Doosan Bears defeated their ‘Jamsil rival’ LG Twins for two consecutive days.
On the 7th, Doosan won 8-4 against LG in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League game at Jamsil Stadium, with Yang Eui-ji hitting a go-ahead 3-run home run thanks to the excellent pitching of starting pitcher Jordan Balazovic.
Doosan, in 4th place with 2 consecutive wins, reduced the gap with LG to 1 game.
LG, which suffered four consecutive losses, fell to third place, giving up second place to Samsung Lions.
In the starting match between foreign ace Balazovic and Dietrick Enns, Balazovic won by decision.
Balajovic earned the win, shutting out LG’s offense with four hits and two runs (one earned) while striking out eight over 5⅔ innings.
Ens took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits in five innings.
In the top of the first inning, LG’s leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki walked, Shin Min-jae hit a left-field hit, and with runners on first and second base and 커뮤니티 no outs, they scored the first run on a fastball and a ground ball.
Doosan, who were being dragged along, turned the tide with a home run in the bottom of the third inning.
Lee Yu-chan hit a double to left field, Kim Jae-ho hit an infield hit, and with two outs and runners on first and third, Yang Ui-ji hit a three-run home run to left field, turning the score around to 3-1.
In the 4th inning, Kang Seung-ho hit a double and scored on a sacrifice fly to make the score 4-1.
LG recovered one point in the top of the sixth inning when Oh Ji-hwan drew a push-out walk with two outs and bases loaded.
However, Doosan took the lead in the bottom of the 7th inning when Kim Jae-ho added a run with a pushout walk and Jared Young hit a 2-RBI center field hit to make it 7-2.
