Doosan Bears outlast NC Dinos 12‑9 in slugfest
CHANGWON, South Korea (Interstat) — The Doosan Bears defeated the NC Dinos 12-9 on Saturday evening at Masan Baseball Stadium. Doosan struck first with solo homers by Park Chan-ho and Park Jun-soon in the first inning. An Jae-seok added a solo shot in the second. NC countered with two runs in the second on Kim Whee-jip’s homer and four runs in the third to take a 6-5 lead. An Jae-seok put Doosan ahead for good with a grand slam in the seventh. Park Jun-soon homered again in the eighth, and Jo Soo-haeng singled in two more runs. NC answered with homers by Kwon Hui-dong and Park Min-woo in the seventh and added a run in the eighth. An Jae-seok had two homers and a double, Park Jun-soon homered twice, and Park Chan-ho also went deep. Doosan outhit NC 13-11. The Bears improved to 46-42-2, the Dinos fell to 40-44-1. Attendance was 15,093. The game lasted 3 hours, 43 minutes.