'Sweet Rest' Choi Min-seok's 7 Innings Deleted → Four Straight Wins, 'Three-Game Sweep' Doosan 9-3 NC Demolition [Jamsil On-Site Review]

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Doosan Bears, led by ace Choi Min-seok (20) with a stellar performance, secured a spirited three-game sweep.

On the 19th, Doosan recorded a decisive 9-3 victory over the NC Dinos in a 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League home game held at Seoul Songpa-gu Jamsil Baseball Stadium.

With the three-game sweep, Doosan improved to 21 wins, 22 losses, and 1 tie. Meanwhile, NC, now in a two-game losing streak, sat at 18 wins, 24 losses, and 1 tie, remaining in eighth place.

Doosan lined up the batting order with Jung Soobin (center fielder), Park Chan-ho (shortstop), Son Ah-seop (designated hitter), Das Cameron (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (catcher), Kim Min-seok (left fielder), Kang Seung-ho (first baseman), Oh Myung-jin (second baseman), and Park Ji-hoon (third baseman). Returning to the first division after resting, Choi Min-seok took the mound as the starting pitcher.

NC countered with a lineup featuring Park Min-woo (second baseman), Han Seok-hyun (left fielder), Kim Ju-won (shortstop), Lee Woo-seong (designated hitter), Oh Young-soo (first baseman), Do Tae-hoon (third baseman), Park Si-won (right fielder), Ahn Jung-yeol (catcher), and Choi Jeong-won (center fielder). Curtis Taylor started on the mound for NC.

Choi Min-seok, returning from rest, delivered flawless pitching. He threw a perfect game through five innings with two outs. While NC placed left-handed batters in their starting lineup except for Lee Woo-seong and Ahn Jung-yeol to target Choi, they were completely helpless against his unexpected pitch combinations.

From the start of the game, Choi Min-seok aggressively attacked the inside corners of left-handed batters, catching them off guard. NC batters could not make contact with his two-seam fastball and cutter aimed at the inside part of the plate.

With two outs in the fifth inning, Do Tae-hoon drew a walk for the first baserunner, followed immediately by Park Si-won recording the first hit. NC then sent Matt Davidson, who had returned from injury, to the plate as a pinch hitter to make a strategic move during Ahn Jung-yeol's at-bat.

However, Choi Min-seok threw a sweeper that broke away outside on a 2-2 count, inducing a swing-and-miss strikeout and erasing the scoring threat. His pitch count through five innings was only 63.

Doosan's offense steadily accumulated runs starting in the second inning. In the second, Kim Min-seok reached base on a second baseman's error, and when Oh Myung-jin singled to right field, they took the lead. In the third, leadoff batter Park Ji-hoon reached on a right-field single, and after consecutive ground balls advanced runners to second and third, Cameron scored on a left-field single by Cameron for an additional run.

In the fourth, Kim Min-seok, who reached on a walk, scored on hits by Oh Myung-jin and Jung Soobin. In the fifth, the attack began with a walk, and Son Ah-seop's hit followed by an infield grounder added another run.

The game was effectively decided in the sixth inning. NC removed Taylor and brought in relief pitchers, but they could not contain Doosan's offense. After loading the bases with a walk by Kim Min-seok, a double by Oh Myung-jin, and a walk by Park Ji-hoon, Park Chan-ho hit a bases-clearing double, followed by consecutive sacrifice flies by Cameron and Yang Eui-ji, creating a five-run big inning. With this hit, Yang Eui-ji recorded his 2,000th career hit, becoming the 21st player in KBO history and the oldest catcher to reach the milestone.

Choi Min-seok struck out leadoff batter Choi Jeong-won in the sixth but allowed a baserunner due to a fielder's choice resulting in a strikeout out. He then surrendered a stolen base at second base and gave up his first run on Han Seok-hyun's left-field single. However, the run was not charged as an earned run.

After throwing 80 pitches, Choi returned in the seventh inning and struck out Oh Young-soo, recording his fifth three-up, three-down inning of the day in just 10 pitches, finishing his outing with 90 total pitches.

In the eighth, Lee Byung-hun and in the ninth, Park Jung-soo entered the game, each allowing one run, but they maintained a large lead to secure the victory.

Choi Min-seok, who threw 90 pitches over seven innings, allowed just two hits, one walk, and recorded seven strikeouts while giving up only one unearned run, extending his winless streak to four consecutive wins this season. His ERA dropped significantly from 2.56 to 2.17.

In contrast, Curtis Taylor threw 86 pitches over five innings, allowing seven hits, three walks, striking out three batters, and giving up four runs (three earned), taking the loss and falling to 4 wins and 3 losses this season.

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