Yang Hyun-jong laughed today Kim Kwang-hyun's showdown with Kim Kwang-hyun won by a decision of two runs in six innings

Jun 21, 2025

Yang Hyun-jong laughed today Kim Kwang-hyun's showdown with Kim Kwang-hyun won by a decision of two runs in six innings
A match between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 21st. KIA Yang Hyun-jong finished pitching in the third inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.21/



A showdown between left-handers representing Korea. This time, Yang Hyun-jong laughed.

KIA Tigers and SSG Landers faced off at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 21st. Kia's starting pitcher was Yang Hyun-jong and SSG Kim Kwang-hyun. Born in 1988, he is a friend of the same age, rival, and national team member, and is breaking various KBO league records. Now, it was a showdown between those who competed in good faith as they entered their late 30s.

The showdown between the two has been postponed by a day. Originally, the two were expected to start on the 20th, but the game was postponed by one day as the rain delay was confirmed before the start of the game. There was no change in rotation despite the cancellation of the game.




Yang Hyun-jong and Kim Kwang-hyun have already faced off for the second time this year alone. They had already faced off once in the Incheon game on May 11, and at that time, Kim Kwang-hyun pitched seven innings of one run, while Yang Hyun-jong became a winning and losing pitcher as he withdrew with three runs in five ⅓ innings.

Yang Hyun-jong laughed today Kim Kwang-hyun's showdown with Kim Kwang-hyun won by a decision of two runs in six innings
A match between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 21st. SSG Kim Kwang-hyun, who is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.21/
The face-off between the two who met again for the first time in about a month. This time, Yang Hyun-jong laughed.

The game went into a tense pitching battle until the fourth inning. KIA faced a chance to first and second bases with no outs with two consecutive walks in the top of the first inning while Kim Kwang-hyun's control was shaking, but Patrick Wisdom and Choi Hyung-woo struck out consecutively, followed by Hwang Dae-in also grounded out in front of the shortstop.




After that, no one from either team had a hit until the third inning. And in the top of the fourth inning, Choi Won-joon finally recorded his first hit of both teams, but Kim Kwang-hyun overcame the crisis again and stopped it scoreless.

The 0-0 balance was broken at the beginning of the fifth inning. KIA leadoff hitter Park Min got on base with a left-handed hit, followed by Lee Chang-jin's ground ball. Kim Kwang-hyun, who even caught Park Chan-ho on an infield fly, allowed Wisdom to hit again after two outs.

Yang Hyun-jong laughed today Kim Kwang-hyun's showdown with Kim Kwang-hyun won by a decision of two runs in six innings
A match between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 21st. KIA Yang Hyun-jong is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.21/
With two outs and runners on the first and second bases. KIA's fourth batter Choi Hyung-woo hit a three-run homer that flew well over the right fence through Kim Kwang-hyun's first slider. The SSG bench then moved when Kim Kwang-hyun allowed four consecutive hits as he got hits from Hwang Dae-in and Choi Won-joon. Kim Kwang-hyun came down the mound with two runners left. Kim Kwang-hyun's earned run increased as relief pitcher Jeon Young-joon allowed a walk to push with the bases loaded. Kim Kwang-hyun finished the game with six hits (one homer) and four strikeouts, five walks, and four runs in four ⅔ innings.




Yang Hyun-jong, who had been pitching scorelessly until the fourth inning, also scored his first run in the bottom of the fifth inning. In the bottom of the fifth inning, he allowed a superior solo home run on a 124-km slider at the second pitch thrown to the leadoff hitter Park Sung-han. But after Yang Hyun-jong got hit by Lee Ji-young, Kim Chan-hyung~Seok Jung-woo~ He saved the fifth inning with one run by turning his Jihoon Choi back to a mistake.

Yang Hyun-jong laughed today Kim Kwang-hyun's showdown with Kim Kwang-hyun won by a decision of two runs in six innings
A game between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 21st. KIA Yang Hyun-jong, who allowed a solo home run to SSG Oh Tae-gon in the sixth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.21/
Yang Hyun-jong also lost his second run as the number of pitches increased. In the bottom of the sixth inning against leadoff hitter Oh Tae-gon, he scored his second run with a solo home run to the left. However, with two outs and a runner on the first base, Park struck out Park Sung-han, who allowed a home run in front of him, and ended the inning.

Yang Hyun-jong finished the mound by handing over the mound to Jeon Sang-hyun in the seventh inning with four hits (two home runs), six strikeouts, one walk and two runs in six innings. In the face-to-face confrontation of the same age, he won by decision.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.