Why? The game, which was tightly tied at 1-1, suddenly tipped in the seventh inning with a shocking seven runs allowed... Doosan defeats Lotte for a two-game winning streak, achieving a successful "Winning Series" [Jamsil On-Site Review]

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Doosan Bears defeated Lotte Giants to become the protagonists of the weekend three-game series with a winning streak. Doosan secured the victory with a big inning, scoring seven runs in the seventh. For Lotte, however, the sudden errors and walks in the seventh inning were bound to be painful.

Doosan won 8-4 in a regular-season home game against Lotte at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 17th as part of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League.

With this win, Doosan reached 20 wins (1 tie, 22 losses), recording a winning percentage margin of "-2" below .500. Meanwhile, Lotte fell to two consecutive losses, marking 16 wins, 1 tie, and 24 losses.

Doosan's lineup for the day featured Jung Soobin (center fielder), Son Ah-seop (designated hitter), Cameron (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (catcher), Kim Min-seok (left fielder), Park Ji-hoon (shortstop), Kang Seung-ho (first baseman), Oh Myung-jin (second baseman), and Im Jong-seong (third baseman) in that order. The starting pitcher was left-handed pitcher Choi Seung-yong.

In response, Lotte set its lineup with Jang Du-seong (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Reyes (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Han Dong-hee (third baseman), Yu Gangnam (catcher), Jeon Jun-woo (left fielder), Jeon Min-jae (shortstop), and Son Ho-young (right fielder) in that order. The starting pitcher was Alvin Rodriguez.

Lotte took the lead first. In the top of the fourth inning with one out and no runners on base, Han Dong-hee hit a solo home run over the left-field wall. Doosan responded immediately in the bottom of the fifth with a home run. With one out and no runners on base, Kang Seung-ho launched a solo home run over the left-field wall. The score remained tied at 1-1.

Then, the tightly contested flow suddenly shifted in Doosan's favor in the seventh inning. Doosan scored a whopping seven runs.

With a bases-loaded, no-out opportunity created by consecutive hits from leadoff batter Park Ji-hoon and follow-up batter Kang Seung-ho, Park Ji-hoon scored from third base as Rodriguez's pickoff throw to first base went awry. Doosan took a 2-1 lead.

Continuing, when Oh Myung-jin hit a ground ball to third base, Lotte third baseman Han Dong-hee committed a throwing error, allowing Kang Seung-ho to score from second base. Lotte then removed starting pitcher Rodriguez and brought in Jung Cheol-won to the mound.

As soon as Jung Cheol-won took the mound, he induced a groundout from pinch hitter Park Chan-ho. During that play, Oh Myung-jin advanced to third base. Then, with Jung Soobin's sacrifice single to left field, Oh Myung-jin scored from third, extending the lead to 4-1.

That was not the end. The next batter, Son Ah-seop, grounded out to the pitcher, making two outs. Nevertheless, Doosan's Cameron drew a walk, and then Yang Eui-ji hit a sacrifice single to left field against the new pitcher Choi I-jun. Kim Min-seok then stepped up to the plate and attacked Choi I-jun's first-pitch slider, launching a three-run home run over the center-left field wall. The score suddenly jumped to 8-1.

Lotte managed to score one run in the top of the eighth when leadoff batter Reyes hit a solo home run over the center-field wall. In the top of the ninth, they added two more runs with a sacrifice bunt by Jang Du-seong and other plays, but that was all.

Doosan starter Choi Seung-yong pitched well for six innings, allowing seven hits, no walks, striking out four, and giving up one earned run, but he left the mound in a tied situation, postponing his second win of the season. He threw 95 pitches. Then, Choi Jun-ho, who came onto the mound, earned the win with two innings, one hit allowed, three strikeouts, and one run allowed. Park Chi-gook entered the mound in the ninth inning, allowing two hits and two runs, to close out the game. None of Doosan's pitchers recorded a walk or a hit-by-pitch today.

In the lineup that generated 11 hits, Kang Seung-ho went 3-for-3, while leadoff batter Jung Soobin and catcher Yang Eui-ji each contributed with multi-hit performances. Kim Min-seok also had an active game with one hit, three RBIs, and one run scored.

Meanwhile, Lotte starter Rodriguez pitched six innings, allowing seven hits, no walks, striking out six, and giving up four runs (two earned), taking the loss. This was his third loss of the season (three wins). He threw 109 pitches. Jung Cheol-won (two-thirds of an inning, one hit allowed, one walk, two runs), Choi I-jun (one-third of an inning, two hits allowed, two runs), and Park Jun-woo (one inning, one hit allowed, one walk, scoreless) followed in succession. In Lotte's lineup, which managed 10 hits, Han Dong-hee, Yu Gangnam, and Jeon Jun-woo each had multi-hit performances.

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