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2017 Korean Series
2017 Korean Series
Dates	October 25–30
MVP	Yang Hyeon-jong

The 2017 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2017 KBO League season. The Kia Tigers, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series.^[1] They played the winner of the playoff series, the Doosan Bears, who had defeated the NC Dinos in the playoff.^[2] Kia won the best-of-seven series, 4–1. Yang Hyeon-jong was named the series' most valuable player

Summary

Kia won the series, 4–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 25	Doosan Bears 5 – Kia Tigers 3	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field	18:30	19,600
2	October 26	Doosan Bears 0 – Kia Tigers 1	Gwangju-Kia Champions Field	18:30	19,600
3	October 28	Kia Tigers 6 – Doosan Bears 3	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	14:00	25,000
4	October 29	Kia Tigers 5 – Doosan Bears 1	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	14:00	25,000
5	October 30	Kia Tigers 7 – Doosan Bears 6	Jamsil Baseball Stadium	18:30	25,000

Matchups

Game 1

October 25 18:30 KST at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Doosan Bears	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	7	1
Kia Tigers	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
WP: Dustin Nippert (1–0) LP: Héctor Noesí (0–1) Sv: Kim Kang-ryul (1) Home runs: DOO: Kim Jae-hwan (1), Oh Jae-il (1) KIA: Roger Bernadina (1) Boxscore

Moon Jae-in, the President of South Korea, threw the ceremonial first pitch.^[3] Dustin Nippert started Game 1 for Doosan and Héctor Noesí started for Kia.^[4] Oh Jae-won drew a walk with the bases loaded in the fourth inning to score Doosan's first run. In the fifth inning, Park Kun-woo hit a run batted in (RBI) single, and Kim Jae-hwan and Oh Jae-il hit back-to-back home runs for Doosan in the fifth inning. In their half of the fifth inning, Roger Bernadina hit a three-run home run for Kia, and Doosan held on to win 5–3.^[5]

Game 2

October 26 18:30 KST at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Doosan Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Kia Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	1	5	0
WP: Yang Hyeon-jong (1–0) LP: Ham Deok-ju (0–1) Boxscore

Yang Hyeon-jong started Game 2 for the Tigers, while Chang Won-jun started for the Bears.^[5] Yang threw a complete game shutout, allowing four hits and recording 11 strikeouts. Kim Joo-chan scored the game's only run in the eighth inning after hitting a double.^[6]

Game 3

October 28 14:00 KST at Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kia Tigers	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	6	9	0
Doosan Bears	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	7	0
WP: Pat Dean (1-0) LP: Michael Bowden (0-1) Sv: Kim Se-hyun (1) Home runs: KIA: Na Ji-wan (1) DOO: Nick Evans (1) Boxscore

Pat Dean threw seven innings for Kia. He pitched aggressively, inducing weak contact from Doosan's hitters.^[7] Lee Myung-ki hit an RBI double in the third inning to give Kia a 1-0 lead, and An Chi-hong hit a two RBI single in the fourth inning to increase the lead to 3-0. The Bears scored in the bottom of the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly by Yang Eui-ji, but the Tigers scored again in the fifth inning with an RBI single by Bernadina. Nick Evans hit a home run for the Bears in the seventh inning and Kim Jae-hwan had an RBI for the Bears in the eighth inning to narrow the score to 4-3. Na Ji-wan entered the game as a pinch hitter for Kia in the ninth inning, and hit a two-run home run.^[8]

Game 4

October 29 14:00 KST at Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kia Tigers	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	9	1
Doosan Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	3
WP: Im Gi-yeong (1-0) LP: Yoo Hee-kwan (0-1) Sv: Kim Se-hyun (2) Boxscore

Im Gi-yeong started for the Tigers, and Yoo Hee-kwan started for the Bears. Bernadina hit an RBI triple in the first inning for Kia, and scored on a single by Choi Hyung-woo. The Tigers scored two more runs in the seventh inning. The Bears scored a run in the eighth inning, but Kia scored a run in the top of the ninth inning. Kim Se-hyun earned his second save of the series for the Tigers, pitching the final 1+1⁄3 innings.^[9]

Game 5

October 30 18:30 KST at Jamsil Baseball Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kia Tigers	0	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	10	1
Doosan Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	11	2
WP: Héctor Noesí (1-1) LP: Dustin Nippert (1-1) Sv: Yang Hyeon-jong (1) Home runs: KIA: Lee Bum-ho (1) DOO: None Boxscore

Game 5 was a rematch of Game 1's starting pitchers, Noesí for Kia and Nippert for Doosan.^[10] Lee Bum-ho hit a grand slam for Kia off of Nippert in the third inning. Yang Hyeon-jong earned the save, pitching out of a bases loaded situation in the ninth inning. Kia won their first Korean Series since 2009.^[11]^[12] Yang won the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award.^[13]