KIA 1.5G's fierce chase Doosan bombed six points in the 10th inning and fatally injured NC in the crisis of the 5th round
Sep 05, 2025
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Doosan won a 9-3 victory in the 10th inning of extra time against NC in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Changwon NC Park on the 5th. Following a 12-3 victory the previous day, he overpowered NC for two days in a row.
Doosan, ranked ninth, won two consecutive games, recorded 56 wins, six draws and 65 losses in the season, trailing the eighth-ranked KIA Tigers by 1.5 games. The seventh-ranked NC lost three consecutive games, recording only 57 wins, six draws, and 61 losses in the season, making the semifinals even fainter.
NC's Kim Joo-won (striker), Kwon Hee-dong (right wing), Park Gun-woo (designated hitter), Matt Davison (first baseman), Lee Woo-sung (left wing), Kim Hwi-jip (third baseman), Shin Jin-hwan (middle fielder), Ahn Jung-yeol (capture), and Kim Han-byul (second baseman) started. The starting pitcher is Logan Allen.
Doosan faced off with Ahn Jae-seok (striker), Park Jun-soon (second baseman), Jake Cave (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (catcher), Kim In-tae (left fielder), Kang Seung-ho (first baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Park Gye-beom (third baseman), and Jung Soo-bin (middle fielder). The starting pitcher is Jack Rogue.
Doosan's Zachlog pitched five innings of 88 pitches, five hits, one walk, four strikeouts, and no runs, meeting the requirement for 10 wins (eight losses) of the season, but withdrew without a win or loss due to bullpen arson.
From the 6th inning, Park Chi-guk (1 inning), Choi Won-joon (2 runs in ⅔ innings), Lee Byung-hun (⅓ innings), Lee Young-ha (one run in 1 inning), Lee Kyo-hoon (⅓ innings), Kim Taek-yeon (⅔ innings), and Lee Jungwoo Kim (one inning) kept the victory. The winning pitcher is Kim Taek-yeon.
NC Logan recorded a quality start with six innings of 99 pitches, five hits, two walks, six strikeouts, and three runs, but did not receive scoring support.
In the top of the second inning, leadoff hitter Yang Eui-ji hit a left double to left field to open the door. Kim In-tae hit a timely double to right field to take a 1-0 lead. After one out, Kim Jae-hwan hit a hit to the right to become the first and third base, and Park Gye-beom hit an RBI grounder to the third base to make it 2-0.
Park Gye-beom scored an additional point in the top of the fourth inning. Kim In-tae and Kim Jae-hwan got a walk from Logan and took a chance on the first and second bases with two outs, and Park Gye-beom hit a timely hit to the left of the right fielder to run 3-0. Logan could have been pushed further, but the inning ended when Kim Jae-hwan was tagged out at third base.
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NC started a late counterattack in the bottom of the seventh inning. With Do Tae-hoon getting on base with a dune after two outs, Kim Joo-won took a superior two-run shot from Doosan Choi Won-joon and narrowed it to 3-2 in an instant. Fourteen shots of the season. Kim Joo-won recorded 56 RBIs in the season, setting a personal record in a season. The previous record was 54 RBIs in 2023.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Davison set the stage for the tie. After one out, he hit a left-center double and was replaced by pinch runner Choi Jung-won. In Han Seok-hyun's at-bat, NC bench chose Oh Young-soo's card as a pinch hitter, and Oh Young-soo responded with a timely hit to the left of the right field to balance 3-3.
In the top of the 10th inning of extra time, Yang Eui-ji scored six points and opened a big inning. After one out, Park Joon-soon was replaced by pinch runner Lee Yoo-chan after opening the game with a left-handed hit, and Cave hit a left-handed hit to become first and third base with one out. NC replaced the mound from Kim Young-kyu to Kim Jin-ho. There was also a way to skip Doosan's hottest Yang Eui-ji with four automatic pitches, but he decided to play, but he became a lucky infield hit that missed the second baseman's right side, raising an RBI to 4-3.
Doosan pushed NC more here. Oh Myung-jin drew a walk and loaded the bases with one out, and Cho Soo-haeng hit a timely two-run double to right field to run 6-3. NC replaced the mound from Kim Jin-ho to Kim Tae-hoon, and Kim Tae-hoon committed a wild pitch in Kim Jae-hwan's at-bat with one out and runners on the second and third bases, making it 7-3 when Oh Myung-jin scored. Cho settled on third base. Kim Jae-hwan took a superior two-run shot from the shaking Kim Tae-hoon and sealed the 9-3 victory. With Kim Jae-hwan's home run, a large number of home fans who cheered for NC left the stadium until the end.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
