Hana Card and Crown Haitai won the second round of the playoffs and repaid the previous day’s defeat.
On the 21st, Hana Card returned the set score to square one by turning NH Nonghyup Card with a set score of 4-0 (11-0, 9-6, 15-5, 9-4) in the second playoff game of the “Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2023-2024 Postseason” held at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang.마카오토토도메인
From the first set, captain Kim Byung-ho’s eight high-run runs against Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam) exploded, crushing Cho Jae-ho and Kim Hyun-woo’s group 11-0. In the second set, the combination of Kim Ga-young and Ayako Sakai of Japan beat Kim Min-ah and Kim Bo-mi 9-6 (11 innings), widening the gap.
In the third set, Cho Clue scored 15 consecutive 3-3-4-5 points in four innings without a single hit against Cho Jae-ho, and beat Cho, who scored only five points, 15-5 in the third set. Cho Clue was in charge of six points in the mixed doubles with Sakai in the fourth set soon after, beating Oh Sung-wook and Kim Bo-mi 9-4 (6 innings) to complete the set score 4-0.
Likewise, Crown Haitai also succeeded in avenging the previous day and beat SK Rent-A-Car 4-1.
Crown Haitai’s strategy, which made some changes compared to the previous day’s roster, hit the mark. Kim Jae-geun and Oh Tae-joon got off to a good start in the first set by beating Eddie Lefence of Belgium and Kang Dong-gung (four innings).
In the second set, Baek Min-ju and Lim Jung-sook seemed to pass the flow by losing 5-9 (6 innings) to Kang Ji-eun and Hida Aurier (Japan), but in the third set, leader Kim Jae-geun scored 11 high-run points against Gangdong-gung, winning a thrilling 15-14 (7 innings) come-from-behind victory.
Soon after, Oh Tae-joon and Lim Jung-sook defeated Cho Sang-hwi and Hida 9-6 (9 innings) in the fourth set, and in the fifth set, David Martinez finished the game by defeating Refence 11-8 in four innings with nine high-run points.
As a result, both Hana Card and Crown Haitai paid back as they lost the first game the day before, making the playoff game one win and one loss.
The playoffs, in which the four teams balance one win and one loss side by side, will be followed by the playoff B game between SK Rent-Car and Crown Haitai from 4 p.m. on the 22nd, followed by the third playoff A game between NH Nonghyup Card and Hana Card from 9:30 p.m.
The playoffs will be held in a best-of-five series, and even if one group’s playoff ends first, the schedule will not be moved up and the schedule will be held as scheduled. If both playoff groups end early, the final will be advanced.
The list of players selected for the playoffs will be announced at 12 p.m. on the day of the game.
Meanwhile, PBA will hold a “Predicting the winning team” event through SNS for the postseason. If the winning team is predicted, 10 people will be drawn and all the winning teams will be provided with sign balls and winning goods.