Samsung Lions defeat Doosan Bears 9‑4 to avoid sweep
DAEGU, South Korea (Interstat) — Koo Ja-wook homered, doubled and singled, driving in five runs as the Samsung Lions defeated the Doosan Bears 9-4 on Sunday afternoon at Daegu Samsung Lions Park.
The Lions, who lost the first two games of the series, scored three runs in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie. Koo Ja-wook singled home Kim Sung-yoon, Jeon Byeong-woo doubled in Koo Ja-wook and Park Gye-beom singled home Kim Hun-gon.
Samsung took a 1-0 lead in the first on Koo Ja-wook’s double. Doosan answered with solo runs in the second and third on a sacrifice fly by Kang Seung-ho and a double by Park Chan-ho. The Lions regained the lead in the third on two doubles, then stretched it to 6-2 in the fifth on Koo Ja-wook’s two-run homer and a bases-loaded walk.
Doosan tied the game in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Son Ah-seop and a single by Daz Cameron. Samsung then pulled away in the bottom half.
Attendance was 24,000. Samsung improved to 31-20-1, while Doosan fell to 25-28-1. The Bears had eight hits and the Lions 10.