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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. Cave is digging home when Doosan Bears' Kim Min-seok hits a walk-off hit with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the 10th inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/ |
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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. Doosan Cave is throwing himself toward second base after hitting a hit with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/ |
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"He said that if you don't know the meaning of Hustle Doo, you don't deserve to wear Doosan Bears uniform."
This is what Cho Sung-hwan, acting manager of the Doosan Bears, said before the match against the KIA Tigers in Jamsil on the 3rd. While former coach Lee Seung-yeop voluntarily resigned on the 2nd to take responsibility for the team's performance in ninth place, acting coach Cho took over the baton. The most urgent thing was to settle the chaotic team atmosphere and restore the team color. Acting coach Cho reminded the players of 'Hustle Doo' and emphasized Doosan-like baseball with energy.
Acting head coach Cho said, `Hustle has a lot of meaning. We have to not give up, we have to stick together, and we have to be a team that can't be easily seen by ourselves. If you don't know the meaning of Hussle-doo, you don't deserve to wear the Doosan Bears uniform." Even if it's hard to beat our fans right now, we should be able to show that kind of performance. "I can't promise to win, but Hussle-doo said I'll promise you."
A day out of a four-game losing streak. Doosan was finally able to shout Hussledu. Doosan won a 2-1 walk-off victory against KIA in Jamsil on the 5th after a close game that lasted until the 10th inning. In a tight one-point game, Kim Min-seok stole a walk-off hit from closer Jung Hae-young, who boasts the most saves in the team's history, turning Jamsil Baseball Stadium into a venue for Doosan fans' festival.
It was Jake Cave, a blue-eyed man, who woke up Hussle's mind. Cave started as the second batter and right fielder, hitting three hits in five at-bats, and when he got on base, he burned his fighting spirit, aiming for a chance to go one more base somehow.
Cave ran wild from the first inning. The leadoff hitter Jung Soo-bin got on base with a dune. Cave hit a right-handed hit and ran to second base without delay. He was very motivated to go one more base, and KIA right fielder Choi Won-joon threw accurately to shortstop Park Chan-ho to get Cave out. The initial decision was safe, but Park Chan-ho's tag was faster as a result of the video reading. He expected second and third bases with no outs, but it was changed to third base with one out, and he had to be satisfied with Yang Eui-ji's ground ball RBI to shortstop to score a 1-0 first point.
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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. Doosan Cave is throwing himself toward second base after hitting a hit with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/ |
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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Doosan's Kim Min-seok is cheering after hitting a walk-off hit with two outs and runners on the first and third bases. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/ |
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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. Yang Eui-ji, who won with a walk-off hit by Doosan's Kim Min-seok with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the 10th inning, is delighted. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/ |
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1-1 The bottom of the 10th inning of extra time with the tight balance unbroken. Cave hit a left-center double with one out. Like in the first inning, it wasn't a long-distance course that allowed enough to get to second base. However, Cave ran all the way to second base as if he didn't mind the previous failure. In order to avoid failures like the first inning, he even turned to the left of the second base to show his sense of entering so as not to be tagged, completing a double.
Cave's hustle play eventually led to victory or defeat. The next batter, Yang Eui-ji, was lucky to get on base due to an error in catching a grounder to the third base, but if Cave was a first baseman, it might have been difficult to get on first and second bases with one out. Kim Jae-hwan struck out swinging. In the end, two outs later, Kim Min-seok hit Jung Hae-young's first pitch fastball and hit a walk-off hit to left-center. Even at this time, Cave ran madly to the home once more to score the final score by headfirst sliding.
Although he did not score enough points, it was the first game in which the baseball that acting manager Cho ordered from the players became a reality. Major hitters such as Cave, Yang Eui-ji and Jung Soo-bin contributed to the situation of picking a point, and Doosan's future, including Kim Min-seok (2 hits), Park Joon-soon (2 hits), and Kim Dong-joon (1 hit), saved the atmosphere.
The same goes for the pitching staff. When Choi Won-joon went down the mound without winning despite five ⅓ innings of one run, Ko Hyo-joon (⅔ innings), Choi Ji-gang (one inning), Lee Young-ha (⅓ innings), Park Chi-guk (⅔ innings), and Kim Taek-yeon (two innings) continued their scoreless pitching, setting the stage for victory. Kim Taek-yeon, who returned to the finish after suffering ups and downs this year, roared after completely blocking two innings.
Doosan still has a long way to go before it rejoices in winning one game. Still, it is positive that acting coach Cho emphasized Hussle-doo and confirmed a big change in three games. Fans who waited without giving up Doosan began to cheer and applaud again.
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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. Manager Cho Sung-hwan, who lost consecutive games with a walk-off hit by Doosan's Kim Min-seok with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the 10th inning, is being baptized with water. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/ |
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| A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 5th. Manager Cho Sung-hwan, who lost consecutive games with a walk-off hit by Doosan's Kim Min-seok with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the 10th inning, is being baptized with water. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.05/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
