The Doosan Bears beat the LG Twins 14-7 in the 14th game and the first game of a doubleheader of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Sunday. Doosan, which has won five consecutive games, has 70 wins, two draws and 66 losses to increase its winning rate to 0.515. As it ended its two-game winning streak, LG’s winning rate dropped to 0.522 with 72 wins, two draws and 64 losses. The gap between the two teams is 1.0 games.
As LG starter Elijah Hernandez was sent off with a “headshot” from the beginning of the first inning, Doosan maintained its lead throughout the game. With Doosan’s win, the two teams’ matches have become the same, with seven wins and seven losses. The third place may change depending on the results of the remaining two showdowns.
After hitting the finishing RBI by a pitch in the first inning, Yang hit consecutive homeruns in the sixth and eighth innings. He was followed by his 92nd 30th homer, 100 RBIs, and his 81st 600th RBI. Veteran Kim Jae-ho, who was the eighth batter, showed off his play with a solo homer in the third inning and a timely RBI in the fifth inning.
In the middle of the game, if LG scored a point, Doosan ran away. Kwak Bin, who started the game, was able to win even five runs on nine hits (one homer) in five ⅓ innings.
Jung Soo-bin (center fielder)- Heo Kyung-min (third baseman)-Yang Eui-ji (capture), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Jarrod Young (left fielder)-Lee Yoo-chan (second baseman)-Kim Jae-ho (striker)-Cho Soo-haeng (right fielder), starting pitcher Kwak Bin
As a second baseman, Lee Yoo-chan started the game instead of Kang. “Kang Seung-ho cannot start because he has intestinal inflammation. We are told that we can wait until the end (for two starts in a doubleheader), but we need to see what happens,” Lee said before the game.
Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Moon Sung-joo (designated hitter), Austin Dean (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Park Dong-won (catcher), Park Hae-min (center fielder), Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman), starting pitcher Eliaser Hernandez
Shin Min-jae, who had been canceled due to wrist injury, has returned to the top-tier Futures League team without any actual matches. He was scheduled to return to the Futures League on Tuesday, but the game was canceled on Tuesday, skipping the process. “Although it is difficult to select players, we can either run against them or do anything,” coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said.
Doosan got the chance from the start. In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Jung Soo-bin got on base with a right-handed hit, and with no outs and runners on the first base, Huh Kyung-min was hit in the head by Hernandez’s first pitch fastball. He was ejected for “headshot.” Doosan immediately replaced Heo with pinch runner Jeon Min-jae to protect the team’s players. Even though LG deployed foreign pitchers, it lost ground in the starting lineup. Doosan did not miss this opportunity, scoring four runs in the first inning alone, to gain the upper hand.
With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, Yang Eui-ji got on base with a straight walk, and the base was full. Kim Jae-hwan struck out, but the ball hit Yang Seok-hwan’s body, leading to Doosan’s first run. The next batter, Jared, called in two runners with a cool hit that separates the right-center field.
Doosan’s chances at second and third bases with one out continued. When Lee Yoo-chan grounded out to shortstop, Yang Seok-hwan, who was on third base, scored, making the score 4-0.
Doosan also had a chance to garner a bases-loaded walk with one out in the second inning, but ended up scoring no runs here. Instead, Kim Jae-ho hit his first homer of the season in the third inning with two outs and no runners on base, widening the gap once again. Kim Jae-ho hit a fastball from LG left-handed pitcher Lim Joon-hyung with a ball count 3-1, resulting in a 104.9 meter home run that was estimated to be a track man.
In the top of the fifth inning, when the score gap was narrowed to 5-2, he ran away with two more runs again. Jared hit a heavy hit after one out, stole second base and went to the scoring position. After two outs, Kim Jae-ho’s timely hit was made, and following Cho Ha-soo’s heavy hit, Jung Soo-bin also hit a timely hit to left, giving Doosan a 7-2 lead.
He also scored a run in the sixth inning when his team was trailing 7-5. This time, Yang hit a two-run homer, which completed 30 homers and 100 RBIs. Yang did not miss his fastball in the middle of the ball count 3-1. The ball flew to the left stands at 173.4 kilometers per hour. With the homer, he became the 92nd player to have 30 homers and 100 RBIs, and the 11th in the history of the Bears franchise. He also became the 81st player in the KBO league to record 600 RBIs.
Yang hit the fence again in the eighth inning. This time, he was trailing 9-7. He hit a three-run homer to left-center with runners on the first and second bases with no outs, and sealed Doosan’s victory. It was his sixth consecutive homerun in a row. Doosan widened the gap by more points after the start of the game with Jarrod’s double and Lee Yoo-chan’s additional timely hit. After Lee Yoo-chan’s timely hit, LG started preparing for the second game of doubleheader by replacing a large number of key players.
Yang hit the fence again in the eighth inning. This time, he was trailing 9-7. He hit a three-run homer to left-center with runners on the first and second bases with no outs, and sealed Doosan’s victory. It was his sixth consecutive homerun in a row. Doosan widened the gap by more points after the start of the game with Jarrod’s double and Lee Yoo-chan’s additional timely hit. After Lee Yoo-chan’s timely hit, LG started preparing for the second game of doubleheader by replacing a large number of key players.
Yang hit the fence again in the eighth inning. This time, he was trailing 9-7. He hit a three-run homer to left-center with runners on the first and second bases with no outs, and sealed Doosan’s victory. It was his sixth consecutive homerun in a row. Doosan widened the gap by more points after the start of the game with Jarrod’s double and Lee Yoo-chan’s additional timely hit. After Lee Yoo-chan’s timely hit, LG started preparing for the second game of doubleheader by replacing a large number of key players. 안전놀이터
During the five ⅓ innings, Doosan starter Kwak Bin gave up nine hits, including one homer, and allowed five runs, but managed to post 14 wins (nine losses) this season thanks to the assistance of his batters. In the bullpen, Lee Byung-hun (one ⅓ inning), Kim Kang-ryul (⅓ inning) and Lee Kyo-hoon (two innings) took the mound.
With two outs and two outs in the fourth inning, LG started its pursuit with Oh Ji-hwan’s two-run homer. In the fifth inning with the score gap widened to 2-7, leadoff hitter Park Hae-min’s double and four consecutive hits with one out caught up to three runs. Hong Chang-ki hit a timely RBI, and fourth batter Moon Bo-kyung hit a timely two-run homer. However, with one out and runners on the first and third bases, Kim Hyun-soo hit a short fly to the left field, interrupting the flow. Oh Ji-hwan struck out swinging.
He also allowed two runs in the sixth inning, but five runs in the top of the eighth inning was a fatal blow that forced him to give up his pursuit. In the end, LG Twins couldn’t overcome the aftermath of starting pitcher Hernandez’s “0-out, five-ball exit.” Lee took the mound in a hurry without time to warm up, and let in four runners, including two successors, in the first inning. The next starters in the second game of a doubleheader are LG’s Son Joo-young and Doosan’s Kim Min-kyu.