| 2016 Korean Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 29–November 2 | |||||||||
| MVP | Yang Eui-ji | |||||||||
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The 2016 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2016 KBO League season. The Doosan Bears, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series. [1] They played against the winner of the playoff series, the NC Dinos, who defeated the LG Twins. [2] [3]
Doosan won the first four games of the best-of-seven series, winning their fifth Korean Series title. [4]
Roster
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Summary
Doosan won the series, 4–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 29 | NC Dinos 0 – Doosan Bears 1 (11) | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 3:51 | 25,000 [6] |
| 2 | October 30 | NC Dinos 1 – Doosan Bears 5 | Jamsil Baseball Stadium | 3:10 | 25,000 [7] |
| 3 | November 1 | Doosan Bears 6 – NC Dinos 0 | Masan Baseball Stadium | 3:17 | 11,000 [8] |
| 4 | November 2 | Doosan Bears 8 – NC Dinos 1 | Masan Baseball Stadium | 3:24 | 11,000 [9] |
Matchups
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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| NC Dinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Lee Hyun-seung (1–0)
LP:
Lim Chang-min (0–1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dustin Nippert started for Doosan and Zach Stewart started for the Dinos. Nippert did not allow a hit in his first six innings pitched. Doosan defeated the NC Dinos 1-0 in 11 innings in Game 1. Oh Jae-il hit the game-winning sacrifice fly for Doosan. [10]
Game 2
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| NC Dinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Chang Won-jun (1–0)
LP:
Eric Hacker (0–1) Home runs: NC: None DOO: Kim Jae-hwan (1) Attendance: 25,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NC Dinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Michael Bowden (1–0)
LP:
Choi Keum-kang (0–1)
Sv:
Lee Yong-chan (1) Home runs: DOO: Kim Jae-hwan (2) NC: None Attendance: 11,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Doosan Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NC Dinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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WP:
Yoo Hee-kwan (1–0)
LP:
Zach Stewart (0–1) Home runs: DOO: Yang Eui-ji (1), Oh Jae-won (1) NC: Eric Thames (1) Attendance: 11,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 Korean Series Champion |
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Doosan Bears (Fifth title) |
See also
References
- ^ "Defending champs cruise to pennant as KBO's regular season concludes". Yonhap News Agency. October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "Upstart LG to clash with NC for 2nd time in 3 baseball postseasons". Yonhap News Agency. October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ Baek Byung-yeul (October 26, 2016). "NC Dinos advance to Korean Series to face Doosan". The Korea Times. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ Kim Tae-gyu (November 2, 2016). "Doosan capture second-straight Korean Series title with clean sweep". The Korea Times. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Korean Series Roster" (in Korean). Korea Baseball Organization. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ "Boxscore: 2016.10.29(SAT)". KBO. October 29, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "Boxscore: 2016.10.30(SUN)". KBO. October 30, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "Boxscore: 2016.11.01(TUE)". KBO. November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "Boxscore: 2016.11.02(WED)". KBO. November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ Yoo Jee-ho (October 29, 2016). "Doosan Bears beat NC Dinos in 11 innings to open Korean Series". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved October 29, 2016.