Kwak Bin's Scoreless Pitching Lifts Doosan, Halting Lotte's Six-Game Winning Streak

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Professional baseball team Doosan has halted Lotte's six-game winning streak and snapped its own two-game losing skid. Starting pitcher Kwak Bin led the team to victory with seven scoreless innings of flawless pitching.

Reporter Yu Byeongmin has the story.

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Kwak Bin delivered a perfect game through the third inning with a pitch mix that caught opponents off guard.

After striking out leadoff hitter Hwang Seong-bin looking with a curveball in the first inning, he continued his sharp pitching by utilizing breaking balls such as sliders and cutters as his put-away pitches.

Leading 3-0 in the fourth, he faced his first scoring threat with two outs and a runner on second after giving up his first hit to Na Seung-yeop, at which point he unleashed his signature fastballs.

He escaped the jam by striking out Han Dong-hee swinging with a 158 km/h fastball, and roared with passion after striking out the final batter of the seventh inning, Han Tae-yang, with a blazing 156 km/h fastball.

Kwak pitched seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts, leading Doosan to a 3-1 victory and stopping Lotte's six-game winning streak.

LG soundly defeated Hanwha 12-3 to reclaim third place.

Moon Jeong-bin and Song Chan-ui each hit three-run homers to dismantle the Hanwha pitching staff.

Second-place Samsung secured its second consecutive win by fending off NC's pursuit, backed by a strong pitching performance from starter Fedde, who allowed just one run over eight innings. Meanwhile, league-leading KT edged past SSG 3-1, propelled by starter Logan's six scoreless innings of stellar pitching.

Dead-last Kiwoom pulled off a thrilling comeback victory against KIA; trailing 7-2 in the bottom of the ninth, Davidson drove in two runs with a timely hit, followed by Kim Jae-hyun hitting a miraculous, two-out, walk-off grand slam.

KIA's Kim Do-young, the home run leader, hit his 38th arch of the season, but it was overshadowed by the team's defeat.

(Video Editing: Park Jung-sam)
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