Confidence with bat spilling over to defense for KBO rookie

As his first Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season gets into the dog days of summer, Doosan Bears rookie third baseman Park Jun-soon is heating up at the plate. And his confidence with the bat has been spilling over to his improved defensive work at third base. In the Bears' 5-0 win over the Samsung Lions on Wednesday in Seoul, Park made his presence felt on both ends. He drove in the game's first run with a single in the bottom of the fourth — only the Bears' third hit off starter Gerson Garabito — and then made a key diving grab to foil a bases-loaded chance for the Lions in the fifth. Park's clutch single came with a man at second base. In his past five games, Park is batting a perfect 1.000 with runners in scoring position. "I had no idea," Park said afterward when told of his performance. "I was facing (Gerson Garabito) for the first time, and I was just looking for a fastball. I swung the bat with confidence and got a good result with it." For the season, Park is batting .277 with two homers and five RBIs in 32 games. And he has an even better .346 batting average over his pWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times