Doosan, 6 Consecutive Wins, Looks Like Fall Baseball
Doosan, 6 Consecutive Wins, Looks Like Fall Baseball... 4 Consecutive Losses, KIA’s PS in Jeopardy
The tenacious Doosan Bears achieved their 6th consecutive win.
Doosan won 8-3 in a visiting game against the KIA Tigers in the 2023 Professional Baseball League held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 17th, with Yang Seok-hwan sweeping 4 RBIs and hitting three home runs. oncasinosite
As a result, Doosan, which has recently won six games in a row, has surpassed KIA and is one step closer to playing fall baseball.
Doosan, which was tied for 5th place with SSG Landers until the previous day, may rise to 4th place depending on the results of the double header between SSG and LG Twins held at Jamsil Stadium on this day.
On the other hand, KIA, which lost 4 times in a row, was in jeopardy with its ticket to advance to the postseason (PS).
KIA could be pushed down to 6th place depending on the results of SSG"s double header.
On this day, in the Gwangju game where Raul Alcantara and Thomas Panoni faced off as starters, Doosan took the lead early on.
Doosan took the lead with two outs in the top of the second inning when Kang Seung-ho hit a solo home run to left.
Kang Seung-ho, who recorded his first cycling hit against KIA two days ago, hit a home run in two consecutive games.
After changing offense and defense, KIA made it 1-1 with Junsu Han"s right-handed hit.
However, Doosan took a 2-1 lead again with Yang Seok-hwan"s timely hit in the top of the 3rd inning, and then in the top of the 5th inning, Park Jun-young"s solo home run and Yang Seok-hwan hit a 2-RBI double to go up 5-1.
KIA trailed 3-5 with Na Seong-beom hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the 5th inning.
However, Doosan"s Soo-bin Jeong, who survived an error in the top of the 7th inning, hit home with a timely hit from Seok-hwan Yang, and Seung-ho Kang, who hit a double, scored on Jo Soo-hyung"s infield hit to go up 7-3.
In the 9th inning, Yang Eui-ji drew a solo arch to left-center and drove in a wedge.
Seok-Hwan Yang led the Doosan attack with 3 hits and 4 RBIs in 5 at-bats.
Kang Seung-ho, who hit a solo home run in the 2nd inning, a heavy hit in the 4th, and a double in the 8th, aimed for a cycling hit for the second consecutive game, but was struck out by a missed swing in his last at-bat in the top of the 9th.
Doosan Bears starter Alcantara became the winning pitcher by allowing 8 hits and 3 runs with 5 strikeouts through the 6th inning.