'4:0 → 4:4 → 8:4 → 8:7' Kim Min-seok's 11th overtime final hit! Doosan beats KT 8-7 for second straight win [Suwon Field Review]

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It was a blood fight that I couldn't relax until the end. Doosan Bears shook off KT Wiz's strong chase and won a dramatic victory.

Doosan won 8-7 against KT in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season visit game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 10th.

With 11,337 spectators visiting Wizz Park, the game was a close game until the 11th inning. Doosan scored one point each, and KT brought the game to square one with a big inning, followed by a tight 0 match.

The game was decided in the 11th inning. Against Kim Min-soo, who took the mound in relief, leadoff hitter Daz Cameron hit the first pitch and hit a double to right-center. Kim Min-seok hit a changeup that came out and scored a timely RBI single. Following Cho's sacrifice bunt, Park Ji-hoon's grounder made an opponent's catch error, and even the third baseman homered. Doosan paid back big innings with big innings. When Kang Seung-ho was grounded out in front of the pitcher, KT's battery intentionally walked Park Chan-ho to four pitches. However, as a wild pitch came out and Ahn Jae-seok's two-run timely hit to the middle, the game was completely tilted to Doosan.

KT also had a bases-loaded chance with two outs with hits by pitcher Park Shin-ji, Sam Hilliard, Ryu Hyun-in, and a walk by Kwon Dong-jin in the bottom of the 11th inning. Here, the pinch hitter's allocation team hit the ball to the right outfield, and right fielder Cameron failed to catch it, and KT chased 7-8. Kim Sang-soo and Choi Won-joon walked and filled all bases again. However, the game ended when pinch hitter Jang Jin-hyuk struck out.

In Doosan's batting lineup, Kim Min-seok became the main character with one hit and two RBIs in four times at bat, including the final hit, and Cameron drilled the path with two hits, one RBI and two runs in five times at bat. In addition, Park Joon-soon went 2 for 5 with two RBIs and two strikeouts, Yang Seok-hwan went 2 for 4 with one strikeout, and Park Chan-ho went 1 for 4 with two walks and three points.

In KT's batting lineup, Ryu Hyun-in scored three hits and two runs in six at-bats, Kim Hyun-soo was one hit in six at-bats, two RBIs and two strikeouts, and Kim Sang-soo came in as a pinch hitter, and played two hits and two walks in two at-bats. In addition, Kim Sang-soo's hit in the bottom of the eighth inning was the 37th 1,700th hit in KBO history.

All the starting pitchers didn't get the win. KT Matt Sauer allowed four runs with four strikeouts and seven hits in six innings (91 pitches). Doosan's Kwak Bin pitched well in six innings with one hit, four walks, and nine strikeouts, but failed to secure the victory due to the bullpen's arson.

On the same day, Doosan formed a lineup of Park Chan-ho (striker), Ahn Jae-seok (third baseman), Park Jun-soon (second baseman), Yang Eui-ji (designated hitter), Daz Cameron (right fielder), Kim Min-seok (left fielder), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Yoon Joon-ho (catcher), and Jung Soo-bin (middle fielder). The starting pitcher is Kwak Bin.

Against this, KT consisted of Choi Won-jun (center fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman), Ahn Hyun-min (right fielder), Sam Hilliard (left fielder), Jang Sung-woo (designated hitter), Ryu Hyun-in (third baseman), Oh Yoon-seok (second baseman), Han Seung-taek (catcher), and Lee Kang-min (striker). The starting pitcher is Matt Sauer.

The initial momentum was the away team Doosan. In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Park Chan-ho hit a double to the left fence. Ahn Jae-seok stepped down with a fly ball to right field, but Park Joon-soon aimed at the first pitch and connected it with a hit to the right.

At this time, Park Chan-ho's experience stood out. KT right fielder Ahn Hyun-min's accurate throw went to Han Seung-taek. While Han Seung-taek was trying to tag Park Chan-ho by receiving a throw toward his head, Park Chan-ho skimmed the home base. Park Chan-ho reaffirmed his score by taking his foot as a base again when the referee's decision was not made.

A situation similar to the first came out in the third inning. In the top of the third inning, leadoff hitter Park Chan-ho walked to get on base. Park Joon-soon once again brought Park Chan-ho home with a double on the left field line. It was regrettable that Cameron canceled Yang Eui-ji's walk on base with a double play after being hit on the shoulder.

In the meantime, Doosan starter Kwak Bin played a little hard. In the bottom of the first inning, he gave consecutive walks to Ahn Hyun-min and Hilliard. In the second inning, Han Seung-taek increased the number of pitches with a full-count game to eight pitches. In the fourth inning, Ahn Hyun-min walked once more and Ryu Hyun-in hit to the right.

KT starter Sauer advanced to a quality start with the help of defense. Kim Hyun-soo managed to catch and tag out Ryu Hyun-in's throw to first base in the top of the fourth inning by catching a ground ball by Yoon Joon-ho with two outs. Ryu Hyun-in immediately recovered his disappointing defense. Ryu Hyun-in caught Park Chan-ho's ground ball with no outs and first base in the top of the fifth inning and quickly threw it to second base, creating a double play.

The quality start was not enough. In the top of the sixth inning, leadoff hitter Yang Eui-ji walked to get on base, Cameron scored an additional point with an RBI triple to right-center, and Kim Min-seok scored an RBI single to center field. Doosan's 4-0 lead. Sauer struck out Yang Seok-hwan with a swing and miss, caught Jung Soo-bin with a catcher foul fly, and succeeded in playing six innings.

This year, KT's catchphrase showed its effect once again. Ryu Hyun-in, the leadoff hitter, got on base with a heavy hit against Yang Jae-hoon, a changed pitcher, in the bottom of the seventh inning when KT was losing 0-4. Oh Yoon-seok struck out, but pinch-hitter Junghoon Lee hit right and pinch-hitter Kim Sang-soo walked to fill all bases.

Doosan's mound was changed to Lee Byung-hun, but the crisis was not resolved. Choi Won-joon succeeded in scoring a run with a straight walk. Kim Hyun-soo hit a timely two-run hit and Ahn Hyun-min struck out. Hilliard did not miss a real pitch in the middle and hit a right-handed hit that passed the second baseman, making it 4-4. We failed to turn the tables. Tamura Ichiro, who took the mound again, walked Jang Sung-woo. However, Ryu Hyun-in stepped down with a ground ball to the second base, and the game went to the eighth inning.

KT got another chance in the bottom of the eighth inning. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Kim Sang-soo made the first and third bases with a hit to the right. However, Choi Won-joon struck out swinging and Kim Hyun-soo stepped down with a fly ball to center field, failing to turn the game around again.

KT missed the opportunity to continue to finish. Kim Min-seok walked and Kim Sang-soo made second and third bases with an infield hit after two outs against Lee Yong-chan, who took the mound in relief in the bottom of the 10th inning. Choi Won-joon failed to find the ball in the fourth pitch, which he swung and missed, and settled on first base, creating a bases-loaded walk. However, as Kim Hyun-soo was grounded out on the first pitch, the game eventually went to the 11th inning.

Doosan won a thrilling 8-7 victory in the 11th inning after a bloody battle with Doosan dropping four points and KT three points.

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