'KBO's first 30 points, the difference in most points' All poured out'KIA mound devastation → up to fielding' Doosan KBO League history to secure a winning series
Jul 31, 2024
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Doosan won the away game against the KIA Tigers 30-6 at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 31st. Doosan won two consecutive games and recorded 53 wins, two draws and 50 losses. He achieved the winning series in three consecutive games during the week against KIA. KIA has lost two games in a row. It was the 40th loss of the season (two draws and 60 wins). He also began to be chased by LG, which is in second place, by five games.
On May 4, 1997, Doosan set a new record for the most points scored in a game, exceeding 27-5 against LG-Samsung in Daegu. This is the first 30-point game. In addition, he earned the record of winning by the largest score difference ever. Unfortunately, KIA has the largest score difference game ever. On July 24, 2022, he won the game against Lotte in Busan by 23 points with a score of 23 to 0.
On this day, Doosan formed the starting lineup in the order of Lee Yoo-chan (left fielder), Huh Kyung-min (third baseman), Jarrod Young (right fielder), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Kang Seung-ho (second baseman), Kim Ki-yeon (fosu), Jeon Min-jae (striker) and Cho Soo-haeng (middle fielder).
For KIA, Socrates Brito (left fielder), Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Na Sung-bum (right fielder), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Seo Geon-chang (first baseman), Kim Tae-gun (captor), and Park Chan-ho (striker) started the game.
In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Lee Yoo-chan stole second base after hitting a hit. After that, Yang Seok-hwan's timely hit scored the first run.
The leadoff hitter Huh Kyung-min hit a single, and new foreign player Jared Young hit a two-run home run. Later, Kim Jae-hwan and Kang Seung-ho's hits and Kim Ki-yeon's timely hit added one more point, and Jeon Min-jae and Cho Soo-haeng made the bases loaded again. After that, Heo Kyung-min's sweeping double widened the score to 8-2.
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After Jared and Kim Jae-hwan drew a walk, Kang Seung-ho's three-run home run hit. Doosan, which later created an offensive chance with Kim Ki-yeon's double, added one more point with Jeon Min-jae's triple. Doosan achieved all the hits in the starting lineup. After that, Jeon Min-jae homered with Cho Soo-haeng's ground ball and ran 14-3.
'Real Big Inning' came out in the top of the sixth inning. Jared's second home run came out after Huh Kyung-min got on base due to an error. Yang Seok-hwan's double and Kim Jae-hwan's two-run shot later broke out.
Two home runs came out, but Doosan began to fill the base again. Kang Seung-ho hit a hit, and Kim Ki-yeon's hit came out. Doosan, which scored a point with Cho's timely hit, then loaded the bases with Lee Yoo-chan's walk. Jared, who came back to the plate, hit a sweeping double.
With Yang Seok-hwan and Kim Jae-hwan's walks, the bases loaded again. Kang Seung-ho's pushy walk and Kim Ki-yeon's two-run timely hit led to a 25-3 run.
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Doosan made the bases loaded with a hit by rookie Jang Kyu-bin, followed by Kim Jae-hwan's pushy walk and Kang Seung-ho's two-run timely hit to make it 29-3.
With this hit, Doosan set a new record for scoring the most points in one KBO league game.
Kim Ki-yeon's hit pushed him to the 30-point mark.
KIA narrowed the gap with Byun Woo-hyuk's three-run home run in the top of the eighth inning, but failed to prevent a new record sacrifice.
Meanwhile, with the score gap widening, KIA saved the pitcher by posting fielder Park Jung-woo in the top of the ninth inning. Doosan starter Keisho Shirakawa won his first victory since moving to Doosan with plenty of scoring support while allowing three runs in five innings.
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