'No. 1 regular season captain' LG's Oh Ji-hwan "sorry to fans for being so late"

LG Twins captain Oh Ji-hwan (33) returned to the dugout after a ceremony with fans to celebrate his team's first place finish in the regular season, but his emotions didn't seem to subside easily.

Speaking to reporters after the Lotte Giants game at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 4th, Oh said, "I'm really playing baseball for this, but I think I did it too late, so I'm sorry to the fans. I'm excited because it will be memorable for me," he said.

LG, which clinched the top spot in the regular season and earned a direct ticket to the Korean Series for the first time since 1994, beat Lotte 7-6 on the same day.

Oh went 4-for-4 with five RBIs, and with the score tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth inning, he drove in the game-winning run with a pitcher's choice infield single.

Thanks to Oh's hit, LG was able to hold on for the win and enjoy the ceremonial first place in the regular season.

"It felt like we were notified (of the top spot) after two teams (KT Wiz and NC Dinos) literally lost without playing a game," said Oh, who had travelled to Busan the day before. "If it was a little disappointing because we didn't feel like we did it, it was better today because we played until the end and won a close game."

Joining the team in 2009, during LG's "dark days," Oh overcame all kinds of hardships to become the team's franchise star and taste the top spot in the regular season as captain.

"I think of my older brothers who were with me before, and when I did something so good (like the first-place ceremony), I feel like I wish my seniors could have enjoyed it with me, and I'm sorry that I couldn't," he said.

He continued, "A lot of my seniors contacted me to congratulate me. It feels good to be at the centre as the LG captain."

LG now has eight games left in the regular season.

With 83 points, LG needs five wins in the remaining eight games to set a new record for the most wins in team history.

"We will do our best in the remaining games," said Oh Ji-hwan. "There are teams that are competing for the top spot, so we have to do our best in the remaining games," said Oh. "If we win a lot of games, we will be able to carry the momentum of victory into the Korean Series.

The important thing now is to win the Korean Series to complete the overall title.

"If we win four games, we can achieve everything. "We told the players to keep our minds together. For now, we'll just focus on the game." 슬롯사이트