The KT Wiz welcomed one injured player back to their lineup but lost two others for the third game of the Korean Series on Friday. The Wiz and the Samsung Lions are tied at 1-1 in the best-of-seven championship battle, with Game 3 set for Friday evening at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in the southeastern city of Daegu. Wiz’s second baseman Kim Sang-su, who sat out Game 2 after fouling a pitch off his foot in the first game, drew back into the lineup for Friday. But Choi Won-jun, the team’s leadoff man and right fielder, was held out of the lineup after getting banged up during Game 2. He crashed into the wall trying to catch a flyball hit by Lewin Diaz that ended up being a triple, and Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul said Choi has some swelling in his left thumb. Choi throws right and bats left. Choi batted 4-for-10 with a double and a steal in the first two games. He finished second in the regular season with 208 hits — the second-highest single-season total in Korea Baseball Organization history. “He told me he would be fine but I didn’t think he would be able to play defense in his condition,”
