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Kiwoom showed a huge bat show and won its first victory of the season after a long struggle.
Kiwoom Heroes won 17-10 in the second game of the three consecutive games during the week against the KIA Tigers at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 26th with the tremendous performance of the lineup, which hit 21 hits, and the performance of starter Chung Hyun-woo, who became the winning pitcher in his KBO league debut.
Kiwoom, which lost both of its opening two consecutive games against the Samsung Lions and lost its opening three consecutive games on the 25th against KIA, got its first taste of sweet victory on the day.
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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. KIA's Wizdom is batting. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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It was a hot batting battle.
It was a fire from the start of the game. KIA took the lead. KIA's bat, which hit five home runs and scored 11 points against Kiwoom a day earlier, exploded from the bottom of the first inning. Jung Hyun-woo's wild pitch came out on Wisdom's double, and Na Sung-bum's infield grounder easily scored the first point. And Choi Hyung-woo's double and Lee Woo-sung's RBI timely hit scored two runs first.
Kiwoom then turned the game around with four points in the top of the second inning. KIA's game was twisted as Yoon Do-hyun, who played in the shortstop position on behalf of Park Chan-ho, who was absent from the entry the previous day due to a knee injury, made an error after two outs. Due to the error, the inning, which should have ended without a run, became 1-2, and when Puig's missed hit tied the game, Yoon Young-chul lost his strength, receiving consecutive hits from Lee Ju-hyung and Cardinez and lost a lot of runs.
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| In the game between NC and KIA at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 23rd, KIA Yoon Do-hyun and Wisdom are training for defense at third base. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.03.23/ |
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This time, it was Kiwoom's turn. In the bottom of the second inning, third baseman Yeo Dong-wook caught an ordinary ground ball and made an absurd throwing error. The aftermath continued, and Choi Hyung-woo hit a timely two-run timely hit in a bases-loaded chance created by Chung Hyeon-woo's consecutive walks.
Kiwoom ran away again in the top of the third inning. Yoon Young-chul went down the mound in a bases-loaded crisis, getting Choi Joo-hwan, Jeon Tae-hyun, and Yeo Dong-wook on base. Hwang Dong-ha caught Kim Jae-hyun with a double play, gave him one point, and seemed to minimize the loss. However, Oh Sun-jin, who started for the first time in a long time, hit a double, widening the gap to two points.
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Kiwoom, which gained momentum, scored an additional point with Choi Joo-hwan's RBI double in the fourth inning, and in the top of the fifth inning, Cardinez hit a three-run shot that brought a complete victory to Lee Ju-hyung's RBI double. It was a scene where the game was completely decided.
KIA tried to follow Na Sung-bum's two-run timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning, but the score gap was too wide. Kiwoom once again made a five-run big inning against weak KIA thanks to back-to-back timely hits by Song Sung-moon, Choi Joo-hwan, Jeon Tae-hyun and Kim Jae-hyun in the top of the seventh inning.
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KIA followed with pinch hitter Kim Kyu-sung's two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning, but it was bound to lose steam when Song Sung-moon allowed an RBI single again in the top of the eighth inning. Still, he did not give up and made his ninth score with Seo Geon-chang's double in the bottom of the eighth inning and Byun Woo-hyuk's double in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Kiwoom starter Jung Hyun-woo pitched 122 pitches in five innings in his debut, allowing eight hits, seven walks and six runs (four earned runs). With the support of the batters, he won his debut game and debut victory. The rookie's 122 pitches in his debut game are the second-highest in KBO league history. The most in this category is 135 thrown by Lotte rookie Kim Tae-hyung in a game between the Lotte Giants and the OB Bears (the predecessor of Doosan Bears) in Busan on April 24, 1991.
KIA starter Yoon Young-chul showed stable performance in the first inning After an error with two outs in the second inning, he shook sharply and ruined his first start of the season with six runs in two innings.
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| KIA Yoon Young-chul is pitching hard in an exhibition game between KIA and Doosan held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 14th. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.14/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
