In the game between Lotte Giants and Doosan Bears held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on August 21, Lotte Giants won 11:4
and achieved 5 consecutive wins.
Lotte scored 1 point in the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 7th innings respectively, scoring 4 points first, and Doosan scored 1 point in the 2nd inning and 2 points in the 7th inning
and continued with a tight 4:3 game, but in the top of the 8th inning, Lotte, leading with Ko Seung-min's grand slam, scored 5 points in abundance
and added 2 points in the 9th inning, causing the game to completely tilt toward Lotte, and Doosan scored 1 point in the bottom of the 9th
but could not overcome the large score difference.
Lotte's starter Kim Jin-wook became the winning pitcher with 1 run allowed in 6 innings, and Doosan's starter Choi Seung-yong pitched 5 innings
with 2 runs allowed and played well, but lost helplessly as the bullpen collapsed.
Lotte's Ko Seung-min recorded 5 at-bats, 2 hits, and 6 RBIs, with 1 run in the 6th inning and a grand slam in the 8th inning.
Player Reyes recorded 5 at-bats with 4 hits, totaling 156 hits with a batting average of 0.359, and moved to 1st place
in batting average and most hits.
Today, as both NC and Lotte won, the games behind 5th place Doosan were reduced to 6.5 games and 7 games respectively.
