Why did I come to Korea? 2 points will win! → Irvin's back-to-back pitching Doosan overpowered 20 Samsung! Samsung has lost three games in a row.

Mar 28, 2025

A game between the Doosan Bears and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. Doosan's Colerbin, who handled Samsung's Park Byung-ho with two outs and a third base in the top of the seventh inning, is engaged in a war of nerves. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.28/

A game between the Doosan Bears and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. Doosan's Colerbin is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.28/

Doosan Bears won the home opener, driving the Samsung Lions to a third consecutive win.

Doosan won 2-0 against Samsung in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. Doosan, which struggled with one win and four losses in the opening five consecutive away games, returned to its home turf and gave home fans great joy.

Doosan starter Cole Irvin pitched hard. Irvin blocked Samsung's fire bat with seven scoreless innings. Until the previous day, Samsung had ranked first in the team's home run (12 on-base plus slugging percentage) in the team's OPS (0.995), but failed to target Irvin.

Before the game, Samsung manager Park Jin-man expressed concern, saying, `I wondered why that pitcher came to Korea.' Worries have come true.

Samsung starter Furado scored two runs in eight innings and became a losing pitcher.

Doosan scored the first run in the bottom of the third inning. After one out, Jung Soo-bin drilled blood with a surprise bunt hit. After Kim Min-seok struck out, Kim Jae-hwan hit a right-handed hit to build a runner. Kang Seung-ho exploded a sweeping triple in the middle of the right to lead 2-0.

Irvin's good pitching followed. Irvin had only 70 pitches until the sixth inning.

Samsung missed a good chance in the top of the seventh inning.

After one out, Kang Min-ho's ball flew far away in the left-center field. Doosan left fielder Kim Min-seok followed him, but he couldn't catch him. It looked like it had crossed the fence. The referee declared a home run. I applied for a video review from Doosan. The ball hit the top of the fence and popped out, and was hit again by Kim Min-seok's glove and entered the stands. It was corrected with a recognition double.

A game between the Doosan Bears and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. Kang Seung-ho of the Doosan Bears is catching his breath after hitting a timely hit with two outs and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the third inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.28/

Diaz struck out three with one out and a runner on second base. Park Byung-ho threw a wild pitch at the plate. Kang Min-ho went to third base. Park Byung-ho also had a big hit, but he was caught right in front of the right fence.

Doosan started the winning team from the eighth inning thanks to Irvin's seven innings.

However, the eighth inning was also close. Set-up man Lee Young-ha gave up consecutive hits after two outs, bringing together runners.

Doosan had no choice but to take out closer Kim Taek-yeon with two outs in the eighth inning. Kim Taek-yeon struck out Lee Jae-hyun after a seven-pitch game. The breaking ball thrown from the full count caught Lee Jae-hyun off guard when it was inserted into the strike zone. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Kim Taek-yeon kept her victory by catching three out-counts neatly.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.