There is no other foreign player like Nail who said he would throw more even after being hit by a red swollen hand

Jun 05, 2025

KIA's starting nail right hand, which was hit by Doosan Cave's training ball in the fifth inning, was swollen red.

All the hard-to-avoid training balls gathered on the mound and worried about the starting nails. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com

The back of the right hand that was hit by the training ball was swollen red, but the nail endured the pain and took care of the mound until the end.

Nail, who came into the dugout after the inning, visited head coach Lee Bum-ho and volunteered to throw another inning, but the head coach did not allow it to protect the player who was hit by the training ball.

No one could stop the fighting spirit of the first starter Nail, who helped the KIA Tigers win the integrated championship last year. From the player's point of view, Nail's determination to throw more for the team even after being hit by a physical hit raised the team's atmosphere.

KIA Tigers starter Nail, who took the mound as a starting pitcher against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 4th, did not look better than usual, but quietly dragged the game away.

There was a crisis in the first and third innings, but Nail saved the inning with the least runs, leading the game by 3 to 21 runs until the fifth inning..

The problem was the fifth episode. After striking out the leadoff hitter Jung Soo-bin, a dizzying scene was produced in the match against Cave. Cave's ball hit a 148km fastball that he threw for the third time in 1B 1S headed straight to the pitcher's face.

Cave's powerful batter, who hit a fastball of 148 kilometers, hit the back of his nail on the mound at high speed. Immediately after the pitch, the nail also turned and tried to block it with a glove, but the batting speed was too fast.

Immediately after being hit in the back of his right hand, Nail endured the pain and defended until the end, dealing with Cave's ground ball in front of the pitcher. Head coach Son Seung-rak and trainer, who were surprised when nails, which had been hit in the face by a training ball last year and even had surgery, were hit in the back of their hands by another training ball, rushed to the mound.

Fortunately, it was not a major injury. Nails complained of pain, but opened their hands and made a gesture that they were okay. Nail, who continued the game after the practice pitch, allowed Yang Eui-ji to tie the game after two outs, but was responsible for the fifth inning until the end.

Wisdom hit a come-from-behind two-run shot in the sixth inning for the starting nail who was responsible for the inning until the end even after being hit in the back of his hand by a training pitch.

Nail, who entered the dugout, volunteered to throw another inning to coach Lee Bum-ho, but the coach did not allow it to protect the player.

the back of a hand that is red and swollen after being hit by a ball. Although Nail's wish to throw another inning did not come true, KIA won seven consecutive games against Doosan due to the foreign player's nail fighting spirit, who showed a dedicated attitude for the team.