Coach Lee Bum-ho's meaningful message The players that are now, literally, are first-team players
May 28, 2025
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KIA Tigers secured two consecutive wins and three consecutive winning series in a difficult situation.
KIA came from behind to win 13-7 against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 28th with the strength of its batters, who had 17 hits in long and short, including two home runs.
KIA turned the game around with the power of not giving up, although starting Aller and Yang Hyun-jong were dragged in the beginning with poor performance for two consecutive days.
KIA had a huge negative factor the previous day when its main catcher Kim Do-young left due to a recurrence of a hamstring injury. The team couldn't be in a good mood. Na Sung-bum, Kim Sun-bin, Wisdom, and Park Jung-woo were already out due to injuries. Choi Won-joon also went to the second team. In the long run, it was like playing without 'cha-po-sang-ma'.
Ahead of the match on the 28th, head coach Lee Bum-ho said "Young players should do it." I can't afford to wait for an injured player to return. We have to win one game, one game against the young players we have now," he stressed.
Did he listen to the director. On this day, KIA was very active, with Oh Sun-woo hitting a home run in two consecutive games and Yoon Do-hyun hitting an equalizer on a home run in pursuit. Kim Kyu-sung had three hits, and Kim Seok-hwan and Hwang Dae-in also had multi-hits. Kim Ho-ryeong's two hits and three RBIs, which cannot be said to be a young player, were also glad to fill the center field position.
After the game, Lee said, "After allowing the opponent to turn around in the top of the fifth inning, I was able to achieve a valuable victory because I made a point that immediately followed." he evaluated. He gave up four runs in the fifth inning and fell to 2-6, but praised Yoon Do-hyun's home run and followed the three runs right away.
Manager Lee continued "Bullen players gave up strength in the mound. The offense was played evenly by all batters regardless of the upper and lower batting order. The current players are literally first-team players. I think it's an opportunity and I hope you do well like todayleft a meaningful message "
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
