The match between Gwangju KIA-NC and Incheon SSG-Doosan was canceled due to rain and ground conditions.
The game between the KIA Tigers and the NC Dinos, which was scheduled to be held in Gwangju and Incheon, and the first game of the second half between SSG Landers and Doosan Bears, which was scheduled to be held in Incheon, were postponed for another day due to rain.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced the “cancellation due to ground conditions” of the Incheon SSG-Doosan match at 3:54 p.m. on the 18th, followed by the “cancellation of rain” of the Gwangju KIA-NC match at 4:19 p.m. The two games that were canceled again following the previous day will be scheduled later.
The opening schedule of the second half of professional baseball is being disrupted due to the influence of summer monsoon rains that have poured over the country for several days. The games, which were scheduled to be held at five stadiums due to rain poured across the country on the 17th, the opening day of the second half, were all canceled due to rain and the resulting ground conditions.
It was the same on the 18th. First, the SSG-Doosan match, which was scheduled to be held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon, was canceled due to ground conditions. Due to torrential downpours and several days of rain in the Incheon area, Incheon SSG Landers Field had no choice but to decide to cancel the game early.
In the Gwangju area, the cancellation of the game was decided for the second consecutive day as it was difficult to play due to the heavy rain that poured down following the previous day. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do on the 18th, a total of 426.4 millimeters of rain fell in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do on the 17th, the previous day, and the highest daily precipitation ever since the weather observation.
For this reason, even after the game was canceled on the 17th, some of the NC and KIA teams were unable to return to their away accommodations and homes.
Although two games were canceled due to rain that poured down for two consecutive days, there is no significant change in the starting lineup of the four teams of the game to be held on the 19th.
In the game on the 19th, two foreign aces, James Nail and Riley Thompson, who were expected to be starting pitchers on the 18th, will each play. Doosan also announced a starting pitcher for Colerbin as it was in the game on the 19th. SSG, which announced Mitch White as its starting pitcher on the 17th and 18th, will put forward Drew Anderson in the game on the 19th.
[Kim Wonik, MK Sports Reporter]