After all, it will be canceled due to rain. The playoff schedule is postponed by a day.
The second round of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO postseason playoff (PO, best-of-five) between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins, which was scheduled to be held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu from 6:30 p.m. on the 14th, was canceled by rain around 4:47 p.m.
It was the sixth time in PO history, and only 20 times in the postseason. The game will be canceled and the PO schedule will be postponed by one day. The second round will be held at Samsung Lions Park from 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
If the PO goes to Game 5, the Korean 꽁머니 Series will be pushed back by one day from the 21st and will start on the 22nd. However, if the PO is completed within Game 4, the Korean Series will start on the 21st as scheduled. As a result, the day off for the winning team of PO will be reduced by one day.
Dark clouds hung around the Lionesses Park from the morning of the day, and it began to rain around 3 p.m. The rain gradually became thicker and Kim Si-jin, the supervisor of the game, finally decided to cancel it.
Coach Kim Si-jin, who met with Star News after the cancellation of the game, said, “Even if the rain stops now, I’m not sure if I can start on time if I remove the tarpaulin and start maintaining the stadium, but I made a difficult decision because there is a forecast that the rain will get thicker after the start of the game.”
Unlike the regular season, if the rain was canceled, the fall baseball schedule could be delayed by one day as a whole, making the decision even more difficult. “It is more difficult to make a decision in a big game like the postseason, not even in the regular season,” manager Kim said. “However, cancellation during the game is not easy due to difficulties such as consuming starting pitchers if the game is canceled in the third or fourth inning after the start of the game. Suspended games are also burdensome for both teams.”
“If we continue to play in the rain, the possibility of injuries to players who have already accumulated fatigue is greater,” he said. “Considering comprehensively, we decided that it would be best to cancel before the game starts.”