'With' the 20th-year-old 'this pitcher' leading alone in wins! Finally, a new foreign investor explodes with his first home run on Korean soil as Doosan secures a decisive 15-1 victory, reigniting the race for third place [Jamsil On-Site Review]

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The Doosan Bears defeated the Kiwoom Heroes to close out the three-game weekend series with two wins and no losses.

On the 30th, Doosan secured a decisive 15-1 victory over Kiwoom in their regular-season home game at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium as part of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League.

With this win, Doosan achieved a two-game winning streak, finishing with 61 wins, 52 losses, and 4 ties. They currently hold sole fifth place in the league standings. The gap to fourth-place LG Twins, whose game was canceled due to rain on the same day, narrowed from 2.5 games to 2 games. The gap to third-place KIA Tigers is also two games. Depending on the results of remaining games, Doosan has a realistic chance of reaching third place. Meanwhile, Kiwoom, which lost today, fell into a four-game losing streak and remains in last place with 42 wins, 76 losses, and 3 ties.

Doosan's 20-year-old ace Choi Min-seok pitched six innings (98 pitches total), allowing six hits and one walk while striking out five batters, giving up only one earned run. He delivered a strong performance to reach 13 wins for the season. With this victory, Choi Min-seok moved into sole first place in the wins category. Park Chi-guk, Yoon Tae-ho, and Park Shin-ji each pitched one inning thereafter. In the batting lineup that recorded 16 hits across singles and doubles, all starting batters except Kim Daehyun (batting seventh) recorded a hit. An Jae-seok, Kim Ki-yeon, Severino, and Jo Su-haeng all achieved multi-hit games. Notably, Doosan's new foreign hitter Severino finally hit his first home run on Korean soil after 21 games.

Kiwoom starting pitcher Jeon Jun-pyo took the loss after pitching four innings (97 pitches total), allowing eight hits and five walks while striking out three batters, giving up seven earned runs. This was his second loss of the season. Kim Sun-ki (one inning, two runs allowed), Jung Hyun-woo (one inning, two runs allowed), Im Jin-muk (one inning, scoreless), Yuto (zero innings, three runs allowed), and Jung Da-hoon (one inning, one run allowed) followed in order. The Kiwoom batting lineup managed only scattered seven hits, with Davidson and Lee Hyung-jong recording multi-hit games.

Doosan's starting lineup for the day was Park Chan-ho (shortstop), An Jae-seok (third baseman), Park Jun-soon (second baseman), Yang Ui-ji (catcher), Kim Min-seok (designated hitter), Severino (first baseman), Kim Daehyun (right fielder), Jo Su-haeng (left fielder), and Jung Soobin (center fielder). Choi Min-seok was the starting pitcher.

Kiwoom's starting lineup for the day was Seo Geon-chang (second baseman), Choo Jae-hyun (center fielder), Davidson (designated hitter), Hiura (left fielder), Choi Ju-hwan (first baseman), Kim Woong-bin (third baseman), Kim Keun-hee (catcher), Kwon Hyuk-bin (shortstop), and Lee Hyung-jong (right fielder). Jeon Jun-pyo was the starting pitcher.

Doosan took control of the game early by scoring six runs against Kiwoom starter Jeon Jun-pyo in the first inning. With no outs and runners on first and second in the bottom of the first, Park Jun-soon hit a two-run double, Yang Ui-ji followed with a two-run single, Severino then hit a sacrifice three-run triple to left-center field after one out, Jo Su-haeng added a sacrifice two-run double after two outs, and Jung Soobin contributed a sacrifice single to left field, building a 6-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning with two outs and runners on first and second, Kim Min-seok hit an RBI double over the right-field fence. Riding this momentum, Doosan added two runs each in the fifth and sixth innings. In the bottom of the fifth, with two outs and a runner on first, An Jae-seok—who had hit back-to-back home runs the previous day—launched a two-run homer over the right-field fence. Kiwoom managed to score one run in the top of the sixth when leadoff hitter Davidson hit a solo home run to center field.

In response, Doosan's Severino finally delivered a big blow in the bottom of the sixth inning with one out and a runner on first. Taking advantage of a favorable 2-0 count, he attacked the third pitch and launched a massive two-run homer traveling 145 meters. This was Severino's first home run on Korean soil. The score became 11-1.

In the bottom of the eighth inning with no outs and runners on first and second, pinch hitter Oh Myung-jin hit a three-run homer over the fence. Jo Su-haeng then added an RBI single to center field, extending the lead to 15-1. Doosan ultimately secured the victory by holding off Kiwoom in the top of the ninth inning.

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