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| KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 16th. Starting pitcher KT Oh Won-seok is pitching. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.16/ |
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Oh Won-seok, 6 scoreless innings - Kang Baek-ho's final solo shot!
KT Wiz avenged the previous day's loss to the KIA Tigers thanks to Oh Won-seok's good pitching and Kang Baek-ho's winning home run.
KT won the second game of three consecutive games during the week against KIA 3-0 at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 16th. The match between the two teams, which scored 1-0 a day earlier due to a huge luxury pitching match between the two starters, Nail (KIA) and Ko Young-pyo (KT), was also a fierce starting battle. But the winner has changed. KT did not allow KIA to lose consecutive games.
The lineup of both teams that doesn't explode terribly after the opening. In the first game on the 15th, he said that it could be because nail and Ko Young-pyo's pitching were so good. However, nothing improved even though it was a match between Kim Do-hyun (KIA) and Oh Won-seok (KT), the first five starters of the two teams.
In the top of the first inning, Kim Do-hyun caught Rojas, Heo Kyung-min and Kim Min-hyuk lightly with three outs.
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| The KT-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 16th. In the bottom of the first inning, when Oh Sun-woo struck out with no outs, first baseman Park Chan-ho tried to steal second base, but was out. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.16/ |
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At the end of the first inning, there was a variable that divided the early atmosphere. Oh Won-seok put the first pitch in the middle, but ABS did not make a strike call, saying it was high. In response, Oh Won-seok's control of the ball shook sharply. He walked Park Chan-ho. I also went to the full count with No. 2 Oh Sun-woo. The last fastball was high. If I had, it would have been a ball, and it would have been the first and second bases with no outs. However, Oh Seon-woo swung and missed. And maybe the operation took place, Park Chan-ho, who was playing second base, suddenly died while returning to first base.
This is why Oh Won-seok, who overcame the crisis in the first inning, was able to cruise. Oh Won-seok sent out a runner with three walks and one error until the sixth inning, but he showed no-hit pitching that allowed no hits. Oh Won-seok's ball with control was not easy to hit.
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| KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 16th. Kang Baek-ho is celebrating after hitting a solo home run in the top of the second inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.16/ |
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In addition, Kang Baek-ho changed the atmosphere in the second inning. Kang Baek-ho came out as the leadoff batter and aimed at Kim Do-hyun's first pitch and connected him with a superior solo shot. The fastball was driven high. Kang Baek-ho aimed well for the ball, which would be no exaggeration to say that it was Kim Do-hyun's only real pitch on the day. Kang Baekho's third shot of the season. KT, which gained momentum, widened the gap to two points by hitting a triple to the right-center with two outs and a first-base chance stand.
However, Kim Do-hyun, who allowed two runs in the second inning, also regained his senses and pitched a perfect scoreless pitch against KT's batters from the third to sixth innings. It created an opportunity to aim for a turnaround in the second half of the game.
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| The KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 16th. First baseman Hwang Jae-gyun, who caught Choi Won-joon's hitting ball with two outs and a runner on the first base in the bottom of the seventh inning, is smiling. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.16/ |
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There was a chance. In the sixth inning, leadoff hitter Kim Tae-gun survived due to KT third baseman Huh Kyung-min's error. a sacrifice bunt. 1 out and 2nd base chance. Park Chan-ho pushes Oh Won-seok's ball well. However, KT first baseman Hwang Jae-kyun made KIA despair with a fantastic catch. Pinch-hitter Lee Woo-sung walked on base to create another chance with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but Na Sung-bum had to hit the ground with an infield grounder.
Oh was also shaken in the seventh inning. Choi Hyung-woo, the leadoff hitter, received his first hit of the game on the day. The KT bench moved quickly. We had to be conscious of Wisdom's long hit. Wisdom posted underhand Woo Kyu-min, who was bound to be weak. KT, which handled Wisdom and Byun Woo-hyuk in that way, put Kim Min-soo against Choi Won-joon to keep the inning scoreless.
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| KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 16th. Wizdom, with no outs and first base, is stepping down due to a foul fly at first base in the bottom of the seventh inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.16/ |
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KT had a great chance to run away in the top of the eighth inning. Heo Kyung-min's double, Kim Min-hyuk's walk, and Kang Baek-ho's infield hit gave him a chance to load the bases with one out. KIA tried to block Kim Geon-guk by raising him, but Jang Sung-woo made a wedge sacrifice fly RBI. The hit was short, but it took Lee Woo-sung to catch and toss to Park Chan-ho to get home. Jang Sung-woo achieved his 83rd career 600 RBIs with this RBI.
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| KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 16th. Third baseman Huh Kyung-min scores when Jang Sung-woo's bases-loaded fly to left field with one out in the top of the eighth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.16/ |
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KT blocked Kim Min-soo in the bottom of the eighth inning and put up Park Young-hyun in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the game without allowing a run. Park Young-hyun has made seven saves in the season. It is also the fifth consecutive save.
Oh Won-seok won his second win of the season by pitching six innings of one hit, three walks and six strikeouts. Kim Do-hyun pitched well with two runs in six innings, but he had to take the loss. There has been no win for four games. Three of them are quality starts.
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| KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 16th. Starting pitcher KT Oh Won-seok is preparing to pitch. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.16/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
