Choi Won-joon, Choi Hyung-woo, and even Wisdom all burst out in the series of Na Sung-beom's at-batsKia wins for the first time, Kiwoom leeks
Mar 25, 2025
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KIA won 11 to 6 with 17 hits, including five home runs, in the first of three consecutive games during the week against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 25th. KIA, which ended the opening two consecutive games against the NC Dinos with one win and one loss, changed the atmosphere by marking the start of the week with a hot start while losing its main gun Kim Do-young to a hamstring injury.
KIA had high expectations for new foreign pitcher Oler's KBO League debut. With a fastball well over 150 kilometers and a powerful slob, Oler showed a powerful performance in the Okinawa camp and exhibition games in Japan.
But the start was unsettling. Although he lost to the Samsung Lions in Daegu for the second consecutive time, the bat was overwhelmed by the hot Kiwoom lineup.
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Kim Dong-heon was able to finish the inning in the following at-bat, but the crisis continued due to shortstop Park Chan-ho's throwing error, and the number of runs increased due to Park Joo-hong's timely hit to the right.
However, hitters cheered up for Oler, who took the mound for the first time. From the 1st to the 7th inning, he scored every inning and turned the game upside down lightly. The batting lineup, which failed to raise its sense in the two consecutive NC games, exploded.
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Episode 3 is the highlight. Na Sung-bum made the winning RBI with consecutive at-bats home runs. On top of that, Choi Hyung-woo ignited the fire with consecutive hitters' home runs.
This wasn't the end of it. Wisdom's long-awaited two-run home run in the fourth inning also hit. In the two consecutive NC games, he failed to make a single hit, and the previous two at-bats were also Wizdom, who properly hit Kim Yoon-ha's ball, which lacked morale, and connected it to a two-run shot to the left. The first hit in KBO was a home run.
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Then, KIA scored another run in the fifth inning with Kim Tae-gun's sacrifice fly. If it wasn't for Eo Jun-seo's mistake of hitting a home run, he could have made his first scoreless inning, which was a shame.
Excited KIA even had Kim Sun-bin's two-run timely hit in the sixth inning and Wisdom's one-run timely hit in the seventh inning. Kiwoom also tried to follow Puig's timely hit in the top of the seventh inning and Cardinez's RBI single, but the gap was already too wide.
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KIA starter Oler left a regret in the first inning of his debut, but still won his first win of the season with four runs (three earned runs) in six innings. Kim Yoon-ha, who started the season as Kiwoom's third starter, collapsed disastrously with eight runs (seven earned runs) in five innings.
Meanwhile, Cho Sang-woo took the mound against his former team in the top of the eighth inning and allowed one scoreless inning.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
