The Doosan Bears lost 3-4 in an away game against the KT Wiz in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Sunday. The Bears ended up winning just one of the three consecutive games against the KT Wiz during the week. 먹튀검증
He garnered his first win of this season against KT on the 26th. He tried to win consecutive games and the Winning Series, but failed. He only had one win and four losses in this season.
The starting lineup was comprised of Lee Yoo-chan (second baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (left fielder), Kang Seung-ho (third baseman), Jake Cave (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (designated hitter), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Park Joon-young (striker), Jang Seung-hyun (catcher), and Jung Soo-bin (middle fielder). The starting pitcher was Kim Yoo-sung.
Kim Yoo-sung, who took the mound for the first time this season, allowed six hits (one homer) with two outs, seven strikeouts, and four runs and 97 pitches in five innings. He took the loss. Park Shin-ji then scored no runs in one ⅓, Kim ⅔ scored no runs in the ⅔, and Park Chi-guk scored no runs in one inning.
In the batting lineup, Kim Jae-hwan made two hits (one home run) in four at-bats, Kim Ki-yeon made one hit and two RBIs in one at-bats, and Jung Soo-bin made two hits in three at-bats. Batters also tried hard, but it was painful to lose them even after facing several chances to score.
He lost his chance from the top of the first inning. Lee Yoo-chan had a walk, Kim Jae-hwan had a grounder to the pitcher, and Lee Yoo-chan had a stolen base to secure the third base with one out. After Kang Seung-ho stepped down with a catcher's tagout with a catcher's strike not out, Cave got on base with a hit ball and managed to steal second base. With two outs and runners on the second and third bases, Yang Eui-ji swallowed the bitterness by striking out swinging.
A golden opportunity came in the top of the fifth inning when they were dragged 0-4. After leadoff hitter Park Joon-young got on base with a straight walk, Jang Seung-hyun's double play left him without a runner with two outs. After that, opposing starter Oh Won-seok shook sharply. Jung Soo-bin stepped on first base with a hit ball, and Lee Yoo-chan had a hit to the right. Kim Jae-hwan also got on base with a hit ball, leading to the bases loaded with two outs. However, the follow-up Kang Seung-ho only grounded out to second base. Doosan couldn't make up a single point.
A similar pattern was observed in the top of the sixth inning. Cave opened the inning with a double to the left. Yang Eui-ji's groundout to the second base allowed him to hit the third base with one out. Yang Seok-hwan turned to the first baseman's touchout with the catcher strike not out. Park was grounded out to the second base. He failed to bring the runner home again this time.
The same was true at the top of the seventh inning. With no runners on base with one out, Jung Soo-bin had a hit to the middle, Lee Yoo-chan had a fly ball to the second base, and Kim Jae-hwan had a hit to the middle, making runners on the first and third bases with two outs. Kang Seung-ho's grounder to the shortstop ended the inning.
Doosan's batters started the game belatedly. With runners on first and second bases with two outs in the top of the eighth inning, Park Joon-young hit a double to the left, leading to second and third bases with two outs. Then, Kim Ki-yeon hit a timely hit to the right-center of the game, trailing 2-4. With one out and no runners on the ground in the top of the ninth inning, Kim Jae-hwan hit a solo home run to trail 3-4. That was it. Kang Seung-ho hit a fly ball to the left field, and Cave struck out swinging to make it to three outs. The game came to an end.
With each team playing five games apiece since the season's opening, Doosan has ranked seventh in the batting average (0.268), eighth in scoring (16), eighth in RBIs (16), and sixth in the batting average (0.289). With Kwak Bin, Hong Geon-hee, Choi Ji-gang and Lee Byung-hun among the pitchers facing injury, hitters should cheer up.
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