KBO Rundown Ends in Walk-Off as Defense Forgets to Throw Out Lead Runner as He Crosses Home Plate

Friday’s SSG Landers vs LG Twins Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) game ended in walk-off fashion as the Twins forgot to throw out Landers runner Choo Shin-soo, as he scored SSG’s winning run. Article: With one out and the bases loaded of a game tied at 5, Landers batter Lee Jae-won hit a ground ball to Twins third baseman Kim Min-sung, who stepped on third base, resulting in an out call from the 3B Umpire (force play), and threw to catcher Yoo Kang-nam as baserunner R3 Choo Shin-soo (aka former MLB player Shin-soo Choo) became caught in a rundown between home and third base. As the catcher ran the runner back to third base, retired baserunner R2 Han Yoo-seom stood on the bag; when both runners then stood on third base, R2 took off back toward second, with the catcher in hot pursuit. The defense then appeared to forget about R3, who jogged/run/walked/stopped/paused/ran again home to score the winning run. We discuss Offic