"It's hard to host normally." KS1 Suspended + KS2 Both postponed to the 23rd
Oct 22, 2024
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KBO announced at 1:51 p.m. 'It was difficult to hold the normal game at 4 p.m. because it was expected to take about three hours to maintain the ground for a normal game due to a large amount of rain from yesterday to this morning.'"
As a result, both matches have been postponed to the 23rd. KBO's Game 1 will resume with Samsung's offense on the first and second bases in the top of the sixth inning, when the game was suspended from 4 p.m. on the 23rd, and overtime will be held if the game is tied at the end of the ninth inning. Game 2 begins one hour after the end of Game 1. As scheduled, the second leg begins at 6:30 p.m. at the end of the day before 5:30 p.m..
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The problem was maintenance.
The third-base side KIA dugout and the left foul line have already become muddy. The warning track in front of the outfield fence and the Samsung dugout on the first base are similar. Even if the infield ground, mound, and home plate covered with a large tarpaulin the previous day were repaired, it was inevitable that the rest of the space would take a considerable amount of time.
What I heard from KBO officials is even more shocking.
"As a result of checking the condition with the KIA stadium management official, it will take at least three hours for maintenance. The Kia Champions Field drainage facility is not a problem, but it has rained too much since yesterday." If this happens, it will be difficult to hold a suspended game scheduled for 4 p.m.
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The problem is that there is a rain forecast even at the height of the second game. The rain, which was originally forecast to be around 2 millimeters per hour from 4 p.m., was postponed to 8 p.m., but the amount is expected to be more than 5 millimeters. Considering the game roadmap predicted by KBO earlier, even if they finish the first game well and enter the second game, they can stop due to rain again in the third to fourth innings.
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