Park Jae-hyun’s homer helps Kia Tigers edge Doosan Bears

GWANGJU (Interstat) — Park Jae-hyun hit a solo home run in the third inning and the Kia Tigers defeated the Doosan Bears 2-1 on Sunday at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field.

Adam Oller earned the win, allowing one earned run on four hits in seven innings with six strikeouts. Gwak Been took the loss despite a strong start for Doosan, giving up one earned run on seven hits over seven innings while striking out five.

Doosan scored in the second inning on Park Chan-ho’s sacrifice fly, driving in An Jae-seok. Kia answered with Park Jae-hyun’s homer in the third and added another run in the fifth. Kia finished with seven hits while Doosan had five.

Park Jae-hyun went 2 for 4 with an RBI. Lee Eui-lee and Jeon Sang-hyun combined for two scoreless innings in relief for Kia. Kim Taek-yeon struck out three in one inning for Doosan.

The attendance was 20,500 and the game lasted 2:36. Kia improved to 56-48-4, while Doosan fell to 55-48-4.