SEOUL (Interstat) — Gwak Been tossed six scoreless innings to lead the Doosan Bears past the Lotte Giants 8-3 on Thursday evening at Jamsil Stadium. The Bears took control in the fifth when Kang Seung-ho homered and Yang Eui-ji doubled in two runs, then added two more in the sixth on a single by Kim Min-jun and a double-play grounder. Lotte cut the deficit to 5-3 in the eighth on Víctor Reyes’ three-run homer, but Doosan answered with two runs in the bottom half on Jung Soo-bin’s single and a groundout.

Gwak Been allowed two hits and struck out five over six innings to improve to 7-3. Na Gyun-an took the loss, falling to 4-7, after surrendering four earned runs on eight hits in five innings. Kim Jeong-woo recorded the save, his first. Kang Seung-ho finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Kim Min-suk went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Doosan. Reyes led Lotte with two hits and three RBIs. Attendance was 21,951. The Bears improved to 40-39-3, while the Giants fell to 34-43-2.