# 2024 Korean Series

The 2024 Korean Series (known as the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank Korean Series for sponsorship reasons) was a championship series of the 2024 KBO League season between the Kia Tigers and the Samsung Lions. The Tigers and Lions had the two best win-loss records in the 2024 KBO League season. The Kia Tigers are the 2024 regular season and Korean Series champions.
The Tigers won their record-extending 12th Korean Series title, beating the Lions 4–1. The Tigers also extended their perfect record for Korean Series appearances, going V12 in the team's history.

## Summary

Kia Tigers won the series, 4–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 21–23, 2024 | Samsung Lions – 1, Kia Tigers – 5 | Gwangju-Kia Champions Field | 3:16 (1:48, 1:28) | 19,300 |
| 2 | October 23, 2024 | Samsung Lions – 3, Kia Tigers – 8 | Gwangju-Kia Champions Field | 3:08 | 19,300 |
| 3 | October 25, 2024 | Kia Tigers – 2, Samsung Lions – 4 | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | 3:09 | 23,550 |
| 4 | October 26, 2024 | Kia Tigers – 9, Samsung Lions – 2 | Daegu Samsung Lions Park | 3:17 | 23,550 |
| 5 | October 28, 2024 | Samsung Lions – 5, Kia Tigers – 7 | Gwangju-Kia Champions Field | 3:51 | 19,300 |

## Linescores
### Game 1

October 21, 23, 2024 18:30, 16:00 KST at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kia Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | X | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Starting pitchers: Samsung: Won Tae-in Kia: James Naile WP: Kwak Do-Kyu (1–0) LP: Lim Chang-min (0–1) Home runs: Samsung: Kim Hun-gon (1, Solo, 6th TOP, James Naile) Kia: None Attendance: 19,300 Umpires: Park Joong-chul, Choi Su-won, Chun Il-soo, Park Ki-taek, Lee Young-jae, Kim Sung-chul Boxscore |||||||||||||
The first suspended game in Korean Series history

### Game 2

October 23, 2024 18:30 KST at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Kia Tigers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Starting pitchers: Samsung: Hwang Dong-Jae Kia: Yang Hyeon-jong WP: Yang Hyeon-jong (1–0) LP: Hwang Dong-Jae (0–1) Home runs: Samsung: None Kia: Kim Do-yeong (1, Solo, 2nd BOT, Lee Seung-Min) Attendance: 19,300 Umpires: Kim Seong-chul, Park Ki-taek, Choi Su-won, Lee Young-jae, Chun Il-soo Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 25, 2024 18:30 KST at Daegu Samsung Lions Park :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kia Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Starting pitchers: Kia: Eric Lauer Samsung: Denyi Reyes WP: Denyi Reyes (1–0) LP: Eric Lauer (0–1) Sv: Kim Jae-yoon (1) Home runs: Kia: None Samsung: Lee Sung-gyu (1, Solo, 3th BOT, Eric Lauer), Kim Young-Woong (1, Solo, 5th BOT, Eric Lauer), Kim Hun-gon (1, Solo, 7th BOT, Jeon Sang-Hyun), Park Byung-ho (1, Solo, 7th BOT, Jeon Sang-Hyun) Attendance: 23,550 Umpires: Chun Il-soo, Lee Young-jae, Park Ki-taek, Park Joong-chul, Choi Su-won Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 26, 2024 14:00 KST at Daegu Samsung Lions Park :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kia Tigers | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Starting pitchers: Kia: James Naile Samsung: Won Tae-in WP: James Naile (1–0) LP: Won Tae-in (0–1) Home runs: Kia: Kim Tae-gun (1, Grand Slam, 3rd TOP, Song Eun-beom), Socrates (1, 2-run, 6th TOP, Choi Chae-Heung) Samsung: Lee Jae-hyeon (1, Solo, 5th BOT, James Naile) Attendance: 23,550 Umpires: Choi Su-won, Park Geun-young, Lee Young-jae, Park Joong-chul, Kim Sung-chul, Park Ki-taek Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 28, 2024 18:30 KST at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Samsung Lions | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Kia Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: Samsung: Lee Seung-hyun Kia: Yang Hyeon-jong WP: Kwak Do-Kyu (2–0) LP: Lee Sang-Min (0–1) Sv: Jung Hai-Young (1 SV) Home runs: Samsung: Lewin Díaz #1 (1, 2-run, 1st TOP, Yang Hyeon-jong), Kim Young-Woong (2, Solo, 1st TOP, Yang Hyeon-jong), Lewin Díaz #2 (2, 2-run, 3rd TOP, Yang Hyeon-jong) Kia: Choi Hyoung-woo (1, Solo, 6th, Kim Tae-hoon) Attendance: 19,300 Umpires: Park Ki-taek, Park Joong-chul, Park Geun-young, Kim Sung-chul, Lee Young-jae Boxscore |||||||||||||