There was no giving up with two outs at the end of the 11th inning of overtime…End the first pitch! He smiled as he grew closer

Apr 08, 2025

There was no giving up with two outs at the end of the 11th inning of overtime…End the first pitch! He smiled as he grew closer
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 8th. Doosan's Kim Ki-yeon, with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, is cheering after hitting a walk-off hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.08/



There was no giving up with two outs at the end of the 11th inning of overtime…End the first pitch! He smiled as he grew closer
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 8th. Manager Lee Seung-yeop, who won with a walk-off hit by Doosan's Kim Ki-yeon with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, is delighted. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.08/
The last-minute walk-off hit. The Doosan Bears have returned to .500.

Doosan won the home game against the Hanwha Eagles 6-5 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 8th. Doosan won two consecutive games and set a 50% winning rate with 7 wins and 7 losses all season.

The game continues until the end of the 11th inning. Doosan laughed to end the game at the last minute. On this day, Doosan formed the starting lineup in the order of Jung Soo-bin (center fielder), Choo Jae-hyun (left fielder), Yang Eui-ji (catcher), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Kang Seung-ho (third baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Park Gye-beom (second baseman), Park Joon-young (striker) and Cho Soo-haeng (right fielder).




On this day, Doosan revitalized its offense with Yang Eui-ji's three hits and two RBIs, including a home run, while Cho Soo-haeng recorded multiple hits. Cho showed his best performance in both offense and defense, increasing the outcount with a good defense in the third inning.

The starting pitcher was Choi Seung-yong. He gave up three runs in the first inning, but remained on the mound. After pitching quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) with three runs in six innings, Park Chi-guk (one run in ⅓ innings), Lee Young-ha (⅔ innings scoreless), Kim Myung-shin (one run in ⅓ innings), Lee Byung-hun (⅔ innings scoreless), Kim Taek-yeon (two innings scoreless), and Choi Ji-gang (one inning scoreless) took the mound in turn.

At the end of the 11th inning of extra time when the score was 5-5. Doosan took a chance with one out and runners on first and second bases with Oh Myung-jin's hit and Cho Soo-haeng's sacrifice bunt. Jung Soo-bin's walk gave him a chance to load the bases. After that, Choo Jae-hyun turned to the third baseman's fly ball, but Kim Ki-yeon hit Hanwha pitcher Lee Sang-kyu's first pitch cutter to end the long game.




There was no giving up with two outs at the end of the 11th inning of overtime…End the first pitch! He smiled as he grew closer
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 8th. Doosan's Kim Ki-yeon, with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, is cheering after hitting a walk-off hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.08/
After the game, Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop said, `I gave up the first run again today, but the players didn't give up until the end and won"The way the team is getting closer, " he praised.

Director Lee continued "Yang Eui-ji's will is Yang Eui-ji. It's definitely holding the center of gravity in the airlift. Kim Taek-yeon also pitched two perfect innings"We applauded.

Kim Ki-yeon also did not forget the praise of Kim Ki-yeon, who finished the game at the last minute. Director Lee said, `I also want to praise Kim Ki-yeon's guts for swinging the bat boldly from the beginning.'




Doosan announced Colerbin as its starting pitcher on the 9th. Cody Ponce will start Hanwha.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.