The momentum of the half moon bear in July is frightening. It does not lose in Tuta harmony.
In the 2023 KBO League Kiwoom Heroes match held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 7th, the Doosan Bears won a great 10-0 victory thanks to starter Gwak Bin’s good pitching and a big blowout in the second half. It was the first time since Lee Seung-yeop took over as head coach, he started to solidify his 3rd place in the first half by running for the first time in a row. At the end of June, Doosan’s ranking was 6th.안전사이트
Kwak Bin won 8 wins (2 losses) in the season with 2 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, and no runs in 5 innings. 104 pitches. His ERA dropped to 2.08 with his 5 consecutive victories. Kim Myung-shin, Park Chi-guk, and Kim Kang-ryul, who took the mound following Kwak-bin, also blocked Kiwoom’s lineup with no runs. In the other lineup, Soo-Bin Jung scored 3 hits in 4 at-bats, scored 3 points and scored 2 RBIs, Eui-Ji Yang scored 2 hits in 3 at-bats and 1 RBI, and Jose Rojas recorded 2 hits in 4 at-bats and 3 RBIs. Doosan’s lineup pulled out 16 hits against Kiwoom pitchers that day.
Including this game, Doosan’s average ERA in 6 games in July is only 1.83. On the other hand, the team batting average reached 0.303. With the pitching balance right, he is continuing his victories in July.
In Kiwoom, starter Ian McKinney recorded a quality start with 5 hits, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts and 2 runs in 6 innings, but the team’s batting line was blocked by the Doosan mound. It was also a big factor that middle pitchers such as Ha Young-min, Lee Jong-min, and Kim Gun-hee collapsed. The last 2 losses.
In the match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, the Kia Tigers beat the KT Wiz 6-2 amidst all sorts of bad news and ran for three consecutive victories. Kia had to start the bullpen early in the bottom of the first inning when starting pitcher Kim Kon-guk hit Katy’s fourth hitter Park Byung-ho in the face and was automatically ejected according to the ‘headshot’ rule. Along with this, Hwang Dae-in was replaced due to a hamstring injury in the top of the second inning, and Kim Gyu-seong was replaced due to breathing difficulties in the top of the 5th inning. However, Kim Jae-yeol, who came to the mound behind Kim Kon-guk, laid the foundation for the team’s victory by enduring well with 4 hits and 2 runs in 4 innings.
Choi Hyung-woo hit the left-handed final hit with 2 outs and 2nd base in the top of the 8th inning when the score was tied 2-2, and Choi Won-joon and Kim Do-young hit consecutively timely hits from 2 outs 1 and 2 base in the top of the 9th inning. The ride of 7th place Katie and 8th place Kia disappeared.
Meanwhile, matches scheduled to be held in Daejeon, Sajik, and Changwon on this day were postponed due to rain.