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| The LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Choi Hyung-woo is happy after hitting a double with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/ |
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| The LG-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd is welcomed after Choi Hyung-woo hit a solo shot in the bottom of the sixth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/ |
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| LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Before the game, LG Park Hae-min is greeting KIA Choi Hyung-woo happily. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/ |
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The key is to put a runner in front of Choi Hyung-woo.
KIA Tigers have virtually prepared three table setters. KIA formed the starting lineup with Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Ko Jong-wook (left fielder), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Wizdom (third baseman), Na Sung-bum (right fielder), Oh Sun-woo (first baseman), Kim Tae-gun (fosu), and Kim Ho-ryeong (middle fielder) at the home game against the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. Lee Woo-sung fell out and Ko Jong-wook entered, and Park Chan-ho and Kim Sun-bin's table setters were used as they were.
Ko Jong-wook was placed in the batting order of No. 3, Wisdom stood behind Choi Hyung-woo with No. 5 and Na Sung-beom with No. 6. On the previous day, Choi Hyung-woo hit a chase double on a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning to signal a reversal, and he also came out as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning and hit a hit, showing signs of not giving up until the end. He had three hits in five at-bats (one homer) with one RBI and two runs scored.
KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, "(The hitting coach brought this lineup and asked me to go."I thought it would be better probabilistically to have three correct hitters in front of (Choi) Hyung-woo."."
Coach Lee continued, `I think the offensive power is better because I think there are players who can hit well. He explained that he placed hitters who hit well in front of Hyungwoo and hitters who hit home runs behind Hyungwoo.
Ko Jong-wook has played a good role as a pinch hitter in the second half of the game. The pinch hitter's batting average is 5 hits in 9 at-bats, reaching a whopping 556. On the previous day, he came out as a pinch hitter with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, trailing 1-4, and hit a two-run left-handed hit from opposing closer Yoo Young-chan to make it 3-4, turning the atmosphere back to KIA.
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| LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Before the game, LG Park Hae-min is greeting KIA Park Chan-ho with pleasure. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/ |
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| The LG-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Kim Sun-bin and Park Chan-ho are disappointed when their nails were thrown off with a fly ball in the bottom of the fifth inning with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/ |
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| The LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Ko Jong-wook, who scored when Han Jun-su's two-run timely hit with a bases-loaded pinch hitter with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, is welcomed. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/ |
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Manager Lee made efforts to strengthen his offense by starting Ko Jong-wook. Manager Lee said, "(Ko Jong-wook) is the best hitter as a pinch hitter, but other players are preparing as a pinch hitter, and I think I will need more algebra than a pinch hitter in the second half of the game, so I started Ko Jong-wook."
Kim Do-hyun is the starting pitcher for KIA. He is the fifth starter with 4 wins, 3 losses and a 3.18 ERA in 16 games this season. In the game against LG, he made one start on June 28 and allowed nine hits (one home run), one walk, four strikeouts and seven runs (five earned) in three ⅓ innings.
LG's starting pitcher is Yoni Chirinos, a foreign pitcher. He went 7-4 with a 3.65 ERA in 18 games. In order to strengthen physical strength and protect players, he will give more than two weeks of rest after the match against Samsung on the 5th and now take the mound against KIA.
Chirinos became the winning pitcher with three hits and one run in seven innings in Jamsil on April 6, but he became the losing pitcher with seven hits and five runs in five ⅓ in Jamsil on June 29.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
