The battle for third place went down to the wire...Doosan cried, NC laughed

In the midst of a fierce battle for third through fifth place in the fall baseball season, the Doosan Bears and NC Dinos, who were tied for third place the day before, had a good laugh.

Doosan dropped to fifth place with a 2-5 loss against the LG Twins in the 2023 KBO League on Friday at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul. On the other hand, ENC moved into sole possession of third place with a 5-3 win over the Samsung Lions in Changwon on the same day. 

The two teams were tied for third place with the SSG Landers the day before, continuing a slippery slope. Including today's match, third-place NCC and fifth-place Doosan are separated by one game. The gap between NC and fourth-place SSG Landers, who did not play today, is 0.5 games.

Doosan started the day without its best player. Starting catcher Yang Yang-ji sat out due to accumulated fatigue, and left-handed slugger Kim Jae-hwan was also removed from the starting lineup due to a sore palm. "Of the three remaining games, today is the most important," manager Lee Seung-yeop told the media before the game, "but we'll try to do as much as we can."

Doosan took a one-run lead in the top of the second inning on a double by Yang Seok-hwan and an infield single by Park Joon-young, but collapsed in the bottom of the fourth inning, allowing five runs to Elgie. The Elgiers started with a Kim Hyun-soo single to right field, followed by RBI singles from Austin, Moon Sung-joo and Park Hae-min. Doosan got one run back in the top of the eighth when Jose Rojas hit a solo home run, but it wasn't enough to put the game out of reach. Yang Ji-do, who manager Lee Seung-yeop said was "out of shape and difficult to pinch-hit," came to bat in the top of the ninth, but was retired on a fielder's choice.

First-place Elsie ended the regular season with 86 wins, 2 draws, and 56 losses. With a sellout crowd, the final home attendance for the day was 1.263 million. This is the highest attendance in a decade since 2013, making Elgie the first club in the 10-team system to reach the 1.2 million mark. 

Doosan took a one-run lead in the top of the second inning on a double by Yang Seok-hwan and an infield single by Park Joon-young, but fell victim to a five-run fourth inning. Kim Hyun-soo led off the inning with a double to right field, followed by RBI singles from Austin, Moon Sung-joo, and Park Hae-min.

 Doosan got a run back in the seventh when Jose Lo Haas hit a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning to get one run back, but it wasn't enough. Yang Ji-do, who manager Lee Seung-yeop said was "out of shape and difficult to pinch-hit," came to bat in the top of the ninth, but was retired on a fielder's choice.

First-place Elsie ended the regular season with 86 wins, 2 draws, and 56 losses. With a sellout crowd, the final home attendance for the day was 1.263 million. This is the highest number in 10 years since 2013, and the team became the first club in the 10-team system to exceed 1.2 million fans. 카지노사이트가이드

Against Samsung at ENC Park in Changwon, Kim Hyung-joon hit a two-run home run off starter Won Tae-in in the bottom of the second inning to give the ENC a 2-1 lead. The team then scored one run each in the third, sixth, and eighth innings to take a 5-2 lead. Samsung scored one run in the top of the ninth, but the game ended 5-3.

NCC, ESG, and Doosan each have two games remaining before the end of the regular season. Doosan, which is red-lighted for the semi-playoffs, will face ESG in a best-of-three series. Doosan and ESG will face off in Seoul on the 16th and Incheon on the 17th. The rested NSC will play the Kia Tigers on the 16th and 17th. Kia has already been eliminated from the postseason.

Meanwhile, the KBO surpassed the 8 million mark for the first time in five years after 2018, with 51,451 fans in attendance at three stadiums. 803,6043. The KBO currently has five games remaining.