As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte

Apr 09, 2025

As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte
In the game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th, Na Sung-bum of KIA with one out and one base hits a superior two-run home run in the top of the third inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/



As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte
KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th, KIA Nail smiles after handling Lotte Information Geun's ground ball in front of the pitcher. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/
As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte
In the game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th, Na Sung-bum of KIA with one out and one base hit a superior two-run home run in the top of the third inning and is sharing joy with the leading runner Wisdom. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/
Last year, James Nail's unwavering stability gave his team a victory.

The KIA Tigers won the second game of the week series against the Lotte Giants 3-1 at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 9th.

Kia won its sixth win (eight losses) of the season on the day, laying the groundwork for its mid-range leap forward. On the other hand, Lotte fell to the bottom with five wins, one draw and nine losses.




The starting pitchers for this day are Nail and Na Gyun-an. Lotte, which was trailing by 13 points, overturned the game 15-14, and the same starting matchup as '625 Battle', which ended in a 15-15 draw. However, the game was a fierce pitching competition on the opposite side.

KIA played in the lineup of Park Chan-ho (striker), Wisdom (first base), Na Sung-bum (right wing), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Lee Woo-sung (left wing), Byun Woo-hyuk (third base), Choi Won-joon (middle fielder), Kim Tae-gun (catcher) and Kim Kyu-sung (second base). Lotte faced off with Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Reyes (right wing), Jeon Joon-woo (left wing), Kim Min-sung (third base), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Information Geun (catcher), and Jeon Min-jae (striker).

As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte
KIA starter Nail is pitching hard in a game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/
Lotte set the tone by expelling Park Seung-wook, the main shortstop who committed two errors the previous day, from the first team. Park Seung-wook, a prospective FA, is in a big crisis.




Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung also urged other bullpen pitchers, including Park Si-young, who came to the first division on the day, saying, `It's hard for Jung Cheol-won alone.'

Regarding the timing of last season's MVP Kim Do-young's return due to injury on the day before the opening game, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, `We will undergo a final examination on the 14th, and if it is okay, we will gain experience in real games (futures) from the 15th.' To Byun Woo-hyuk, who was very active the previous day, he praised him, saying, `He has been reborn as a batter with good clutch ability by reducing his greed for home runs and focusing on RBIs.'

KIA was the one who gained the upper hand on the day. However, Lotte's mistake was too big.




As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte
The game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th, and Lotte left fielder Jeon Joon-woo, with two outs and a runner on first base, is regretful as he failed to catch KIA Kim Tae-gun's fly ball in the top of the second inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/
KIA's offense in the top of the second inning. After two outs, Choi Won-joon got on base with a hit, but the next batter, Kim Tae-gun's ball was high toward left field.

However, Lotte left fielder Jeon Jun-woo lost the dropout point. He ran to find the ball the next moment, but unfortunately, it was a hit. Choi Won-joon, the first baseman who ran as it was two outs later, homered as it was.

KIA led 3-0 in the top of the third inning when Wisdom walked to get on base and Na Sung-bum fired a 125m home run over the right fence.

Lotte also launched a counterattack in the bottom of the third inning. He caught up with one run by breaking Nail's scoreless streak of consecutive innings.

Jeon Min-jae and Ko Seung-min's hits made it 1st and 3rd base with one out, and third baseman Hwang Sung-bin made it 1-3, as Victor Reyes' grounder to second base did not make a double play.

As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte
In the game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th, Na Sung-bum of KIA with one out and one base hits a superior two-run home run in the top of the third inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/
As a result, Nail's consecutive scoreless innings ended with 36 ⅔ innings. Seo Jae-eung's best KBO league record in this category is 44 innings. The record for nails is sixth in history.

Since then, a long march of zero has continued for a long time. Nail won for the second time this season by allowing six hits, one run and 6K until the seventh inning without additional runs. Kwak Do-gyu (⅔ Inning), Cho Sang-woo (⅓ Inning), and Jung Hae-young (1 Inning) blocked Lotte's batters without losing a point.

Lotte was ahead of KIA (6) in the number of hits (10), but was tied up with just two hits in the fourth and seventh innings, falling into a three-game losing streak. Na Kyun-an achieved a quality start (less than three earned runs in six innings) with three runs in six innings, and the bullpen also did well with a scoreless game, but the silence of the batters did not change the flow of the game.

In particular, Jeon Min-jae's double following Yoo Kang-nam's hit in the bottom of the ninth inning failed to reverse the game due to a failed follow-up hit, calling for lamentation from 13,000 Lotte fans who visited the scene.

As expected, A.C.E! The streak of scoreless runs has been broken, but...1 run in 7 innings of nails → Na Sung-beom's two-run shot. KIA wins 3-1 against Lotte
Coach Lee Bum-ho comes to the ground to protest against Lotte Na Kyun-an during a game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th and KIA Wisdom at the top of the 5th inning with one out. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/
Meanwhile, in the fifth inning of the day, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho drew attention with an unusually strong protest. Manager Lee Bum-ho pointed out that there was a deliberate time delay by Na Kyun-an-Information-geun battery about the catcher's time at KIA Wisdom's at-bat after one out. I don't use PitchCom, but I asked for a time due to the PitchCom problem. However, the referee explained that he only accepted the catcher's request for time in line with the `Captor's Defensive Sign' rule.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.