Doosan Bears showed a scary background and won a thrilling come-from-behind victory after a slugfest against SSG Landers.
Doosan won 13-11 against SSG in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League visiting game at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 9th.안전놀이터
With this victory, Doosan trailed the third-place Samsung Lions by one game, while SSG dropped one spot from fifth to sixth.
The game showed a pattern of firepower as the starting pitchers of both teams left early.
Doosan beat SSG starting pitcher Song Young-jin, who showed poor control in the top of the third inning when the score was 1-1. Yang Eui-ji and Yang Seok-hwan hit consecutive batter home runs with two outs and second base. Kim Jae-hwan hit a hit to the right, Heo Kyung-min walked, and Jeon Min-jae hit a timely hit to the left.
Doosan, which scored four points in the third inning alone, yielded the lead to SSG in the bottom of the third inning with a 5-1 lead. Choi Won-joon, Doosan’s starter, suddenly began to falter, allowing Guillermo Herredia and Han Yu-sum to hit consecutive timely hits, and Kim Min-sik and Park Sung-han to walk in succession at the risk of one out and runners on the first and second bases.
Since then, pitcher Jung Chul-won, who changed from the bases-loaded crisis, has been hit by Jung Joon-jae’s timely triple to the right of the right field, turning the game upside down 5-7.
Doosan then gave up a timely hit to Oh Tae-kwon in the right-center and a two-run home run to Ha Jae-hoon in the left-center to lead the team to 5-10.
The fire fighting continued. Doosan earned two runs in the fourth inning by swinging the opponent team’s third pitcher Seo Jin-yong, but was dragged 7-11 by Choo Shin-soo at the bottom of the fifth inning when he got a timely double that fell to the left field with two outs and runners on the second base.
Doosan, which followed a run in the sixth inning, tied the game in the top of the eighth inning when it was losing. Yang Seok-hwan and Heo Kyung-min exploded a timely hit to the left and a timely RBI to the middle, respectively, to engrave 11-11 on the electronic display after the first batter Jung Soo-bin’s hit to the center, Jared Young’s hit to the right, and Yang Eui-ji’s walk to get the bases loaded with one out.
The game was decided in the ninth inning. Doosan lived on the first base by running fast after Jung hit a ground ball in front of the pitcher with one out. Afterwards, Jung successfully stole the second base after a video review, and advanced to the scoring position with one out and two outs.
Kang Seung-ho, a follow-up hitter, got on base with four pitches on purpose, and Jared Young, a foreign hitter, had an infield single to the first base. At this time, SSG first baseman Oh Tae-gon failed to handle his hit properly.
Doosan did not miss the opportunity to load the bases. Kim Ki-yeon hit a timely two-run homer to left field to seal the victory.
On this day, Doosan had 21 hits and set a record for all the starting batters.
Jared, a foreign hitter, was active in six at-bats, including home runs, with four hits, one walk, three RBIs and two runs.