It's an Lee Eui-ri pitching game, but there's no Na Sung-beom! July batting average of 0.176 → Except for the lineup of Cham-tam-tam-tam-tam-tam...Kim Sun-bin also took a break for two consecutive days.
Jul 26, 2025
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KIA will play the second game of the weekend series against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th.
The previous day's game, which was unfortunately lost 4-7, deserves to be deeply remembered. Kia will play in the lineup of Ko Jong-wook (left fielder), Park Chan-ho (striker), Wisdom (third base), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Oh Sun-woo (right fielder), Byun Woo-hyuk (first base), Kim Ho-ryeong (middle fielder), Han Jun-su (catcher) and Kim Kyu-sung (second base). The starting pitcher is Lee Eui-ri, who will make his second start since returning to the first team.
It is notable that Na Sung-bum, who played as the fifth batter and right fielder the previous day, was absent from the lineup. Na Sung-bum has been suffering from severe batting slump this year. The season record is only 2.188 with four home runs and 17 RBIs, and OPS (on-base plus slugging) 0.701. In July alone, he has a batting average of 176, and an OPS of 0.398.
In the previous day's game, he was sluggish with no hits in four at-bats. In particular, he was unable to find his rhythm, striking out with no outs in the fourth inning when Wisdom's first shot was followed by Choi Hyung-woo's hit, a groundout to shortstop in the first and third bases with two outs and two outs in the fifth inning made by Wisdom and Choi Hyung-woo's two-run shot, and striking out with the bases loaded with two outs in the seventh inning, the last chance of the chase.
In the end, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho raised Oh Sun-woo to a clean-up and made changes to the lineup.
The starting pitcher the previous day was Kim Geon-guk, but as it flowed close, he again consumed major must-win groups such as Sung Young-tak, Choi Ji-min, and Cho Sang-woo.
For KIA, it will face Lotte's Lee Min-seok on the same day, while Lee Eui-ri, who will play his second game after returning, will take the lead to what number of innings. KIA has already lost four consecutive games. Director Lee Bum-ho's worries deepen.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.