the playoff series, theDoosan Bears, who had defeated theNC Dinos in the playoff.[2] Kia won thebest-of-seven series, 4–1.Yang Hyeon-jong was named the series'most valuable player
Kia won the series, 4–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 25 | Doosan Bears 5 – Kia Tigers 3 | Gwangju-Kia Champions Field | 18:30 | 19,600 |
| 2 | October 26 | Doosan Bears 0 –Kia Tigers 1 | Gwangju-Kia Champions Field | 18:30 | 19,600 |
| 3 | October 28 | Kia Tigers 6 – Doosan Bears 3 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 14:00 | 25,000 |
| 4 | October 29 | Kia Tigers 5 – Doosan Bears 1 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 14:00 | 25,000 |
| 5 | October 30 | Kia Tigers 7 – Doosan Bears 6 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 18:30 | 25,000 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kia Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Dustin Nippert (1–0) LP:Héctor Noesí (0–1) Sv:Kim Kang-ryul (1) Home runs: DOO:Kim Jae-hwan (1),Oh Jae-il (1) KIA:Roger Bernadina (1) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moon Jae-in, thePresident of South Korea, threw theceremonial first pitch.[3]Dustin Nippert started Game 1 for Doosan andHéctor Noesí started for Kia.[4]Oh Jae-won drew awalk with thebases loaded in the fourth inning to score Doosan's first run. In the fifth inning,Park Kun-woo hit arun batted in (RBI)single, andKim Jae-hwan andOh Jae-il hit back-to-backhome runs for Doosan in the fifth inning. In their half of the fifth inning,Roger Bernadina hit a three-run home run for Kia, and Doosan held on to win 5–3.[5]
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kia Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Yang Hyeon-jong (1–0) LP:Ham Deok-ju (0–1) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yang Hyeon-jong started Game 2 for the Tigers, whileChang Won-jun started for the Bears.[5] Yang threw acomplete gameshutout, allowing fourhits and recording 11strikeouts.Kim Joo-chan scored the game's only run in the eighth inning after hitting adouble.[6]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kia Tigers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Pat Dean (1-0) LP:Michael Bowden (0-1) Sv:Kim Se-hyun (1) Home runs: KIA:Na Ji-wan (1) DOO:Nick Evans (1) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pat Dean threw seven innings for Kia. He pitched aggressively, inducing weak contact from Doosan's hitters.[7]Lee Myung-ki hit an RBIdouble in the third inning to give Kia a 1–0 lead, andAn Chi-hong hit a two RBI single in the fourth inning to increase the lead to 3–0. The Bears scored in the bottom of the fourth inning with asacrifice fly byYang Eui-ji, but the Tigers scored again in the fifth inning with an RBI single by Bernadina.Nick Evans hit a home run for the Bears in the seventh inning andKim Jae-hwan had an RBI for the Bears in the eighth inning to narrow the score to 4–3.Na Ji-wan entered the game as apinch hitter for Kia in the ninth inning, and hit a two-run home run.[8]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kia Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Im Gi-yeong (1-0) LP:Yoo Hee-kwan (0-1) Sv:Kim Se-hyun (2) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Im Gi-yeong started for the Tigers, andYoo Hee-kwan started for the Bears. Bernadina hit an RBItriple in the first inning for Kia, and scored on a single byChoi Hyung-woo. The Tigers scored two more runs in the seventh inning. The Bears scored a run in the eighth inning, but Kia scored a run in the top of the ninth inning.Kim Se-hyun earned his second save of the series for the Tigers, pitching the final1+1⁄3 innings.[9]
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kia Tigers | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Héctor Noesí (1-1) LP:Dustin Nippert (1-1) Sv:Yang Hyeon-jong (1) Home runs: KIA:Lee Bum-ho (1) DOO: None Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5 was a rematch of Game 1's starting pitchers, Noesí for Kia and Nippert for Doosan.[10]Lee Bum-ho hit agrand slam for Kia off of Nippert in the third inning. Yang Hyeon-jong earned thesave, pitching out of abases loaded situation in the ninth inning. Kia won their first Korean Series since 2009.[11][12] Yang won the Korean SeriesMost Valuable Player Award.[13]
