There are 7 ⅓ left until No. 1 Seo Jae-eung...After a nail-free march, it ended in 6th place in history

Apr 09, 2025

There are 7 ⅓ left until No. 1 Seo Jae-eung...After a nail-free march, it ended in 6th place in history
Second baseman Hwang Sung-bin is scoring a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning when KIA and Lotte hit Lotte Reyes with two outs at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.08/



KIA Tigers James Nail's streak of scoreless innings ended in 36 ⅔ innings.

Nail started in the first game of the week series against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 9th and allowed one run in defense in the bottom of the third inning.

Nail pitching was not as perfect as usual. At the bottom of the first inning, he gave up a walk to Lotte's Ko Seung-min and Jeon Jun-woo, driving to first and second bases with two outs. Kim Min-sung's well-hit ball was dealt with as a straight hit by shortstop and overcame the crisis.




In the bottom of the second inning, leadoff hitter Na Seung-yeop also had a hit to the middle. Still, he handled Jung Hoon, the next batter, with a double play, and Information Geun, with a pitcher ground ball.

However, he gave up a score in the third inning with a 3-0 lead. Lotte's Jeon Min-jae and Ko Seung-min were on the verge of a one-out first and third base, and third baseman Hwang Sung-bin allowed one home run as Victor Reyes' grounder to second base did not make a double play.

As a result, Nail's consecutive scoreless innings ended with 36 ⅔ innings.




There are 7 ⅓ left until No. 1 Seo Jae-eung...After a nail-free march, it ended in 6th place in history
Lotte Ko Seung-min is happy after hitting a hit in the bottom of the 5th inning at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.09/
Nail's scoreless record began against the Kiwoom Heroes on August 13 of last season. After that, he recorded 16 scoreless innings until the match against the NC Dinos on August 24, but was out in the regular season after being hit on the chin by a pitch during the game.

Nails, which are in their second year, continued their scoreless streak this year. The opening game against the NC Dinos began with five scoreless innings on the 22nd of last month, followed by six scoreless innings against the Hanwha Eagles and seven scoreless innings against the Samsung Lions.

However, the scoreless game was broken against Lotte on that day. Seo Jae-eung (KIA at the time) is the No. 1 starter in consecutive innings. Starting with the match against Hanwha in Daejeon on August 26, 2012, Seo Jae-eung recorded 44 scoreless innings with six consecutive scoreless games, including two shutout wins.




Kim Si-jin (Samsung) and Han Yong-deok (Bingre) are in second place with 40 innings, and Sun Dong-yeol (Haitae) and Sung Young-jae (Ssang Bang-ul) are in third place with 37 innings. Nail will be ranked sixth in KBO history.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.