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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. KIA Kim Do-young is hitting his first at-bat double in the first inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. KIA Kim Do-hyun shares high-fives with teammates after pitching in the fourth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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Last year's integrated champion KIA Tigers took the lead in their first meeting this season with the Samsung Lions against the Korean Series.
The first showdown in an exhibition game between the two teams, who are considered strong contenders this season. The best lineup was in operation with just one week left before the opening on the 22nd. KIA was ahead in strength.
KIA won 5-1 in an exhibition game against Samsung at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th with a perfect relay on the mound, Kim Do-young's final hit and Lee Woo-sung's wedge shot.
KIA Kim Do-hyun and Samsung Kim Dae-ho, the five starting candidates for both teams, will face off. Both pitchers pitched better than expected, but Kim Do-hyun slightly dominated with a perfect pitch.
He pitched aggressively, finishing the first four ⅔ innings with 48 innings, allowing three hits, no four outs, and one run (non-earned). He beat Samsung's lineup by mixing up to 146km of powerful fastballs, curves, changeups, and sliders.
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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. KIA Kim Do-hyun is pitching as a starter. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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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 Kwak Do-gyu pitching. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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In the 2-1 lead, Kim Dae-yu (⅔ scoreless innings), Choi Ji-min (one scoreless inning), Jeon Sang-hyun (one scoreless inning), Kwak Do-kyu (one scoreless inning), and Jung Hae-young (one scoreless inning) threw consecutively to block the Samsung lineup.
While the regular-season must-win group was on the line, the batters burst in the right place.
No. 2 Kim Do-young called Park Chan-ho, who got on base with a leadoff batter walk in the third inning when he was 0-0, with a triple to the right-center to score the first winning hit. Kim Do-young rushed home when Wisdom grounded out with one out and third base to make it 2-0.
Samsung seemed to be chasing Ryu Ji-hyuk with a timely double on the right wing by pulling a fastball from pitcher Kim Dae-yu, who changed his body, in the top of the fifth inning with a shortstop error when trailing 0-2.
However, KIA opened the game 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning with Na Sung-bum's double and Lee Woo-sung's two-run triple to the right-center with one out and one on the first and second bases made by Wisdom's walk. KIA sealed the game in the eighth inning with Kim Tae-gun's additional timely hit.
Kim Do-young, who hit second in a row for two consecutive days, showed off his good batting condition ahead of the opening by recording multi-hit for two consecutive days with a double in the left field line at his first at-bat and a triple in the third inning. Wisdom, who hit his first home run and double in the game against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the previous day, also made a 4th appearance on the day, but he had no hits and an RBI in 2 at-bats.
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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. KIA Kim Do-young hit an RBI triple in the third inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. KIA Lee Woo-sung who hit a two-run triple in the sixth inning. Gwangju = Song Jeong-heon Reporter songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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KIA rookie outfielder Park Jae-hyun, who played as a substitute, was cheered by home fans for his stellar defense of catching a double-base hit in front of the fence by Samsung's leadoff hitter Cha Seung-joon in the seventh inning. He also had a left-handed hit in the eighth inning at bat.
KIA overwhelmed Samsung in two-hitters, but two infield errors from second and shortstop were Oketi.
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| The KBO League exhibition game between KIA and Samsung held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. Samsung's Kim Dae-ho is pitching as a starter. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.03.15/ |
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Samsung's fifth starting candidate Kim Dae-ho threw 70 pitches in three ⅓ innings, showing the possibility with four hits, two walks, three strikeouts and two runs. It proved its ability to operate the game with various breaking balls such as up to 145km fastballs, sliders, curves, and folk balls. Lee Ho-sung played a perfect pitch with a 147km fastball, a sharp cutter and a curve against five batters in one ⅔ inning. Oh Seung-hwan, who took the mound in the seventh inning, announced a rebound with a three-way exit by mixing a 144km fastball, slider, and curve. In the batting lineup, Ryu Ji-hyuk, who played second base, showed active performance with a timely hit and a walk. However, he struggled with four hits and one walk to KIA pitchers overall. Samsung lost the momentum of its pursuit in the ninth inning by failing to get a full base chance with two outs.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
