Wow, without Kim Do-young's Cheon Geum-po, KIA would have been in trouble again, and Lotte won 7-6 in a sweat.
May 15, 2025
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KIA won 7-6 in Game 6 of the season against the Lotte Giants in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 15th. KIA won 4-1 on the 13th and lost 0-4 on the 14th, temporarily subduing the atmosphere, but with the victory on the day, it took care of the winning series. Kia, ranked eighth, had 19 wins and 22 losses and Lotte, ranked third, had 25 wins, 18 losses and two draws.
KIA set up its starting lineup 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), Han Jun-su (possession), Kim Ho-ryeong (middle fielder), and Choi Won-jun (right fielder). The starting pitcher was Adam Oler.
Lotte's starting players were Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Victor Reyes (left wing), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Park Seung-wook (striker), Jang Doo-sung (middle fielder), and Information-geun (catcher). The starting pitcher is Na Kyun An.
Oller pitched six innings with 86 pitches, four hits, no four outs, seven strikeouts, and two runs, securing his fifth win (one loss) of the season. The pace was so good and the number of pitches was easy, but he didn't overdo it because he only took four days off after the match against Incheon SSG Landers on the 10th.
From the 7th inning, Jeon Sang-hyun (2 runs in 1 ⅓ inning), Cho Sang-woo (2 runs in 1 inning), Lee Joon-young (in 1 ⅓ inning), and Jung Hae-young (in 1 ⅓ inning) continued to throw to keep the victory.
KIA's batting lineup had 12 hits. Prior to the game, the eldest brother Choi Hyung-woo proposed a farming fashion (a fashion that puts socks over his pants) to the team, which had a good effect by saying, `Let's change our mind.' Choi Hyung-woo took the lead by swinging three hits and one RBI from four times at bat, and Kim Do-young recorded two hits and two RBIs from four times at bat, including a home run.
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KIA turned the game around by scoring five runs in the bottom of the third inning. Choi Won-joon, who was registered in the first division, opened the scoring with a heavy hit. Choi Won-joon went to second base thanks to Na Kyun-an's wild pitch, and actively played by stealing third base when Park Chan-ho walked. With no outs and runners on the first and third bases, Oh Sun-woo hit a timely hit to the right to balance 1-1.
With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, Kim Do-young hit an infield hit in front of the shortstop to load the bases. Choi Hyung-woo scored an RBI single with an infield hit in front of the second baseman to turn it over 2-1. After that, Kim Sun-bin's two-run timely hit and Han Jun-su's sacrifice fly to center field were combined for a 5-1 run.
He scored an extra point in the bottom of the fourth inning. First and third base opportunities made by consecutive hits by Park Chan-ho and Oh Sun-woo after one out. Kim Do-young seemed to step down due to a double play by shortstop, but as a result of the video reading, Kim Do-young was overturned from first base to safe, and third baseman Park Chan-ho's score was recognized, making it 6-1.
Lotte's counterattack was not easy. In the top of the sixth inning, leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee got on base with a left double in left field, and scored when Reyes grounded out to second base with one out and third base to make it 6-2. In the top of the seventh inning, while the KIA bullpen was in operation, Jeon Sang-hyun's ball continued to hit. With Na Seung-yeop's hit and Han Tae-yang's double on the verge of second and third bases with one out, Jang Doo-sung hit a timely hit to narrow it to 6-3. KIA changed the mound to Cho Sang-woo, and was chased to 6-4 when he gave up one more point when Cho Sang-geun was grounded out to shortstop in a continued crisis with one out and runners on the second and third bases.
Kim Do-young burst a shot to relieve the burden of the bullpen. He hit a solo shot to left in the bottom of the seventh inning as the leadoff hitter. the third shot of the season. Thanks to this, KIA was able to catch its breath with a 7-4 run.
Cho Sang-woo allowed a fatal home run in the top of the eighth inning. After walking leadoff hitter Ko Seung-min, he was hit by a superior two-run shot by Reyes and narrowed it to 7-6. In the end, KIA had no choice but to quickly take out Jung Hae-young's card after two outs, and Jung Hae-young returned the bench's faith by steadily handling the remaining four out counts.
Meanwhile, Lotte starter Na Kyun-an did not have a good result, but as a starter, he did his job of lengthening the inning. In five ⅔ innings, he recorded 102 hits, two outs, three strikeouts, and six runs, taking his second loss of the season.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
