Game Summary
In a back-and-forth affair that went the distance, the Hanwha Eagles outlasted the Doosan Bears 4-3 in ten innings Wednesday night at Jamsil Stadium. The Eagles scratched and clawed their way to victory behind timely hitting and a bullpen that refused to break when it mattered most, earning their sixth win in a stretch that’s slowly pulling them out of the basement.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanwha Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Doosan Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
It was the kind of game where neither team could pull away, where momentum swung like a pendulum with each inning. The Bears came in sitting fifth in the standings, a team with playoff aspirations. The Eagles, languishing in sixth place, looked like they were just trying to stay afloat. But baseball doesn’t always care about seeding or expectations. Sometimes the team that wants it more in the tenth inning gets it.
Pitching Performance
White, the Eagles’ starter, turned in a solid effort through seven innings. He allowed six hits and two runs while striking out seven batters. His command wasn’t perfect—he surrendered two wild pitches in the second inning—but he gave his team a chance to win, which is all you can ask from your starter in August.
The Doosan rotation, meanwhile, was a carousel that never quite found its rhythm. Benjamin took the loss, working five innings and giving up just two hits but three walks and a solo home run. Park Chi-guk and Lee Yong-chan combined to record just two-thirds of an inning in the sixth, allowing four hits and two runs in a stretch that nearly cost the Bears the game right then and there. That’s when things spiraled for Doosan.
Park Sang-won earned the win, pitching a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts. Lee Min-woo locked it down in the tenth, striking out one without allowing a base runner. Doosan’s Lee Young-ha, the losing pitcher, couldn’t escape the tenth inning after allowing two hits and a run without recording an out.
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanwha Eagles | ||||||
| White | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sang-gyu Lee [H] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Park Sang-won [W] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Min-woo Lee [S] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doosan Bears | ||||||
| Benjamin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Park Chi-guk | 0 ⅓ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Yong-chan | 0 ⅓ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Byung-heon | 1 ⅓ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kim Jung-woo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Takada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Young-ha [L] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Offensive Highlights
Moon Hyun-bin gave the Eagles an early jolt in the fifth inning when he connected on a solo shot off Benjamin—his eleventh of the season. That blast, while brief, kept Hanwha in striking distance. The Eagles found themselves trailing entering the later innings, but they had ammunition.
Roh Si-hwan went 2-for-4 and was a consistent presence at the plate. Lee Do-yoon added two hits of his own and stole a base in the third, showing aggression on the basepaths. Huh In-seo finished 2-for-4 with a critical RBI, including the game-winning double in the tenth that skipped into left field.
For the Bears, Kim Min-seok led the way with three hits in four at-bats, a display of solid contact hitting. Park Ji-hun collected two hits and drove in a run. Park Chan-ho also drove in a run but couldn’t do enough to prevent the loss.
| Batter | AB | H | R | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanwha Eagles | |||||
| Choi In-ho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moon Hyun-bin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Noh Si-hwan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heo In-seo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Do-yun | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shim Woo-jun | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doosan Bears | |||||
| Kim Min-seok | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Park Ji-hoon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Park Chan-ho | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Key Play
The Eagles won it in the tenth on a sequence that felt inevitable once Hanwha’s bats woke up. With one out and a runner on third, Huh In-seo stepped up and drove a double into left-center field. The ball found grass. The runner scored. Doosan’s Lee Young-ha had already surrendered a wild pitch in the inning that moved the runner into scoring position—a pitch that haunted the Bears in the end.
It wasn’t flashy. It wasn’t a grand slam or a walk-off homer. But sometimes the guy who gets a two-bagger with a runner already halfway down the line writes the final chapter.
Standings Impact
The victory doesn’t reshape the league, but it matters. Hanwha sits at 48 wins, 3 draws, and 54 losses. Still in sixth, still underwater by the numbers. But they’re fighting. Every game won is a game that keeps them breathing.
Doosan falls to 56-4-48 despite the loss, maintaining their fifth-place position. But losing a game you had several chances to close out stings in August when every game feels weighted with significance. The Bears will regroup, but this one got away.