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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. KIA's nail is catching its breath. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.03/ |
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Defending champion who fell into a swamp in the absence of a line injury. The player who saved him was the ace.
The KIA Tigers avenged the previous day's upset loss amid James Nail's seven scoreless perfect pitching.
KIA won the match against Samsung 3-1 at Gwangju Champions Field on the 3rd and finished the two consecutive games during the week, which was its first meeting of the season, with one win and one loss.
KIA's Nail and Samsung's Hurrah's ace face-off.
The game was decided by Byun Woo-hyuk, who is playing as a third baseman instead of Kim Do-young.
Byun Woo-hyuk scored the first RBI in the bottom of the second inning when he was 0-0, bringing in Lee Woo-sung, who got on base with a double in 14 at-bats, as a timely hit to the left. With the bases loaded with three tight walks in the third inning at 1-0, he hit Furado's first slider and hit a timely two-run hit to the left. 3-0 and KIA's early lead all came from the end of Byun Woo-hyuk's bat.
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| A match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. KIA Byun Woo-hyuk, with no outs and runners on second base, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the second inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.03/ |
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| A match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. KIA Lee Woo-sung, with no outs and second base, scores when Byun Woo-hyuk hits in the bottom of the second inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.03/ |
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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. In the top of the fourth inning, Samsung's Kang Min-ho is playing a joke on Byun Woo-hyuk after advancing to third base when Kim Young-woong hit. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.03/ |
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With only 87 pitches, Nail allowed seven scoreless innings to give victory. It took away the timing by mixing up to 151km of two-seam, 145km cutter, main weapon sweeper, and change-up curve. He reported his first win of the season in three games with three hits, four outs and two strikeouts.
As a result, Nail continued her 0 ERA streak with 18 consecutive scoreless innings in three games since the opening. Since the game against Kiwoom in Gocheok on August 13 last year, he has pitched 34 consecutive scoreless innings. The longest scoreless innings in history was Seo Jae-eung's scoreless 44 innings (August 26th to September 30th, 2012).
KIA closer Jung Hae-young took the mound in the top of the ninth inning with a 3-0 lead, sent out the leadoff hitter for an infield error, gave up a timely double to Kang Min-ho, and lost a point, before Park Byung-ho's dune drove him to the first and second bases with one out. However, he struck out pinch hitter Kim Sung-yoon, grounded out Ryu Ji-hyuk, and kept the victory after video reading. It is his second save of the season with two consecutive saves.
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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. KIA coach Jung Jae-hoon, who visited the mound in the top of the ninth inning, is encouraging closer Jung Hae-young. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.03/ |
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| A match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. Samsung coach Kang Young-sik, with two outs, visits the mound in the bottom of the third inning to encourage starting Hurado. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.03/ |
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| The match between the KIA Tigers and the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd. Samsung's Lee Ho-sung is struggling. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.03/ |
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After confronting Nail, it was a defeat for him to give Na Sung-bum a straight walk after two outs in the third inning, when he was trailing 0-1, and he was unable to control his emotions and allowed additional runs after three consecutive walks. In six innings, he made a quality start in the opening three consecutive games with four hits, four walks, three strikeouts and three runs by mixing up to 148 kilometers of fastball, curveball, changeup, two-seam, and slider, but lost for the second time in the season (1 win).
The second pitcher Lee Ho-sung announced the birth of the Young Gun Fireballer with strong pitching that caught three left-handed hitters with KKK, Kim Kyu-sung, Choi Won-joon, Park Jae-hyun with up to 150km fastballs and slider curves.
Meanwhile, Samsung's batting line, which was pressed hard by nails, started a belated chase against Jung Hae-young in the ninth inning, but ended its three-game winning streak without a follow-up hit.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
