Reporter Kim Jin-sung] KIA tasted a nightmare in the Chuseok tournament against SSG. They lost both games in extra innings and fell 2.5 games behind fifth-place SSG.
The team is now 1.5 games behind seventh-place Lotte.
KIA was 0.5 games behind fifth-place SSG heading into a two-game series against SSG on March 30.
Taking both games would have given them a 1.5-game lead, which is not a bad result as a 1-1 tie would have maintained the status quo, but instead they dropped both games, leaving them with a 2.5-game deficit.
This is the worst possible outcome. KIA's Achilles' heel in overtime has been exposed this season. Until this day, KIA had a record of 1 win, 2 draws, and 5 losses in extra innings.
Their only overtime win was against LG Electronics in Jamsil on April 28, and they are 2-2 in four games at home.
They have not won a single overtime game at home. Despite the results, if they can improve their overtime performance, they won't have to worry about the top five.
If they had won three or four of the seven games they didn't win in overtime, they would be in a much different position.
The batting lineup hasn't been too frustrating in the absence of Choi Hyung-woo and Na Sung-beom, but there was one aspect of the game that didn't have a clear solution late in the game.
Even though Choi Ji-min went to the Hangzhou Asian Games, KIA still has a good bullpen.
The batting lineup is also down, but they still have players who can get on base, solve problems, and come through in the clutch.
We still have players who can get on base, solve problems, and clutch. Jeon Sang-hyun, who hit the game-winning hit in Game 1, was actually a better pitcher than Lim Ki-young in the second half of the game, but he got the worst of it. 카지노사이트
KIA now has the pressure to win two more games than SSG in the remaining 13 games. They also have a must-win game against SSG in Gwangju on Tuesday. It also shrinks the gap to 1.5 games over seventh-place Lotte, which has won four straight.
They still have one game left against Lotte. KIA could easily fall to seventh place, let alone challenge for fifth.
KIA's 12-game road trip continues. After a day off on the 2nd, they will play four games in a row against KT from the 3rd to the 5th. Then, on the 6th, there's LG Electronics in Jamsil.
From the 8th, it's a three-game home series against Samsung and SSG. If they don't rebound against KT and LG, they could fall out of fifth place.