After the horror of the nine-game series, unwelcome rain fell. Due to the rainouts in the four stadiums of professional baseball, the season's first doubleheader will be held. A total of nine games will take place on the 10th alone.

The games scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on the 9th, including the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League game between Jamsil NC Dinos and Doosan Bears, the Munhak KIA Tigers and SSG Landers game, the Suwon Lotte Giants and KT Wiz game, and the Daegu LG Twins and Samsung Lions game were canceled due to nationwide spring rain. Only the dome stadium game, the Gocheok Hanwha Eagles vs. Kiwoom Heroes game, was held normally.

The four games canceled that day will be held as a doubleheader on the 10th at 2 p.m. This marks the season's first doubleheader. A total of nine games will take place on the 10th alone, including the Gocheok Hanwha-Kiwoom game.

The KBO implements doubleheaders when games are canceled on Fridays and Saturdays in April and May, excluding the cold month of March and the summer months of June to August. Following the incident on March 31, when a baseball fan died at Changwon NC Park, the KBO extended the period without scheduling doubleheaders until the 13th of last month for improved safety management in baseball stadiums.

The games that were canceled on the 5th at Jamsil between KIA and LG, the KT vs. SSG game in Munhak, the Samsung vs. KT game in Suwon on the 12th, and the SSG vs. KIA game in Gwangju were postponed to be scheduled later without a doubleheader.

Doubleheaders, which require playing two games in one day, are burdensome for all teams and players. This time, the variable is that it is a doubleheader following a nine-game series. On the 5th, due to Children's Day, the KBO scheduled a nine-game series from the 29th to the 7th.

During this period, KIA, LG, Hanwha, and NC did not complete the nine-game series due to rainouts, but six teams, including Samsung, KT, Doosan, SSG, Lotte, and Kiwoom, completed the intense nine-game series.

After taking two days off due to rain cancellations on the 9th following a rest day on the 8th, there are concerns that the players' rhythm may be disrupted by the doubleheader after the nine-game series. The coaching staff's strategic considerations regarding pitcher management have also increased.

Meanwhile, the starting pitchers for the first game of the doubleheader on the 10th are scheduled to be Shin Min-hyuk of NC against Choi Seung-yong of Doosan, Adam Oller of KIA against Drew Anderson of SSG, Na Gyun-an of Lotte against Koh Young-pyo of KT, and Son Joo-young of LG against Ariel Hurado of Samsung. All eight teams will field the starters announced on the 9th without adjusting their order.

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