Doosan snaps two-game losing streak, manager Lee Seung-yup pleased
The Doosan Bears have snapped their losing streak.
Doosan won 6-4 against the LG Twins in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League on Wednesday at Jamsil Stadium. With the win, Doosan snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 17-19 on the season. They also improved to 3-1 against LG this season.
Starting pitcher Kim Yoo-sung was pulled early after allowing one run on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in three innings, but the bullpen came through to secure the win. Park Chi-guk (⅔ innings, one hit, no walks, no runs), Lee Byung-heon (1⅓ innings, one hit, one walk, no runs, with one strikeout), Kim Kang-ryul (1⅔ innings, one hit, no walks), Choi Ji-gang (1 inning, three hits, one home run, one walk, one strikeout, two runs), and Hong Gun-hee (1⅓ innings, no hits, no walks, no runs) protected the lead.
“I could see that all the pitchers, from Kim Yoo-sung in the first inning to Hong Gun-hee in the last, were throwing with all their might, and with the fans’ enthusiastic support, we were able to break the losing streak,” said Lee Seung-yeop, giving a thumbs-up to the pitching staff.
The game-winning hit came from Yang Ji. With runners on first and third with the score tied 1-1 in the third inning, Yang hit a double to left field. “In the batting lineup, Yang Ji played a key role in the third inning with his aggressive swing,” said Lee Seung-yeop.
Doosan scored two runs in the fourth inning and one more in the ninth. The bats were focused and scored runs. In the fourth inning, Kim Jae-ho doubled to left field. With 먹튀검증 runners on first and third on a throwing error by Cho, Jung Soo-bin singled to right. In the ninth inning, Doosan added another run when Jeon Min-jae doubled down the left-field line and scored on Cho Su-sung’s single to right.
“The fact that both the fourth inning (two runs) and ninth inning (one run) scores came after two innings shows how focused the players were,” Lee said.
Finally, Lee bowed his head to the fans, saying, “Thank you to the fans for supporting us until the end.”