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| KIA starter Yang Hyeon-jong is pitching hard in a match between Hanwha and KIA at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.08/ |
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| KIA Yang Hyun-jong is leaving the mound at the top of the third inning in a match between Hanwha and KIA at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.08/ |
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KIA Tigers veteran left-hander Yang Hyun-jong bowed his head after being hit hard. It was not enough to break the momentum of the Hanwha Eagles lineup.
Yang Hyun-jong started the game against Hanwha in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 8th and left the mound early with only 49 pitches, 8 hits, 1 strikeout, 2 strikeouts, and 5 runs (four earned runs) in 2 ⅓ innings. Minimum innings this season. The season's ERA soared from 4.90 to 5.27.
He gave Hanwha the first run from the beginning of the first inning. After one out, he allowed Ha Joo-seok to double to right field. Moon Hyun-bin hit a right-handed hit to lead to first and third base, and he pressed Yang Hyeon-jong more as he stole second base. Noh Si-hwan hit a sacrifice fly to left field to make it 0-1.
KIA's batting line immediately hit Hanwha ace Cody Ponce in the bottom of the first inning. Ponce has nine wins and no losses, 85 innings, 112 strikeouts, and a 1.80 ERA in 13 games before the day. He is a very demanding pitcher who ranks first in ERA, multiple wins, strikeouts and innings. Leading hitter Yoon Do-hyun opened the scoring with a right-handed hit that went over the second baseman's head, and after one out, Oh Sun-woo hit a superior two-run shot to turn it over 2-1.
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| The match between Hanwha and KIA held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th, and Hanwha Ponce, with one out and one base on the first base, is regretful as he gave up a come-from-behind two-run home run to KIA Oh Sun-woo in the bottom of the first inning. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.08/ |
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| In the game between Hanwha and KIA at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th, KIA Oh Sun-woo hit a come-from-behind two-run home run against Hanwha Ponce in the bottom of the first inning and is sharing his joy. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.08/ |
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However, Yang Hyun-jong failed to keep his hard-won lead. In the top of the second inning, leadoff hitter Lee Jin-young's ball hit Yang Hyun-jong's right hand and became a grounder to the second base. After checking in the training part, he sent a sign that he was okay and continued pitching, but it was a shock enough to break the balance. With An Chi-hong and Choi Jae-hoon on base with consecutive hits after one out, Hwang Young-mook was sent out with a dune and was on the verge of loading the bases. The game with Floral was important, but he allowed a timely two-run hit to right-center, which turned the game around 2-3.
With the KIA lineup no longer able to target Ponce, Yang Hyun-jong also lost a point in the top of the third inning and bowed his head. At this time, the luck of the ball did not follow. While leadoff hitter Moon Hyun-bin got on base with a left infield hit at the second base, he induced a ground ball to the third base against Hanwha's No. 4 hitter Noh Si-hwan. However, at that time, third baseman Wisdom committed a catch error, leading to a crisis of first and second bases with no outs. With Chae Eun-sung's sacrifice bunt making him second and third with one out, Lee Jin-young hit a timely two-run hit to the left to make it 2-5. It was more difficult to defend because the bat was completely broken and was eaten, so it slowly fell over the shortstop's head.
Yang Hyun-jong allowed An Chi-hong to hit left field in a continued crisis with one out and one base. In the end, KIA bench replaced the mound with Sung Young-tak, and Sung Young-tak put out the urgent fire well by turning Choi Jae-hoon into a fly ball to left field and Hwang Young-mook into a ground ball to first base.
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| The match between Hanwha and KIA at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th, KIA Yang Hyun-jong is checking his condition after being hit by Hanwha Lee Jin-young's right hand at the top of the second inning. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.08/ |
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| The game between Hanwha and KIA at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th, KIA Yang Hyun-jong is looking at the ball after being hit by Hanwha Lee Jin-young's right hand at the top of the second inning. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.08/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
