Benjamin fans 10 as Doosan Bears beat Kiwoom Heroes

SEOUL (Interstat) — Benjamin struck out 10 over six innings and the Doosan Bears defeated the Kiwoom Heroes 5-3 Tuesday evening at Gocheok Sky Dome. Benjamin allowed one earned run and four hits with three walks. Jhun Jun-pyo yielded two earned runs on seven hits over five innings for Kiwoom, walking two and striking out one. Keston Hiura went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs for the Heroes. Yang Suk-hwan homered for Doosan. Doosan improved to 62-60-5, while Kiwoom fell to 45-79-9. The game drew 9,426 fans. Doosan added three runs in the top of the eighth, and Kiwoom scored twice in the bottom of the eighth. Kiwoom’s bullpen got scoreless appearances from Park Jun-hyun and Cho Young-gun, among others. Park Jun-hyun struck out two in a scoreless inning, and Cho Young-gun walked two and struck out one in a scoreless inning. Kanakubo Yuto and Park Ji-sung also pitched scoreless relief for Kiwoom. Doosan’s Lee Young-ha and Takada Takuto each worked a scoreless inning. Doosan had 12 hits and Kiwoom had eight.