"8 billion FA finally exploded!" Doosan in 9th place with long feet is unusual, winning Kiwoom against Kiwoom. [Icheon Field Review]

*This content was translated by AI.

The Doosan Bears, who swallowed their disappointment by ranking ninth last year, came from behind to beat the Kiwoom Heroes to win their second consecutive exhibition game.

Doosan won 8-1 in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League exhibition game against Kiwoom at Bears Park in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, on the 13th.

Doosan, which won 9-7 the previous day, won two consecutive games. Now Doosan will continue to play two consecutive weekend games against the Samsung Lions in Icheon. On the other hand, Kiwoom has lost two consecutive games. Kiwoom will move to Changwon and play two consecutive games against the NC Dinos before moving back to Busan on the 16th to face the Lotte Giants.

On this day, Doosan formed the starting lineup in the order of Park Chan-ho (striker), Jung Soo-bin (middle fielder), Daz Cameron (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (catcher), Ahn Jae-seok (third baseman), Yang Seok-hwan (designated hitter), Kang Seung-ho (first baseman), Oh Myung-jin (second baseman), and Kim Min-seok (left fielder). The starting pitcher was Jack Rogue.

In response, Kiwoom made the starting lineup in the order of Trenton Brooks (first baseman), An Chi-hong (designated hitter), Lim Ji-yeol (left fielder), Park Chan-hyuk (right fielder), Lim Byung-wook (middle fielder), Eo Jun-seo (striker), Kim Ji-seok (third baseman), Kim Gun-hee (poster), and Park Han-gyeol (second baseman). The starting pitcher was Yuto Kanakubo, who was newly hired by the Asian quarter.

Both teams showed good performances. Zachlog pitched four innings, four hits, five strikeouts, one run (one earned run), and Yuto pitched three innings, one hit, three walks, and one strikeout.

The first run was scored by Kiwoom in the top of the fourth inning. After one out, An Chi-hong and Lim Ji-yeol had consecutive hits to get the first and second base opportunities. Park Chan-hyuk then hit a timely double that fell inside the left-field line.

Doosan, which failed to pick a single point until the fourth inning, brought the game to 1-1 in the fifth inning. After leading hitter Kang Seung-ho got on base with a left-handed hit, he headed to second base when Oh Myung-jin grounded out to second base and third when Kim Min-seok grounded out to first base. "8 billion FA" Park Chan-ho then hit a timely hit that fell inside the right wing line. The moment he hit his first RBI since moving to Doosan. It was a valuable timely hit to break through the blocked blood. At this time, Kiwoom right fielder Joo Sung-won spilled the ball once, and Park Chan-ho took advantage of this to go to second base with his long hair flying. Park Chan-ho will be replaced by pinch runner Lee Yoo-chan. However, the follow-up Jung Soo-bin failed to score a point by only hitting a ground ball in front of the pitcher.

Doosan effectively sealed the game by scoring four points in the sixth inning and three points in the seventh inning, respectively. In the sixth inning, Yoon Joon-ho hit a left-center hit and took advantage of a catch error to take second base. Ahn Jae-seok then scored a timely double on the right-wing line, and Yang Seok-hwan scored a timely hit in the left-center. Doosan, which continued to have chances on the first and third bases with Oh Myung-jin's hits, hit a timely hit to the left by Kim Min-seok and a timely hit to the right-center against pitcher Won Jong-hyun, who changed Lee Yoo-chan.

In the seventh inning, Doosan's leadoff hitter Yoon Joon-ho made a double to the right-center against Kiwoom's changed pitcher Kim Sung-jin. Ahn Jae-seok, who stood at the next batter's box, only hit a fly ball to left field, but pinch hitter Kim In-tae made a timely hit to make it 6-1. The pinch hitter Park Gye-beom struck out. Pinch hitter Park Ji-hoon then ran away 8-1 by drawing a two-run arch over the right fence. In the end, Doosan won by keeping the lead well without losing a point.

Following Zachlog, Doosan's Choi Won-joon (2 innings), Lee Yong-chan, Choi Joo-hyung and Seo Jun-oh pitched scoreless pitches. The winning pitcher is Choi Won-joon. Lee Yoo-chan and Yoon Joon-ho played multi-hitters in the batting lineup, which had 14 hits.

After Yuto, Bae Dong-hyun (5 runs in 2 ⅔ innings), Won Jong-hyun (⅓ innings scoreless), Kim Sung-jin (three runs in 1 inning), and Kim Jae-woong (one inning scoreless) threw the ball in turn. The batters had eight scattered hits.

<© STARNEWS. All rights reserved. No reproduction or redistribution allowed.>

*This content was translated by AI.