Is it over or counterattack?KIA-Samsung Game 5 of the Korean Series today

[Anchor]
The Korean Series of professional baseball, which is nearing its end, will play Game 5 shortly.

KIA, which has only one win to win its 12th championship, calls for "ending," while Samsung, on the brink, is preparing for another "counterattack," as it did in 2013.

Reporter Cho Eun-ji, it's packed again today, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the stadium is already hot as it is probably the last game of this year, the fifth game of the Korean Series where the winning team can come out,

Nervousness and excitement coexist.

It's a little cloudy at 19 degrees Celsius, but it's a nice day to play baseball and watch.

Here at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, it is 'sold out' because nearly 20,000 seats are full.

Let's listen to the fans' off-the-shelf war ahead of the great game.

[Kim Na-kyung / KIA fan: I thought today was the last game of 2024. If I win this time, I'm ready to shed tears of joy. [As Yang Hyun-jong, a great pitcher, comes out today, I think he will win no matter what]

[Kim Yoon-hoo / Samsung Fan: Samsung will win 100-0 today. [The strongest Samsung will win, oh oh oh oh oh]

Objectively, the advantageous team is KIA, with 3 wins and 1 loss in the series and just one win out of the three games scheduled in Gwangju.

But today, I'm very determined to end it right away, and Yang Hyun-jong, the symbol of KIA and the spiritual leader, will take the mound as the starter today.

He is like a 'winning talisman' for KIA, which ended its victory as a closing pitcher seven years ago.

KIA's calculation is that if Yang Hyun-jong, who became a winning pitcher in the second game, holds out well until about the fifth inning today, he will put in a powerful bullpen to finish it.

KIA, the No. 1 regular-season hitting team, is also scared of the bat.

Veteran Kim Sun-bin has a batting average in the 600s, Kim Tae-gun, who hit a grand slam in the previous Game 4, and Na Sung-beom, the center hitter, are also showing off their hot hitting sense of more than 350.

If KIA wins today, it will advance to the Korean Series 12 times and set a real record of winning all of them.

It's been 37 years since I shot a winning shot at my home stadium, Gwangju, so I think it'll be more special.

[Anchor]
Samsung will also not intend to back down as it is, but the atmosphere seems to be quite different.

[Reporter]
Yes, if KIA is a momentum, I think Samsung's pride will suit it.

{패}-loss-win-loss, if you lose one more game, you will lose this year's champion to KIA.

I saw the Samsung players getting off the bus earlier and the batting training, and they looked grim without laughter.

Samsung is a series of bad luck and bad news.

Following the starting mainstay, foreign pitcher corner and leading hitter Koo Ja-wook, the native ace, Won Tae-in, was also out of the lineup due to injuries.

Catcher Kang Min-ho, the homeowner, is also missing from today's starting lineup, and he said he has an uncomfortable feeling in his right hamstring, and coach Park Jin-man said it is not easy to hit a pinch hitter or a big fee today.

The atmosphere is chaotic, but Samsung is still shouting "Again 2013." Back in 2013, Samsung trailed Doosan by one win and three losses and won the come-from-behind victory with a miraculous three-game winning streak.

The will to rewrite the drama 11 years ago is hot.

Samsung will start left-hander Lee Seung-hyun today, his first start in fall baseball,
In the regular league
, he started twice against KIA, which has many left-handed batters, and had a 3.00 ERA.

Samsung is over if they lose today, so as expected, they are expected to use all of their bullpen resources to play "bee baseball."

Let's listen to Dongsang Imong and the resolutions of the two team coaches.

[Lee Bum-ho / KIA manager: We don't think we won three, but we will do our best in Game 5.]

[Park Jin-man / Samsung manager: We're in a corner, so I think we'll have to put all our energy into the fifth game.]

KIA's walk-off, Samsung's counterattack, and the Korean Series are close to opening, waiting for baseball fans.

I'm Cho Eun-ji of YTN at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju.

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