Until the 16th, the average length of a KBO game this season was 3 hours and 13 minutes. If you include overtime, it"s 3 hours and 18 minutes. However, the average game was suspended longer than the regular season. The wait was a whopping 3 hours and 24 minutes (204 minutes). That"s a lot of time for one game.

 

Game 2 of the doubleheader between the Hanwha Eagles and KT Wiz at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 17th. In the bottom of the fifth inning, with KT leading 3-1 and the bases loaded, it suddenly rained heavily. It was 6:33pm. The rain was getting lighter, but the field was already muddy.

 

It was obvious that it would take a lot of time to clear the field, but the umpires refused to cancel the game. Too many matches had already been pushed back, and they wanted to get the game underway as soon as possible. Eventually, after a lengthy process, the game resumed at 9:57pm.

 

Since the inception of the KBO League, there has never been a game suspended for more than two hours and then resumed. The previous longest suspension was 116 minutes against Hanwha-KT on July 23 last year at Daejeon Stadium. It was the same matchup and the same venue. At that time, a rain call was made in the top of the eighth inning (KT won 5-3). On August 15, 1987, the Samsung-Binggrae game was also suspended and resumed for 116 minutes twice, with Binggrae winning 2-0.

 

In the doubleheader that day, second-ranked KT took game one (7-0) and game two (3-1). It was Katie"s second straight win and Hanwha"s fourth straight loss. Game 1 lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes and Game 2 lasted 6 hours and 14 minutes (including stoppages). Game 2 had more stoppages than actual game time (2 hours and 50 minutes).

 

The two teams will play again on Monday, Nov. 18 (6:30 p.m.) in a rain-shortened matchup.

 

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