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| The KBO League match between Samsung and KIA at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 23rd. KIA Kim Do-young, who hit a come-from-behind two-run homer in the eighth inning and is being congratulated by his teammates. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.23/ |
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| KIA Kim Do-young, who hit a come-from-behind two-run homer in the eighth inning. |
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| Kim Do-young roars at his colleagues |
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KIA Tigers Kim Do-young stepped up as a troubleshooter in the eighth inning of the tight game. KIA won a thrilling victory over Samsung by one point with Kim Do-young's two-run shot in the eighth inning.
The KBO League match between Samsung and KIA took place at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 23rd. KIA won 7-6 against Samsung. With the victory, KIA tied for fourth place in the league by recovering 24 wins, 24 losses and 50% win rate.
KIA allowed four runs in the seventh inning with Nail, who started, pitching to one out. It was a poor pitch for KIA ace Nail. He gave up four runs with eight hits and one out against Samsung.
KIA opened the first with Yoon Do-hyun hitting a timely two-run hit in the second inning with the bases loaded with two outs made by Lee Woo-sung's heavy hit, Kim Tae-gun's infield hit, and Park Chan-ho's walk. Samsung also launched a counterattack in the bottom of the second inning. With two outs and runners on the second and third bases, Samsung's No. 8 hitter Kim Jae-sung hit a timely two-run hit against Nail, immediately bringing the game to square one.
KIA's third baseman Choi Hyung-woo scored when Lee Woo-sung hit an infield grounder in the third inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases. Lee Woo-sung was first ruled a double play, but after a video review, Kim Seok-hwan's foot entered second base first and escaped the double play and scored an RBI.
Samsung was also persistent in targeting nails. He turned the game around in the bottom of the fourth inning. Again, Kim Jae-sung hit an RBI timely hit against the nail with one out and runners on the second and third bases, showing a strong appearance in the nail. With one out and runners on the first and third bases, Lee Jae-hyun hit an RBI sacrifice fly to turn the game around 3-4.
KIA balanced the game 4-4 again in the top of the fifth inning when Kim Seok-hwan hit an infield ground ball with no outs and third base. Both teams failed to score an extra point until the seventh inning. In the top of the eighth inning, KIA got on base with Kim Kyu-sung's right-handed hit. With one out and one on the first base, Kim Do-young hit a two-run home run over the left-center fence against Samsung's Kim Jae-yoon.
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| KIA Kim Do-young, who hit a come-from-behind two-run homer in the eighth inning. |
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| A two-run homer in the 8th inning that breaks the 4-4 balance. |
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| Kim Do-young, congratulated by her colleagues. |
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It was a 125-meter home run. It was a home run that fell into the stands on the second floor of the Rafak outfield. Kim Do-young, who felt the home run at the moment he was hit, roared like a Hulk looking at his first-base dugout teammates. In the ensuing match, Lee Woo-sung added an RBI. 7-4.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, Samsung did not give up the game until the end, with Kim Young-woong hitting a two-run home run against KIA Choi Ji-min, but KIA kept the 7-6 thrilling victory by taking Cho Sang-woo and Jung Hae-young to the mound.
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| Nail, Kim Do-young congratulated by Park Chan-ho. |
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| A come-from-behind two-run shot that made expressionless Kim Do-young smile. |
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KIA Kim Do-young hit his fifth two-run homer of the season, taking responsibility for his second consecutive victory in the recent game. Kim Do-young played only 24 games this season due to injury, but last year's MVP's presence remained unchanged.
Kim Do-young, who returned from injury, is raising his batting sense. While KIA has won two consecutive games in the past two games, the bat is hot with five hits (2 home runs) and four RBIs in 10 at-bats.
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| Kim Do-young shares the joy of victory after the game. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
