Who said Hampyeong Tigers? It's not a miracle to beat Hanwha and win the first place with five consecutive wins

Jun 20, 2025

Who said Hampyeong Tigers? It's not a miracle to beat Hanwha and win the first place with five consecutive wins
Wizdom (left) high-fives after hitting a home run against KT in Gwangju on the 19th. Photo =KIA Tigers



Heroes of this difficult time continue to be born. It is no longer 'Hampyeong Tigers'. Injured players have to be rather nervous.

The KIA Tigers won five consecutive games. KIA won a sweep in three consecutive home games against KT Wiz at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 17th and 19th during the week.

KIA, which won a 10-3 victory on the first day due to the explosion of its lineup, scored five points in the middle and late of the game at 0-3 in the second game the next day, securing a 5-3 come-from-behind victory. On the 19th, the last day of the three consecutive games, the game was also in good spirits. KIA, which took the lead in the early pitching match, won 5-0 with starter Adam Oler's six scoreless innings and the cohesion of the batters.




Who said Hampyeong Tigers? It's not a miracle to beat Hanwha and win the first place with five consecutive wins
Sung Young-tak (center) Photo=KIA Tigers
It's a five-game winning streak. KIA took care of the 'Winning Series' for the other two games, regretting its first day of the away series against the Changwon NC Dinos over the weekend. He then won all three consecutive home games against KT and won five games down. This is the result of targeting tricky opposing pitchers such as Logan Allen (NC), Enmanuel de Heysus (KT), and So Hyung-joon (KT).

As a result, KIA ranks first with 11 wins and 5 losses in the monthly team rankings in June. The monthly win rate is 0.688. The Hanwha Eagles, ranked second in the team's ranking in June, have eight wins, one draw and six losses, with a winning rate of 0.571, which is quite different from KIA. KIA is the only team that has won more than 10 games this month.

The atmosphere is completely different from the beginning of the season, when people were struggling with a series of injuries. KIA was struggling with 12 wins, 1 draw and 12 losses in May, when it had to go up, and only had a 50% win rate chin-up. But in June, there was a major reversal.




Who said Hampyeong Tigers? It's not a miracle to beat Hanwha and win the first place with five consecutive wins
O Sun-woo. Photo=KIA Tigers
KIA, which was deeply troubled by a series of injured players such as Na Sung-bum, Kim Do-young, Kim Sun-bin, Kwak Do-kyu and Hwang Dong-ha, had to call up a large number of players who were classified as promising and backup in the second division. There were times when they filled more than half of the starting lineup. Whenever that happened, he heard the laughable nickname of the Tigers 'Hampyeong (where the KIA 2nd Army Stadium is located).

But 'GumBaseball' has changed. Oh Sun-woo, who occupies a position in the central lineup but shows his clutch heating ability, Kim Ho-ryeong, who has shown his most impact in 11 years since his professional debut, and Sung Young-tak, a second-year bullpen agent who appeared like a comet and broke the club's new record of 15 ⅔ innings in 12 games.

Who said Hampyeong Tigers? It's not a miracle to beat Hanwha and win the first place with five consecutive wins
사진=KIA 타이거즈
In addition to the powerful foreign one-two punch, the central hitters such as Choi Hyung-woo and Patrick Wisdom played their roles without a long slump, and when necessary, they had the necessary points and had the ability to respond to crises.




KIA's pitching performance this season is not overwhelming because there are so many injured players. Pitchers and hitters are in the middle of the league. However, unexpected heroes took turns performing in difficult situations, causing a major reversal in June. KIA, which has already risen to fifth place, is now 4.5 games behind Hanwha and 2 games behind Lotte, which is third place. Now, it is possible to assume that only injured players return, not 'If injured players return,'If injured players return here as well.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.