Landers looking to snap 12-game slide in KBO during 6-game home stand

Having lost a franchise-worst 12 straight games, the SSG Landers will try to snap out of their funk during their six-game home stand this week. The Landers have not won since May 16. They were in fourth place in the 10-team Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) then, with a 22-18-1 (wins-losses-ties) record that put them only two games out of first place. Then the free fall happened. Following a 6-2 loss to the Hanwha Eagles on Sunday, the Landers are in eighth place at 22-30-1, now 10 1/2 games back of the first-place LG Twins and just three games up on the last-place Kiwoom Heroes. The Landers lost 20 games in May to tie for the second most losses in a month in league history. With the calendar now flipped to June, the Landers will look for a fresh start. They will open the new week with three straight home games in the western city of Incheon against the Heroes (20-34-1), whose eight-game slide has been overshadowed by the Landers' nosedive. After that, the second-place KT Wiz (32-20-1) will visit the Landers from Friday to Sunday. During their 12-game slide, covering the May 17-31 period,Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times