Doosan sweeps doubleheader with KT

Doosan sweeps doubleheader with KT...8th straight win for Pajuk

The Doosan Bears continued their meteoric rise with two more wins in one day.

Doosan won the second game of a doubleheader against KT Wiz 8-4 in the 2024 Shinhan SolBank KBO League at Jamsil Stadium on Wednesday.

It was the second straight win for Doosan, which won the first game of the doubleheader 12-4.

With their eighth straight win, Doosan collected their 24th win (19 losses) and remained in fifth place. They are five games behind the fourth-place LG Twins (23 wins, two ties and 18 losses) in the standings.

KT, which lost its third straight game, fell to 17 wins, one draw and 24 losses. They remain in seventh place.

After pounding out 14 hits in the first game of the doubleheader, Doosan's bats were hot in Game 2. They pounded out 11 hits, including three home runs.

Yang Ji-hyun, who went 2-for-5 with two home runs and two RBIs in Game 1, continued his multi-hit performance with a 3-for-5 performance with a double, a home run, one RBI and one run scored, while Kim Ki-yeon added two hits, two RBIs and one run scored.

Doosan's homegrown ace Kwak-Bin Kwak shut down the KT bats, allowing just three hits and two walks over six innings. 토토사이트 He struck out eight and walked none.

It's been almost a year since Kwak Binh won his first start against KT since April 21, 2023, at home. It was Kwak's third win of the season.

KT rookie Yook Cheong-myeong suffered his second loss of the season after giving up seven runs on eight hits (two home runs) with five walks and seven strikeouts in three innings.

Doosan scored three runs in the first inning to take control of the game.

Jung Soo-bin singled and Heo Kyung-min was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second with no outs, and Kang Seung-ho followed with a double down the left field line. Kang Seung-ho scored on Yang Ji-hyun's RBI single to left to give Doosan a 3-0 lead.

Doosan added four runs in the third inning with two home runs.

In the bottom of the inning, Henry Ramos hit a two-run shot (his fourth of the season) over the right field fence.

Kim Ki-yeon followed with a single and Jeon Min-jae launched a two-run home run (No. 2 of the season) over the left field wall.

After being held down by Kwak-Bin, KT scored two runs in the seventh inning.

In the top of the seventh, Shin Bong-ki and Kim Byung-joon singled to put runners on first and second, and Oh Yoon-seok singled up the middle. The next batter, Kang Baek-ho, singled to left, scoring Kim Byung-joon from third.

KT scored one more run in the top of the eighth when Shin Bon-ki singled to left with runners on first and third.

However, Doosan scored another run in the bottom of the eighth with a home run to end KT's rally. In the bottom of the eighth, leadoff hitter Heo Kyung-min hit a solo arch (his second of the season) over the left field wall.

In the top of the ninth inning, KT cut the deficit to one run after Kang Baek-ho singled and Moon Sang-chul was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. However, Hwang Jae-gyun retired the side with a catcher's strikeout to end the game.

Hong Gun-hee, who came on in the bottom of the ninth and struck out Hwang Jae-gyun, earned his sixth save of the season.