(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Henk Seppen)
 Wyverns wins first Korean Series since 2010
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 SONGPA-GU, SEOUL (South Korea) -
SK Wyverns has won its first Championship-title in professional South Korean baseball since 2010.
On Monday (November 12), Wyverns won 5-4 in 13 innings against Doosan Bears in Game 6 of the Korean Series.
With that, Wyverns won the Final 4-2 to become the Champion.
Wyverns opened the Series on Sunday in Seoul with a 7-3 victory.
Bears then also won with a 7-3 score on Monday to even the Championship Final for the first time.
The Series then moved to Incheon, where Wyverns won at home on Wednesday with a 7-2 score to re-take the lead.
After Game 4 rained out on Thursday, Bears won 2-1 on Friday-evening even the Final again at 2-2.
On Saturday-afternoon, Wyverns won 4-1 to take the lead for the third time.
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At Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, Wyverns led 3-0 after five innings on Monday, then Bears came alongside in the sixth at bat and took a 4-3 lead in the eighth.
With that, Bears was en route to force a seventh and deciding game.
However, Wyverns scored in the top of the ninth to make it a 4-4 tie.
The team then scored the winning run in the 13th inning.
Wyverns scored its first run in the top of the first inning.
Bears-starter Yong-Chan Lee walked the first three batters he faced, then the run was scored on a grounder by Jamie Romak.
In the fourth inning, Wyverns increased its lead to 3-0 when Seung-Ho Kang hit a 2-run homerun.
Bears was held hitless by starter Merrill Kelly in 5 1/3 inning.
But in the sixth, the home team scored three runs to come alongside.
Joo-Hwan Choi delivered an runscoring double, then two runs were added on a single by Eui-Ji Yang.
In the eighth, Bears took a 4-3 lead on a sacrfice fly by Eui-Ji Yang, but in the top of the ninth, Wyverns made it a 4-4 score when Jeong Choi homered.
A homerun also accounted for what would be the winning run, as Dong-Min Han homered for Wyverns in the top of the 13th inning.
Afterwards, Han was named Most Valuable Player of the Korean Series.
(November 12)
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