It's still June, but the first heat wave cold game in the second division occurred. The SSGKIA match decided to suspend the heat wave warning players after complaining of heat illness
Jun 29, 2025
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The first heat wave cold game of this season came out in the Futures League.
A heat wave cold game was declared after the end of the fifth inning of the Futures League match between SSG Landers and KIA Tigers in Hampyeong on the 29th.
Heatwave cold games are made when it is judged that it is difficult to proceed with the game under a heat wave warning. The heat wave warning goes into effect when the daily maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius or higher is expected to last more than two days.
Heat wave warnings were issued in Gwangju and parts of Jeollanam-do, and the game, which began at 11 a.m., became increasingly hot, making it difficult for players to play, and the cold game was eventually decided at 12:54 p.m.
KIA scored the first run with Han Seung-taek's timely hit in the bottom of the first inning, and SSG came from behind 3-1 with three runs with a pushout walk and two sacrifice flies in a chance to load the bases with no outs in the top of the third inning.
And KIA's long and long attack continued in the bottom of the fifth inning. There were only two hits, but as many as six walks and one more error was added. Park Jae-hyun's three-run shot became the culmination of the fire dragon and scored as many as nine points. There was a big gap of 10-3 and after the end of the fifth inning, the game was declared a heat wave cold game due to the increasingly hot weather.
KBO said "A heat wave warning was in effect in the Hampyeong area from 10 a.m. and some players complained of heat illness"There was a request from both teams to stop the game to protect the players, and the referees accepted it and decided on a heat wave cold after the end of the 5th inning." he said.
The players fought hard until the end in the heat.
KIA starter Kim Tae-hyung allowed two or two walks, two strikeouts and three runs (one earned run) in three innings, and Yoon Joong-hyun became the winning pitcher with one hit and two strikeouts in two innings.
No. 9 hitter Park Jae-hyun had one hit in three at-bats, which was a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. a three-run shot.
SSG's starter Cheon Beom-seok pitched well in four innings with three or one walk, three strikeouts, and one run, but Han Ji-hun (two walks and three earned runs in ⅓ innings), Lee Do-woo (one hit and four walks and five runs in ⅓ innings) and Choi Su-ho (one hit and one run in ⅓ innings) barely stopped the fifth inning. In the batting lineup, only three players, Lim Geun-woo and Hyun Won-hoe and Lee Seung-min, hit one hit each.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.