It's DH, but the team's No. 1 home run foreign player disappeared in the third inning of Game 1...Back pain, hospital check-up plan
May 11, 2025
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Patrick Wisdom (34) started as the second batter and first baseman in the first game of a doubleheader against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 11th.
Wisdom, who stepped down with a fly ball to center field in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, hit a grounder to third base in the top of the third inning.
Wisdom, who couldn't get a hit in two at-bats, was replaced by Byun Woo-hyuk in defense in the bottom of the third inning and finished the day.
Wisdom ranks first in home runs in the team with a batting average of 244 and nine home runs in 34 games this season. A replacement that came at an early point when the team was also being dragged 0-3. There was a reason. An official from KIA said "Replacement of player protection due to back pain, ICY undergoing" "There is no plan for hospital checkups"
Meanwhile, KIA and SSG will play a doubleheader on the same day as one of the doubleheader games scheduled the previous day (10th) was canceled due to rain.
KIA composed the starting lineup in the order of Park Chan-ho (st baseman), Wizdom (first baseman), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (left fielder), Kim Sun-bin (designated hitter), Oh Sun-woo (right fielder), Hong Jong-pyo (second baseman), Han Jun-su (capture), and Park Jung-woo (middle fielder).
KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, "(Choi) Hyung-woo will go to left field first and then go to designated hitter. That way, there is less pressure," he said, adding, `I see what the situation is like in the seventh inning today, and in the case of infielders, I try to take it out if I can?E from a defensive point of view.'
For SSG, Kim Jihoon Choi (center fielder), Park Sung-han (striker), Choi Jung (designated hitter), Han Yu-sum (right fielder), Ryan McBroom (first baseman), Choi Joon-woo (left fielder), Kim Sung-hyun (third baseman), Jung Joon-jae (second baseman), and Cho Hyung-woo (catcher) started.
"Nail is the best pitcher in the KBO," SSG manager Lee Soo-yong said. I think I need to focus in the beginning""McBroom was put on first base and Choi Jun-woo was used as an outfield." In the first round, he tries to catch (Kim) Sung-hyun by putting him in. The second game also had its own strategy. I'll try to win" he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
