The Doosan Bears won the regular season opening series against the NC Dinos 6-3 at Changwon NC Park on Sunday, marking its first win and one loss in the opening series. The game on Sunday was 3-4 with the closing loss in the ninth inning, but it was avenged in just one day.
However, Doosan faced a situation in which foreigners' one-two punch was overwhelming in the opening series. Raul Alcantara, the starting pitcher for the opening game on Sunday, pitched only 66 pitches in six innings, allowing two hits and four strikeouts. However, he was forced to leave the mound early due to pain in the front of his right thigh. After Alcantara left the mound earlier than expected, rookie Kim Taek-yeon failed to keep the lead of two runs and suffered a walk-off loss in the ninth inning.
Brandon who started the game the next day was also overwhelming. In the first inning, the first batter Park Min-woo was sent out due to an error by the second baseman, but he caught Kwon Hee-dong with a fly ball to right field center field and two out counts were due to the opponent team's unreasonable base running. Afterwards, he struck out Son A-seop.
After three outs in the second inning, he struck out Seo Ho-cheol, the leadoff hitter, in the third inning. He allowed a walk to Kim Hyung-joon, but induced Kim Joo-won to hit a grounder to the third base. After two outs, Park allowed a walk, but grounded out to the third base to Kwon Hee-dong to overcome the crisis.
Son Ah-seop, the leadoff hitter, also hit a left-handed hit in the fourth inning, but he handled Davison with a fly ball to right field, Park Gun-woo with a fly ball to center field, and Kim Sung-wook with a fly ball to center field.
In the fifth inning as well, leadoff hitter Seo Ho-cheol was given a big hit, but the batter managed to garner a fly ball to center field, strike out Kim Joo-won, and ground out Park Min-woo to second base, finishing the fifth inning. He pitched 72 pitches in the fifth inning. However, he left the mound after five innings of two hits, one walk, and four strikeouts and no run.
Doosan explained, "Brandon had to replace it due to tightness in his left back." For the second consecutive day, foreign ace pitchers were substituted early. After Alcantara went down the previous day, he seemed to have a nightmare of allowing a tie.
However, Doosan's second pitcher Choi Ji-gang, who came up in the sixth inning, overcame the crisis. He allowed a double to leadoff hitter Kwon Hee-dong, but blocked the loss by turning the following hitters into base hits.
Doosan, which failed to add points after Jung Soo-bin's solo shot in the first inning and Heo Kyung-min's two-run shot in the fourth inning, ran to 5-0 in the top of the seventh inning due to Ramos' two-run timely hit. The Doosan Bears were chased to 5-3 by allowing three runs to NC in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Yang Eui-ji's solo shot in the top of the ninth inning sealed the victory.
For now, both Alcantara and Brandon have to wait and see their conditions in the future. However, the situation is not serious enough to cause concern. They will watch the situation in the three consecutive away games against KT in China, and see whether they will take the mound in the opening game at home on Tuesday.
After the game, coach Lee Seung-yeop praised Brandon's pitching regardless of his injury, saying, "He provided a foothold for starting pitcher Brandon to win with stable pitching. Both ball control and ball control were outstanding."
"Jung Soo-bin's Heo Kyung-min's home run was able to bring about the atmosphere of the game, and Ramos' RBI came out when additional runs were needed. Yang Eui-ji's home run in the ninth inning also contributed greatly to the team's victory," he said. "I would like to thank the fans for supporting me in the third base stands until the end even in bad weather."
BY: 카지노사이트 순위