Doosan Bears infielder Kang Seung-ho, 29, came through with a hot bat at the most crucial time in his team’s race to the top of the standings. He became the 30th player in history to hit for the cycle. He hit a home run, a triple, a double, and a single in reverse order.
Kang Seung-ho started in the sixth spot in the batting order against the KIA Tigers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on April 15, going 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBIs to lead Doosan to an 8-6 victory. 카지노사이트
Kang hit a come-from-behind solo home run in the top of the third inning with the score tied 1-1. In the top of the fifth inning, which came after starter Brandon Waddell gave up a two-run homer to Lee Woo-Sung in the bottom of the fourth to make it 5-2, Kang took advantage of a four-seam fastball up the middle from Kim Jae-Yeol with two runners on base to hit a two-run double to right-center field. After adding a double to left in the seventh, he completed the cycling hit in the top of the ninth inning, when the score was tied at 6-6, when he produced a pitch that deflected to the right off the foot of KIA reliever Jung Hae-young and stole first base.
It was the 30th cycling hit in KBO history, nearly two years after Kiwoom Heroes outfielder Lee Jung-hoo did it on Oct. 25, 2021. It is the sixth all-time for a Bears player.
In the top of the ninth inning, Heo Kyung-min drew a walk to load the bases, Kim In-tae drew a bases-loaded walk and Park Jun-young drew a bases-loaded walk against reliever Jang Hyun-sik to give Doosan an 8-6 lead.
More significant than Kang’s milestone was the fact that sixth-ranked Doosan came up big in the win, which moved them within striking distance of fifth-ranked Kia. In particular, he led the charge in the bottom of the fourth inning when he gave up a three-run homer to Lee Woo-sung and lost a three-run lead, and he also came through with a calm at-bat in the ninth inning in the decisive game.
In fact, Kang Seung-ho made a big mistake in the bottom of the fifth inning. Here’s what happened. With the bases loaded, the pitcher allowed a single to left field from Na Sung-bum, but Doosan left fielder Kim Jae-hwan leaped to make the catch and then quickly threw the ball to Cutman. KIA runner Lee Chang-jin quickly went back to first base. In the process, shortstop Kim Jae-ho threw a checker to first base, but Kang Seung-ho didn’t get the ball properly and spilled it into foul territory. The ball rolled into the dugout, advancing first baseman Lee Chang-jin to third, and Brandon hit a double to right-center off Kim Sun-bin.
Kang Seung-ho himself had a two-out RBI single in the top of the fifth inning, but the defense that immediately followed the hard-fought tie was not as focused. It was a defensive error that could have cost him the game.
Kang Seung-ho made up for it with a hit in his next two at-bats. Doosan finished the season with 62 wins, one tie and 57 losses, and remained in sixth place, just one game behind KIA.