The Doosan Bears swept a three-game series for the first time this season, beating the NC Dinos 9-7 on Thursday at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul — the club’s 138th game of the year.

Doosan jumped ahead on Yang Eui-ji’s two-run homer, his 22nd of the season, in the first inning. But starter Choi Min-seok faltered in the third, giving up four runs as NC took a 4-2 lead. Doosan answered in the fourth with an RBI single from Park Ji-hoon and a two-run double from Jung Soo-bin to go back up 6-4.

NC capitalized on a Doosan error in the top of the seventh to retake the lead at 7-6. In the bottom half, an error by NC infielder Kim Joo-won opened the door, and Kang Seung-ho delivered a two-run single to put Doosan back in front. It was Kang’s second straight game-winning hit after his walk-off the night before. Yang Seok-hwan added an insurance RBI single in the eighth, and Kim Taek-yeon closed out the final 1⅓ innings scoreless for his fourth save of the season.

NC starter Song Myung-ki was knocked out after three innings and six runs. Kim Hui-jip and Blaine Crim had three hits apiece for the Dinos, who dropped their fourth straight.

The win was also the 300th of manager Kim Won-hyung’s career, including his time with the SSG Landers — the 22nd manager in KBO history to reach the milestone.

Doosan (70-5-63) stayed in fifth place, but with the fourth-place Kia Tigers losing to the league-leading KT Wiz on the same day, the gap narrowed to two games. Doosan has already clinched a postseason berth.

Sources: MyDaily (via Game Day Tourist, 2026-10-02), Top Star News (2026-10-02), Intra Magazine (2026-10-01)