Pat Dean threw seven innings for Kia. He pitched aggressively, inducing weak contact from Doosan's hitters.[7]Lee Myung-ki hit an RBI double in the third inning to give Kia a 1–0 lead, and An Chi-hong hit a two RBI single in the fourth inning to increase the lead to 3–0. The Bears scored in the bottom of the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly by Yang Eui-ji, but the Tigers scored again in the fifth inning with an RBI single by Bernadina. Nick Evans hit a home run for the Bears in the seventh inning and Kim Jae-hwan had an RBI for the Bears in the eighth inning to narrow the score to 4–3. Na Ji-wan entered the game as a pinch hitter for Kia in the ninth inning, and hit a two-run home run.[8]
Im Gi-yeong started for the Tigers, and Yoo Hee-kwan started for the Bears. Bernadina hit an RBI triple in the first inning for Kia, and scored on a single by Choi Hyung-woo. The Tigers scored two more runs in the seventh inning. The Bears scored a run in the eighth inning, but Kia scored a run in the top of the ninth inning. Kim Se-hyun earned his second save of the series for the Tigers, pitching the final 1+1⁄3 innings.[9]
Game 5 was a rematch of Game 1's starting pitchers, Noesí for Kia and Nippert for Doosan.[10]Lee Bum-ho hit a grand slam for Kia off of Nippert in the third inning. Yang Hyeon-jong earned the save, pitching out of a bases loaded situation in the ninth inning. Kia won their first Korean Series since 2009.[11][12] Yang won the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award.[13]
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