Groundskeepers convey out the tarp at Gwangju-Kia Champions Discipline in Gwangju, 270 kilometers south of Seoul, with Sport 1 of the Korean Collection between the Kia Tigers and the Samsung Lions in rain delay on Monday. (Yonhap)
The opening sport of the South Korean baseball championship collection was suspended by rain within the southern metropolis of Gwangju on Monday, the primary such prevalence in Korea Baseball Group (KBO) postseason historical past.
Sport 1 of the Korean Collection between the house crew Kia Tigers and the Samsung Lions was placed on maintain at 9:24 p.m., with the Lions main 1-0 within the prime of the sixth inning at Gwangju-Kia Champions Discipline in Gwangju, 270 kilometers south of Seoul. The Lions had runners at first and second, and Kim Younger-woong at a 1-0 rely towards reliever Jang Hyun-sik.
And at 10:09 p.m., the umpiring crew determined to droop the sport.
The sport is scheduled to renew at 4 p.m. Tuesday from the purpose of termination, previous to the recurrently scheduled Sport 2.
If the sport ends earlier than 5:30 p.m., then Sport 2 will start at 6:30 p.m. as scheduled. If the sport goes past 5:30 p.m., then the second sport will begin one hour after the top of the primary sport.
The beginning of Monday’s sport was delayed by about an hour as a result of intermittent showers. After the pregame ceremony and participant introduction, the primary pitch was thrown at 7:36 p.m.
Groundskeepers introduced out the tarp, rolled it again, solely to unroll it once more a number of occasions earlier than the sport. A sellout crowd of 19,300 cheered every time the grounds crew got here out to take away the tarp, hoping the most-anticipated sport of the season would begin.
The skies opened up once more throughout the prime of the primary and once more throughout the backside of the fourth inning.
With extra rain within the forecast right here Tuesday, the suspended sport will not be accomplished till Wednesday on the earliest.
The Lions took the 1-0 lead on Kim Hun-gon’s solo residence run to guide off the highest sixth, minutes earlier than the umpires determined to cease the proceedings.
