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| KBO League KIA and Samsung match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 11th. KIA Kim Do-hyun is disappointed when Wisdom failed to catch Samsung's Kim Jae-sung's foul ball in the sixth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.06.11/ |
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| KIA Kim Do-hyun is disappointed when Wisdom failed to catch Samsung's Kim Jae-sung's foul ball in the sixth inning. |
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'Two outs in the top of the sixth inning. Because of one last ball...'
KIA Tigers starter Kim Do-hyun failed to become a winning pitcher because he failed to catch one last out count.
KIA won the second game of three consecutive games during the week against Samsung in the KBO League 6-3 at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 11th. KIA had 32 wins, one draw and 31 losses in the season. Samsung ended its two-game winning streak and became 35 wins, 1 draw and 30 losses in the season.
KIA starter Kim Do-hyun pitched with two outs in the sixth inning and scored two runs. KIA led with Wisdom's first home run in the second inning, but Kim Do-hyun gave up two runs in the top of the third inning after five consecutive hits. After two runs, the bases loaded with no outs continued, but Park Byung-ho struck out, Kim Tae-hoon's infield ground ball, and Lee Jae-hyun's straight hit prevented additional runs.
With Samsung starter Yang Chang-seop's good pitching, KIA was tied to just one point until the fifth inning. KIA Kim Do-hyun also took the mound in the sixth inning when the score was 1-2. After two outs, he caught the leadoff hitter Kim Tae-hoon with a fly to third base and catcher Lee Jae-hyun with a foul fly.
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In three balls and one strike against No. 8 hitter Kim Jae-sung, Kim Do-hyun's pitch to fill 100 pitches became a foul fly in the direction of third base. KIA third baseman Wisdom put out his glove in front of the net, but the ball bounced off Wisdom's glove. It was not an easy hit, but Kim Do-hyun frowned in regret because Wisdom could have caught it.
After that, Kim Jae-sung walked and Yang Yang-geun hit the right field, and Kim Do-hyun was eventually replaced by Lee Joon-young. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, Lee Joon-young treated Park Seung-gyu with a third baseman infield ground ball, and there were no additional runs by Kim Do-hyun.
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| KBO League KIA and Samsung match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 11th. KIA Kim Do-hyun is pitching as a starter. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.06.11/ |
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| KIA Kim Do-hyun is disappointed after allowing two runs in the top of the third inning. |
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| Kim Do-hyun coming down the mound after pitching two runs in the third inning. |
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Kim Do-hyun threw 103 pitches on the day. He allowed nine hits, but he managed to overcome the crisis by blocking two runs. However, he failed to catch one last out count and went down the mound.
Is it a mean fate? KIA turned the game around in the bottom of the sixth inning when Kim Do-hyun went down. KIA had an RBI walk with Kim Tae-gun turning the game to square one with two outs and the bases loaded with two outs made by Samsung's shortstop Lee Jae-hyun's defensive error after two outs. With the bases loaded with two outs, Kim Ho-ryeong hit a come-from-behind two-run timely hit to bring in two runners.
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| KBO League KIA and Samsung match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 11th. KIA starter Kim Do-hyun, who is being replaced with runners on first and second bases with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.06.11/ |
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KIA eventually won 6-3 against Samsung. If Kim Do-hyun had caught Kim Jae-sung with two outs in the top of the sixth inning with a foul fly, he could have become a winning pitcher. Kim Do-hyun thus missed his third win of the season in front of his eyes.
Kim Do-hyun had nine hits but allowed two runs to pave the way for his team's victory. However, personally, there was also a regret that he could not add one more win.
When Wisdom failed to catch the ball, Kim Do-hyun lamented for a long time as if he had predicted his fate. As he came down the mound, he had no choice but to shake his head with regret.
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| With two outs and runners on first and second in the sixth inning, KIA Kim Do-hyun dropped his head in disappointment as he came down the mound. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
