Gwak strikes out 11 as Bears edge Giants 3‑1

BUSAN, South Korea (Interstat) — Gwak Been struck out 11 over six innings, and the visiting Doosan Bears beat the home Lotte Giants 3-1 Tuesday evening at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium. Doosan scored once in the third inning and added two runs in the eighth. Lotte scored once in the fifth. Gwak allowed four hits and one earned run without a walk. Doosan totaled six hits. An Jae-seok went 2-for-3 and scored, while Kim Min-suk drove in a run. Yang Suk-hwan and Kang Seung-ho also delivered RBIs. Lotte’s Víctor Reyes went 2-for-4 with a home run and one RBI. Park Se-woong pitched six innings for Lotte, allowing two hits and no earned runs while striking out six and walking two. Takada Takuto, Lee Young-ha and Kim Taek-yeon each threw a scoreless inning of relief for Doosan. Park Jeong-min and Kim Won-jung each added a hitless inning for Lotte. Doosan improved to 69-63-4. Lotte fell to 59-72-3. The Bears next face LG, while the Giants host Kia.