'Jensen Huang's pitch and Doosan Chairman's at-bat were in vain': Kiwoom halts Doosan's five-game winning streak, escaping four-game losing skid! Benjamin collapses in 3 innings, allowing 4 runs [Jamsil On-Site Review]

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Kiwoom Heroes halted Doosan Bears' five-game winning streak and escaped a four-game losing skid. Although Doosan brought in Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, as the ceremonial first pitcher and Doosan Group Chairman Park Jeong-won as the ceremonial batter, they narrowly failed to extend their winning streak to five games.

On the 7th, Kiwoom defeated Doosan 4-1 in an away game of the '2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League' held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul Songpa-gu. Kiwoom scored three runs in the first inning and held the lead until the end.

With this victory, Kiwoom escaped a slump of four consecutive losses starting from the SSG Landers game on the 3rd. Meanwhile, Doosan's winning streak, which had continued from the Hanwha Eagles game on the 2nd, stopped at four games.

On this day, Kiwoom set its batting order as follows: Seo Geon-chang (second baseman), Lee Hyung-jong (left fielder), Hira (designated hitter), Choi Ju-hwan (first baseman), Park Chan-hyuk (right fielder), Im Byung-wook (center fielder), Yeo Dong-wook (third baseman), Kwon Hyuk-bin (shortstop), and Kim Geon-hee (catcher). Raul Alcantara was the starting pitcher.

In response, Doosan set its starting lineup as follows: Jung Soobin (center fielder), Cameron (right fielder), Oh Myung-jin (second baseman), Yang Ui-ji (catcher), Kim Min-seok (designated hitter), Park Chan-ho (shortstop), Park Ji-hoon (third baseman), Jo Su-haeng (left fielder), and Kang Seung-ho (first baseman). The starting pitcher was left-handed Wes Benjamin.

Kiwoom seized the momentum early in the game. Starting with a double by leadoff hitter Seo Geon-chang in the top of the first inning, Kiwoom took an early lead with a two-run single by Hira to center field. Then, with two outs and runners on second and third bases following a double by Choi Ju-hwan to left-center field, Im Byung-wook hit a two-run single to right field, scoring three runs in total and firmly taking control of the game early. Kiwoom extended its lead to 4-0 in the top of the second inning with two outs and a runner on third base, thanks to an additional sacrifice fly by Hira.

Doosan did not remain idle. In the bottom of the fifth inning, after one out, Jo Su-haeng opened the scoring with a double to left-center field. After two outs, leadoff batter Jung Soobin hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield, bringing Jo Su-haeng home from second base. Doosan scored a crucial run in the bottom of the fifth to narrow the gap to 1-4, a three-run difference.

But that was all. In the bottom of the eighth inning, after one out, Doosan had runners on first and second with a bases-loaded opportunity following an hit by Lee Yu-chan and a walk by Jung Soobin, but Cameron and Oh Myung-jin were retired with a swinging strikeout and a catcher's foul fly out, respectively, failing to mount a comeback.

Kiwoom starter Alcantara pitched well over six innings, allowing four hits, one walk, and striking out four batters while giving up only one earned run, securing his sixth win of the season (with four losses). Relief pitchers Park Jeong-hoon, Yuto, and Won Jong-hyun all entered without allowing any runs, effectively maintaining the lead. In the batting lineup, Seo Geon-chang went 3-for-4 with one walk, achieving four times on base, while Hira also hit strongly, going 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

Doosan starter Benjamin struggled, pitching only three innings while allowing eight hits, two walks, and four earned runs. Relief pitchers Kim Dong-ju, Choi Jun-ho, Lee Yong-chan, Park Shin-ji, and Choi Ji- Kang followed, successfully containing Kiwoom's batting lineup, but the team's offense remained silent. They managed only six hits in total and scored just one run.

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