Doosan, KIA 30-6 28 hits, 8 RBIs Jared, tying all-time foreign hitter record
The professional baseball team Doosan Bears pounded the KIA Tigers’ mound and scored 30 runs in a game for the first time in KBO League history. At the same time, they also achieved the largest score difference in history.
Doosan won 30-6 in the 2024 Shinhan Sol Bank KBO League game against KIA held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 31st.
24 runs is the largest score difference in KBO League history. The previous record was 23 runs, when KIA beat Lotte 23-0 at Sajik Stadium in Busan on July 24, 2022.
Moreover, the 30 points scored by Doosan are the most points scored in a single game in KBO League history. Since the inception of professional baseball in 1982, Doosan is the first team to score 30 points in a single game. The previous record was 27 points scored by Samsung Lions against LG Twins on May 4, 1997.
Doosan (53 wins, 2 draws, 50 losses) succeeded in reclaiming 4th place with 2 consecutive wins.
On this day, Doosan hit 28 hits, and all of the starting batters recorded hits and runs. Doosan’s new foreign batter Jared Young led the offense with 5 hits in 6 at-bats, 2 home runs, and 8 RBIs, while Kang Seung-ho supported with 4 hits in 6 at-bats, 1 home run, and 6 RBIs, and Kim Ki-yeon supported with 5 hits in 7 at-bats, 4 RBIs.
Jared’s 8 RBIs are tied for the most RBIs in a single game by a foreign batter. Doosan starting pitcher Keisho Shirakawa recorded 5 innings, 6 hits, and 3 runs, earning his first win since transferring to Doosan and his 3rd win of the season (3 losses). First-place KIA (60 wins, 2 draws, 40 losses), which suffered a crushing defeat, fell into a 2-game losing streak. KIA starting pitcher Do-hyun Kim suffered his 5th loss of the season (2 wins, 3 holds) after 2⅓ innings, allowing 8 hits (1 home run), and 6 runs. Doosan, which was down 1-2 after 2 innings, scored 7 runs in the top of the 3rd. After leadoff hitter Kyung-min Heo got on base, Jared hit a go-ahead 2-run home run. After that, with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd bases on Jae-hwan Kim’s infield hit and Seung-ho Kang’s double, Ki-yeon Kim hit an RBI infield hit, and Seung-ho Kang scored after taking advantage of the opposing team’s wild pitch. In the following bases-loaded opportunity, Heo Kyung-min hit a double that brought all the runners home. Doosan, which added one point in the fourth inning, did not let up on its offense. In the top of the fifth, Jared and Kim Jae-hwan drew walks, creating a one-out, runner-on-second opportunity, and Kang Seung-ho hit a three-run arch to left. After that, Kim Ki-yeon hit a double and Jeon Min-jae hit a triple, scoring two more points. Doosan’s bats did not cool down. In the top of the sixth, Jared and Kim Jae-hwan each hit a two-run home run, and after Jo Su-haeng hit a right-field RBI single, Jared hit a three-RBI double. After that, Kang Seung-ho drew a push-out walk with the bases loaded, adding another point, and Kim Ki-yeon hit a two-RBI hit, scoring 11 points in just one inning. Doosan, which seized the opportunity to win early, added 5 more points in the top of the 7th with Jared’s 1 RBI hit, Kim Jae-hwan’s push-out walk, and Kang Seung-ho’s 2 RBI double, becoming the first team in KBO League history to score 30 points in a single game. 안전놀이터
