Coach Kim Sun-bin's injury KIA is so hard to solve, 2 consecutive losses to KT...Ko Young-pyo's 7-inning good pitching Blameful replacement + Kim Sun-bin's injury KIA is not going well, 2 consecutive losses to KT...Go Young-pyo, seven innings of good pitching
May 21, 2025
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KIA lost 1-3 in Game 5 of the season between KT Wiz and KT Wiz in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 21st. KIA, which was tied for fifth, was on the verge of falling to seventh place with only 22 wins and 24 losses in the season, while KT won two consecutive games and maintained its fifth place with 23 wins, 23 losses and 3 draws.
KIA made the starting lineup with Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Oh Sun-woo (left fielder), Han Jun-su (catcher), Choi Won-joon (right fielder), Park Jung-woo (center fielder), and Kim Kyu-sung (first baseman). The starting pitcher was Adam Oler.
KT faced off with Hwang Jae-gyun (third baseman), Kim Min-hyuk (left fielder), Ahn Hyun-min (center fielder), Jang Seong-woo (catcher), Mel Rojas Jr. (right fielder), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter), Kim Sang-soo (second baseman), Moon Sang-cheol (first baseman), and Kwon Dong-jin (striker). The starting pitcher was Ko Young-pyo.
A number of bad news made KIA cry. Choi Won-joon's defensive error that angered KIA manager Lee Bum-ho from the first inning came out, and Kim Sun-bin, who had a good batting sense recently, was replaced by Hong Jong-pyo due to calf pain ahead of the defense in the bottom of the third inning, causing regret.
An official from KIA said "Kim Sun-bin was replaced due to left calf pain, and after watching the player's condition, we will decide whether to have a hospital examination or not."
Aller took his second loss of the season. He allowed six hits and two outs in five innings, eight strikeouts and two runs (one earned run). From the sixth inning, Lee Joon-young (1 run in 1 inning), Jeon Sang-hyun (1 inning), and Yoon Joong-hyun (1 inning) threw consecutively.
KIA's batting lineup was tied up by KT starter Ko Young-pyo. Ko Young-pyo earned his third win (four losses) of the season by pitching 94 pitches, eight hits, one four strikeouts, and one run in seven innings.
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Coach Lee Bum-ho wasted no time and ordered Kim Ho-ryeong, who was on the bench, to warm up. Kim Ho-ryeong made several catches outside the dugout and ran to the ground. KIA bench instructed Choi Won-joon to come into the dugout, and Kim Ho-ryeong entered the center field. Park Jung-woo, who started in center field, moved to right field. It was a change of accountability.
In the end, it led to additional runs. Starting pitcher Adam Oler allowed Rojas to hit a timely double to right-center, making it 0-2. If Choi Won-joon had only played the right catch and became a runner on first base with two outs, he could have finished the inning with one run. Aller put out the urgent fire by striking out Kang Baek-ho and Kim Sang-soo, respectively, with a groundout and a strikeout to the first base in the continued crisis with one out and runners on the second and third bases.
KIA launched a counterattack in the top of the third inning. Leading hitter Park Chan-ho hit a double that fell behind right field. Kim Sun-bin's ground ball in front of the pitcher made it to third base with one out, and Kim Do-young hit a sacrifice fly to right field to catch up 1-2.
In the top of the fifth inning, KIA lost the opportunity to at least tie the game. Hong Jong-pyo's hit and Choi Hyung-woo's double were combined to make it second and third base with one out. There was no follow-up hit at a time when the third baseman had to be called in somehow. After Oh Sun-woo stepped down in vain due to a swing and miss strikeout, even Han Jun-su was unable to catch up with only the first baseman foul fly.
In the end, KT ran away first in the bottom of the sixth inning. With KIA's second pitcher Lee Joon-young taking the mound, Kwon Dong-jin hit a heavy hit after two outs. Hwang Jae-gyun then allowed a timely double on the left-field line, making it 1-3.
KT put Son Dong-hyun (1 inning) in the eighth inning and Park Young-hyun (1 inning) in the ninth inning on the mound, giving no room for KIA to fight back. After one out in the top of the ninth inning, Lee Woo-sung hit a double that hit the left fence, but KT fielders made a quick relay play, so Lee Woo-sung was out at second base, failing to catch up.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
