6th-ranked Doosan falls to 5th, 0.5 points behind 4th-ranked SSG and 0.5 points behind KIA
NC in 3rd, KT in 2nd, 0.5G gap grows, 8th straight winless season in the bag
The Doosan Bears
Defeated the KIA Tigers behind a cycling hit by Kang Seung-ho.
Doosan defeated KIA 8-6 on Friday at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in the 2023 Shinhan Bank Thall KBO League.
Riding a five-game winning streak, sixth-ranked Doosan (62-1-57) 섯다 closed to within half a game of fourth-place SSG Landers (62-2-56).
KIA (60-2-55), which lost its third straight game, dropped to fifth place and is chasing Doosan without a ride.
Kang Seung-ho
Who went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored, hit a home run, a triple,
a double and a single in that order to record the 30th cycling hit in KBO history.
The game was a seesaw affair from the start.
After Doosan struck first in the top of the first inning with a Yang-ji RBI single to right,
KIA capitalized on a Doosan error in the second to tie the game at 1-1.
Doosan regained the lead two batters later in the inning on 온라인섯다 Kang Seung-ho’s solo shot to left field
(his sixth of the season).
KIA responded with a home run of their own.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, down 1-2, Kia turned the game around with Lee Woo-sung’s grand slam (#7 of the season).
With the bases loaded, Lee took a seven-pitch slider from Brandon Waddell over the left field fence.
It was the first career grand slam for Lee, who turned pro in 2013.
The Doosan bats did not disappoint.
Down 2-5, Doosan quickly tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the fifth.
With runners on first and third, Kang Seung-ho hit a two-run triple to right-center, and Heo Kyung-min followed with a tying single to left.
KIA took the lead again in the bottom of the fifth inning when Kim Sun-bin doubled to right-center field with runners on second and third.
However, KIA’s smile was short-lived.
Doosan tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the eighth with 카지노사이트랭크 Park Joon-young’s solo home run to left field (his third of the season).
With momentum on their side, Doosan rattled KIA closer Jung Hae-young in the ninth.
After Kang Seung-ho led off the inning with an infield single, Heo Kyung-min loaded the bases with a walk.
Kim In-tae
Then drew a walk, and Park Jun-young followed with back-to-back walks to extend the lead to 8-6.
The KIA bats failed to capitalize on Doosan reliever Chung Chul-won in the bottom of the ninth inning and took the loss.
In Daejeon, the LG Twins defeated the Hanwha Eagles 4-3 in a rain-shortened sixth inning.
The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for LG (71-2-47), which continued its dominance at the top of the standings.
Eighth-ranked Hanwha (50W6D64L) fell to its second straight loss.
Trailing 1-3, LG scored two runs in the third inning to break the game open.
With runners on second and third, Shin Min-jae drew a squeeze bunt and Kim Hyun-soo followed with a single to right to tie the game.
In the fifth inning, with the score tied at 3-3, Shin Min-jae tripled to right-center and Kim Hyun-soo intentionally
walked to put runners on first and third, and Austin Dean singled to left-center.
Down by one run, Hanwha had a chance to rally, but it was short-lived as the game, which was suspended due
to heavy rain after the bottom of the sixth inning, was not resumed.
LG starter Kim Yoon-sik
Earned his fifth win of the season (4-0), allowing three runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts in five innings.
Hanwha’s Felix Peña suffered his 10th loss of the season (8-8) after giving up four runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts in five innings.
In Changwon, the NC Dinos defeated the Samsung Lions 8-1.
Third-place NC (65-2-53) closed the gap on second-place KT (67-3-54), which did not play on the day, to 0.5 games.
Ninth-place Samsung, which had its three-game winning streak snapped, suffered its 70th loss of the season (W53D1L).
After starting pitcher Choi Sung-young gave up one run on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings,
NC utilized a bullpen of Lee Jae-hak (1 inning), Kim Young-gyu (⅓ inning), Lim Jung-ho (⅓ inning), Ryu Jin-wook (⅓ inning),
and Ha Jun-young (1 inning) to secure the win.
NC’s Kim Ju-won led the way with a 3-for-5 performance, including his fourth career grand slam. Kwon Hee-dong went 2-for-1 with a double,
two RBIs and two runs scored, while Park Min-woo went 4-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
Samsung starter David Buchanan was unable to avoid his seventh loss (10th) of the season after allowing two runs (one earned)
on six hits and three walks with six strikeouts in six innings.
Trailing 1-0 in the fifth inning, NC tied the game on Joo-Won Kim’s sacrifice fly to center field with runners on second and third.
They got a run back in the sixth inning.
Park Min-woo
Singled up the middle and Jason Martin walked to put runners on first and second, and Kwon Hee-dong singled to left center to take the lead.
With the lead slim, NC scored six runs in the eighth inning to take the win.
Park Min-woo tripled to center field and Martin’s intentional walk put runners on first and third with Kwon Hee-dong bunting.
First baseman Kim Tae-hoon chose to throw home, but third baseman Park Young-bin dove for the ball first.
Do Tae-hoon followed with a single, but Seo Ho-chul’s pitch hit the glove of pitcher Choi Ha-neul and became an infield hit,
allowing Martin to score from third.
With the bases loaded, Kim Joo-won took a six-pitch fastball from Choi Ha-neul and crushed it over the right field fence for his 10th home run of the season.
In Busan, the Lotte Giants rallied past the Kiwoom Heroes 5-4 in 10 extra innings.
Seventh-place Lotte (57-64) won its second straight game and sent last-place Kiwoom (51-38) to an eight-game losing streak.
Tied 4-4 in the bottom of the 10th inning, Noh Jin-hyuk opened the scoring with a double to right field off Kiwoom’s Park Seung-ju.
Go Seung-min
Walked and Hwang Sung-bin was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out, but Park Seung-wook picked
off the ball to end the game. Park’s final out was the first of his career.
With runners on first and second in the top of the 10th inning, Lotte’s Jin Seung-hyun worked out of the jam and earned
the save with ⅔ scoreless innings.
Park Seung-joo was saddled with the loss, 고스톱 allowing one run on three hits in ⅓ of an inning.
