KIA's 4th place? No way, kt. 5 to 3 lead...The ranking table for the top five is fluctuating again.

May 20, 2025

KIA's 4th place? No way, kt. 5 to 3 lead...The ranking table for the top five is fluctuating again.
The NC-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 9th. Jang Sung-woo is welcomed after Kang Baek-ho hit a two-run shot with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.9/



KIA's 4th place? No way, kt. 5 to 3 lead...The ranking table for the top five is fluctuating again.
The NC-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 9th. KT won the game 4-1. Closing pitcher Park Young-hyun is sharing joy with catcher Jang Sung-woo. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.9/
KT Wiz reignited the mid-range fight by overpowering the KIA Tigers, who were aiming to leap to the top.

KT beat KIA 5-3 in the fourth game of the season between the team and the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Suwon kt Wiz Park on the 20th. The ranking table fluctuated again due to the increasingly fierce battle for the middle ranks. KT, ranked seventh, tied for fifth with 22 wins, 23 losses and 3 draws for the season, and KIA, ranked fourth, tied for fifth with 22 wins and 23 losses.

Hwang Jae-kyun (3rd 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-chul (first baseman), and Park Min-seok (striker) started. The starting pitcher was Joey-hyun.




KIA faced off with Park Chan-ho (st baseman), Oh Sun-woo (first baseman), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Lee Woo-sung (left fielder), Choi Won-joon (right fielder), Han Jun-su (catcher), and Kim Ho-ryeong (midfielder). The starting pitcher was Yoon Young-chul.

Joey-hyun achieved his first win of the season and 10 career wins in five ⅓ innings, five hits in 70 pitches, one strikeout, and one run with three strikeouts. KT manager Lee Kang-chul called Joey-hyun to the first team to fill the vacancy to give So Hyung-joon a break, but he played better than expected.

After Joey-hyun went down, Won Sang-hyun (one run in ⅔ innings), Kim Min-soo (1 inning), Son Dong-hyun (1 inning), and Park Young-hyun (1 inning) continued to throw to keep the victory.




Jang Sung-woo and Kang Baek-ho were outstanding in the lineup. Jang Sung-woo had one hit (one homer) and two RBIs in four at-bats, while Kang Baek-ho had two hits and two RBIs in four at-bats.

KIA's 4th place? No way, kt. 5 to 3 lead...The ranking table for the top five is fluctuating again.
A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. KIA Yoon Young-chul is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.18/
KIA's 4th place? No way, kt. 5 to 3 lead...The ranking table for the top five is fluctuating again.
KBO League Kiwoom and KIA at Gocheok Dome on the 7th. KIA Choi Hyung-woo hits a two-run triple in the sixth inning and is replaced by Oh Sun-woo. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.05.07/
KT's batters beat Yoon Young-chul from the bottom of the first inning. After one out, Kim Min-hyuk got a walk, and Ahn Hyun-min hit a superior double to lead to chances on the second and third bases. In the next Jang Sung-woo's at-bat, Yoon Young-chul led 1-0. While Jang Sung-woo struck out swinging, Rojas drew another walk to first and third bases with two outs, and Kang Baek-ho hit a timely hit to run 2-0.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, leadoff hitter Hwang Jae-kyun pressed Yoon Young-chul again as he got on base with a left-handed hit. KIA replaced the mound with Yoon Joong-hyun when Kim Min-hyuk's bunt hit became a fly ball to the first base. The flow was cut off when Ahn Hyun-min stepped down with a straight hit to the third baseman, but Jang Sung-woo hit a two-run shot to the left with two outs and a runner on the first base to make it 4-0. Yoon Joong-hyun's first pitch 141km/h fastball came in high in the middle.




KT had no intention of stepping down here. When Rojas' double to the middle of the month reached second base with two outs, KIA replaced the mound once again with Kim Ki-hoon. Kang Baek-ho took a timely double to right field from Kim Ki-hoon and widened the distance to 5-0.

He allowed Kia to counterattack in the top of the sixth inning. Joey-hyun gave up a double to Oh Sun-woo after one out. KT immediately changed its mound to Won Sang-hyun, and gave Kim Do-young a ground ball to the pitcher to pass the match. However, Choi Hyung-woo did not cross the mountain. In a full-count fight with Choi Hyung-woo, he tried to stick a 147km/h fastball to his body for the seventh pitch, but he allowed a two-run shot to the right-center, narrowing it to 5-2.

KIA launched its last counterattack in the top of the ninth inning. With kt closer Park Young-hyun taking the mound, leadoff hitter Kim Do-young got on base with a double to right field. Choi Hyung-woo struck out swinging, but Kim Sun-bin hit a timely double that separated the right-center to make it 5-3. KT manager Lee Kang-chul took the mound himself and comforted Park Young-hyun, and Park Young-hyun finished the game without additional runs. Park Jung-woo's hit to the middle field put him on the verge of being on the first and third bases with one out, but he struck out Byun Woo-hyuk and handled Kim Tae-gun with a fly ball to center field.

Meanwhile, KIA starter Yoon Young-chul took his fifth loss of the season by allowing only 68 hits, three strikeouts, and three runs in four ⅓ innings. Since returning to the second division in the middle of last month after about two weeks of reorganization, his ball power has improved, but he has yet to lead the team to victory. Yoon Young-chul has lost all five of his games this season.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.