Lotte, are you thankful? Doosan's 12-3 victory, NC's fatal second consecutive loss...Yang Eui-ji's 20 home runs. What a waste of cycling hits.
Sep 04, 2025
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Doosan beat NC 12-3 in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Changwon NC Park on the 4th. Doosan, ranked ninth, recorded 55 wins, six draws and 65 losses in the season, trailing KIA, ranked eighth, who took a break due to the cancellation of rain by two games.
No. 7 NC has lost two consecutive games and has lost 60 games (6 draws and 57 wins) this season. Lotte, ranked sixth without a game, was relieved as it widened its distance from NC by two games thanks to Doosan.
NC made the starting lineup with Kim Joo-won (striker), Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Park Min-woo (second baseman), Matt Davidson (first baseman), Park Gun-woo (right wing), Oh Young-soo (designated hitter), Lee Woo-sung (left wing), Park Se-hyuk (captor), and Kim Hwi-jip (third baseman). The starting pitcher is Kim Nok-won.
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), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Kang Seung-ho (first baseman), Oh Myung-jin (third baseman), and Jung Soo-bin (middle fielder). The starting pitcher is Choi Min-seok.
In three ⅓ innings, Choi Min-seok had only four hits (one homer), four walks, three strikeouts, and three runs, but the bullpen's good pitching shone. Lee Kyo-hoon (1 inning), Choi Won-joon (1 ⅔ inning), Park Shin-ji (1 inning), Lee Young-ha (1 inning), and Yang Jae-hoon (1 inning) kept the win by throwing scoreless.
Yang Eui-ji reached the 20th home run mark for the first time in three seasons after his return to Doosan. The season of his 9th 20th home run. It has been three years since he hit 20 home runs during the NC Dinos in 2022. In addition, he recorded a home run against the former team with his 20th home run. The cycling hit lacked a triple. Four hits in five at-bats (one home run) and a perfect three-run performance.
Ahn Jae-seok showed off his hot batting by finishing the game. 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs.
Doosan scored the first run in the top of the third inning. While leadoff hitter Jung Soo-bin got on base with a dune, Ahn Jae-seok hit a timely double to right field to take a 1-0 lead. With one out and second base, Cave hit a timely hit to the right to make it 2-0.
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After one out, NC continued to push Choi Min-seok. Oh Young-soo's hit and Lee Woo-sung's walk made it to first and second base, and Park Se-hyuk hit a timely double in the left-center to overturn it 2-3.
Yang Eui-ji hit a home run in the top of the sixth inning to bring the game back to square one. At the ball count of 0B2S, Kim Nok-won's curve was rolled up and crossed the left-center fence. It was a powerful shot that pulled Kim Nok-won off the mound.
At the top of the seventh inning with a 3-3 score, Doosan targeted NC left-hander Ha Joon-young, who joined the first team immediately after the call-up of social service personnel was lifted. Leading hitter Yeo Dong-gun walked, and Jung Soo-bin also walked to first and second bases with no outs. While Ha Joon-young's control continued to falter, Ahn Jae-seok hit a timely double on the right-wing line to turn it over 4-3. With no outs and runners on the second and third bases, Park Joon-soon hit a timely hit to widen the distance to 5-3.
Doosan sealed the victory by scoring six runs in the top of the eighth inning. Cho and Kim Jae-hwan had consecutive hits to get the first and second bases with no outs, and Kang Seung-ho hit a timely hit to make it 6-3.
NC changed the pitcher from Bae Jae-hwan to Choi Woo-seok, but it was not enough to stop Doosan's momentum. With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, Park Gye-beom hit a timely double to right-center to make it 7-3, and with no outs and runners on the second and third bases, Jung Soo-bin's sacrifice fly to right field made it 8-3. With one out and third base, Ahn Jae-seok hit a timely hit to the left of the center fielder to make it 9-3.
Cave drew a walk with two outs and a runner on first base, and Yang Eui-ji entered the batter's box. He hit a single, a double, and a home run in the previous at-bat, leaving one triple left until the hit forerunner cycle. Yang Eui-ji's ball completely split the left-center, and Yang Eui-ji was greedy and ran to third base. However, it was not enough to settle on third base, and Yang Eui-ji, who was out enough, brought laughter to the Doosan dugout. Instead, he scored a two-run double to seal the 11-3 victory.
Doosan ran away with one more point in the top of the ninth inning with Ryu Hyun-joon's RBI timely hit.
Meanwhile, NC's Kim Nok-won pitched five innings of 90 pitches and five hits (one homer) with four outs, one strikeout, and three runs, but there was no connection with the victory. The losing pitcher is Ha Joon-young (two runs in ⅓ innings).
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
