Relentless Doosan caught KIA 'KS Directly'! Ready for the weekend showdown with LG for the third place in four consecutive wins
Sep 19, 2024
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The Doosan Bears beat the KIA Tigers in the pennant race champion to win their fourth consecutive game. Doosan won 9-4 against KIA at Jamsil Stadium on the 19th. While starter Choi Seung-yong pitched quality starts (more than 6 innings, less than 3 earned runs), Yang Eui-ji Kim Jae-ho made two RBIs each in the lineup, and Kim Jae-hwan also helped with multi-hits. With the victory, Doosan extended its winning streak to four games. The season record was 69 wins, two draws and 66 losses.
KIA, which played its first game after early confirmation of the pennant race, activated its best lineup, but starter Eric Stout stepped down after one ⅔ inning due to a thigh injury, and bowed his head after showing regret in concentration in offense and defense. a recent two-game losing streak. His record for the season was 83 wins, 2 draws and 53 losses.
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However, Doosan turned the game around in the bottom of the second inning. After leading hitter Kim Jae-hwan got on base with a hit to the right, he took advantage of the delay in defense and ran to second base. Yang Seok-hwan stepped down with a fly ball, but Kim Jae-hwan homered on Jarrod Young's right-field double. In the third base with two outs that led to Kang Seung-ho's true hit, Kim Jae-ho tied the game with a timely hit, and when Lee Yoo-chan's left-center double, Kim Jae-ho ran home and turned the game upside down 3-2. Stout collapsed in front of the mound when he gave up a walk to Jung Soo-bin, and eventually came down the mound due to pain in his left thigh. KIA made Kim Ki-hoon take the mound urgently and scored the last out count.
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With Choi Seung-yong completing the QS with 73 balls until the sixth inning, Doosan decided early in the attack in the bottom of the sixth inning. While Kim Do-young missed Huh Kyung-min's hit following Jung Soo-bin's double to right field against KIA Lim Ki-young, Jung Soo-bin became an 8-3 home run. With no outs and no outs on the second base, Yang Eui-ji made a double first and added one more point, and Doosan made it 9-3.
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Doosan finished the game with Park Chi-guk, who took the mound in the ninth inning, maintained a five-run lead after Choi Jong-in made a three-out inning in the top of the eighth inning.
ppark@sportschosun.com