2024-05-12 17:37:58
The Doosan Bears continued their unstoppable upward trend by adding two wins in one day.
Doosan won 8-4 in the second game of the doubleheader against KT Wiz of the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium on the 12th.
Doosan, which won 12-4 in the first game of the double header, won two games in a row.
Doosan, which had an 8-game winning streak, recorded its 24th win (19 losses) and maintained 5th place. They are in 5th place, behind the 4th place LG Twins (23 wins, 2 draws, 18 losses) in winning percentage.
KT, mired in three consecutive losses, had 17 wins, 1 draw, and 24 losses. The ranking remains 7th.
The Doosan batting lineup, which had 14 hits in the first game of the double header, was hot in the second game as well. He had 11 hits, including three home runs.
Yang Eui-ji, who had 2 hits in 5 at-bats and 2 RBIs in the first game, had a multi-hit streak with 2 hits in 3 at-bats, 1 RBI and 1 run, and Kim Ki-yeon added strength with 2 hits and 1 run in 2 at-bats.
Doosan’s native ace Kwak Bin gave up only 3 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings and held KT’s batting lineup scoreless. He pitched powerfully, striking out 8 batters.
It has been about a year since Kwak Bin’s home game on April 21, 2023, that he won as a starter against KT. This is Kwak Bin’s third win of the season.
KT rookie Yuk Cheong-myeong suffered his second loss (1 win) of the season after allowing 8 hits (2 home runs), 5 walks, and 7 runs in 3 innings.
Doosan took the lead by scoring 3 points in the first inning.
In the bottom of the first inning, Jeong Soo-bin’s walk and Heo Gyeong-min’s hit to the body put the team on first and second base with no outs, and Kang Seung-ho hit a timely double with two RBIs in the left line. Doosan took a 3-0 lead when Kang Seung-ho scored on Yang Eui-ji’s timely hit to left.
Doosan added 4 points with two home runs in the 3rd inning.
In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Henry Ramos hit a superior two-run gun (4th of the season) with 2 outs and runners on first base, using a ball that hit Yang Eui-ji’s body.
Following Kim Ki-yeon’s hit with two outs and runners on first base, Min-jae Jeon hit a two-run home run (his second of the season) over the left field wall.
KT, who was pressured by Kwak Bin, caught up with 2 runs in the 7th inning.
In the top of the 7th inning, consecutive hits by Shin Bon-ki and Kim Byeong-jun put the runners on first and second base with two outs, and Oh Yoon-seok hit a timely hit in the middle of the inning. When follow-up batter Kang Baek-ho singled to left, runner Kim Byeong-jun scored on third base.
KT made up for one more point in the top of the 8th inning when Shin Bonki hit a timely hit to left with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 3rd base.
However, Doosan defeated KT’s pursuit by scoring an additional point with a home run in the bottom of the 8th inning. In the bottom of the 8th inning, leadoff hitter Heo Kyung-min drew a solo arch (2nd of the season) over the left field fence.
KT tacked on one point in the top of the 9th inning when Jang Seong-woo hit a timely hit in the top of the 9th inning with Baek-ho Kang’s hit and Sang-cheol Moon’s hit on first and second base with 2 outs and a ball hit by Moon Sang-cheol. However, Hwang Jae-gyun retired with a catcher’s strike out and not out, and fell to his knees against Doosan.
Hong Geon-hee, who took the mound in a critical situation in the 9th inning and dealt Hwang Jae-gyun a hit, earned his 6th save of the season.
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2024-05-12 17:37:58