Even the ace who gave six runs in shock is like this...I can't see a breakthrough in KIA
Aug 23, 2025
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Nail started the game against the LG Twins in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 23rd and was on the verge of defeat with only 87 pitches and eight hits (one homer), two walks, two strikeouts and six runs (four earned runs) in five innings.
Nails combined sweeper (28), change-up (22), two-seam fastball (20), cutter (11), fastball (5), and curve (1) to compete against LG's batters. I had a hard time with the two-seam fastball because it had more balls than usual.
Nail's good pitching was desperate. Kia has recently lost three consecutive games and dropped to seventh place. If the losing streak was longer, it could fall to eighth place, so the ace's good pitching was more urgent.
KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, `It's difficult. Baseball wins only when the pitcher throws well, the bullpen blocks him, and the fielder scores. Even if one thing doesn't go well, you have to work hard to make up for it in other areas. If it is difficult to start, the bullpen should block it, and hitters should cheer up. There are so many good teams these days that it is also tight to score points against the bullpen. Most importantly, the starters must endure without collapsing so that hitters can gain time to score points. He emphasized the responsibility of the starters, saying, "The first thing is for the starters to do their part."
However, Nail did not show any pressure as a pitcher with a 2.15 ERA on this day.
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He also lost a point in the top of the second inning. After one out, Nail allowed Park Dong-won to double to left-center, and Chun Sung-ho hit a timely hit to the right of center field to spread to 0-3.
Meanwhile, Kia's batting lineup has been quiet. The frustrating time passed because he couldn't score points even though he kept stacking runners in the scoring position. In the bottom of the second inning, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, first baseman Kim Tae-gun was checked and the inning ended ridiculously. In the bottom of the third inning, he failed to score even though the central lineup was caught. The flow was cut off as Choi Hyung-woo struck out swinging and Wisdom grounded out to third base.
Nail lost an extra point in the top of the fifth inning. When leadoff hitter Chun Sung-ho got on base with a left-handed hit, the LG bench took out Choi Won-young's card. Park Hae-min's sacrifice bunt made it to second base with one out, and another error came out here. As Shin Min-jae got on base due to a grounder error to the third base, fast Choi Won-young scored. Moon Sung-joo's infield hit to the right side of the shortstop continued the crisis with one out and runners on first and second bases, and Austin hit a timely double to right-center to make it 0-5. Moon Sung-joo is tagged out at home. With two outs and runners on second base, Moon Bo-kyung hit a timely hit to make it 0-6.
KIA chased 1-6 in the bottom of the fifth inning thanks to Wisdom's timely RBI double, but it was not enough to erase the losing requirements of Nail.
KIA replaced the pitcher with Cho Sang-woo ahead of the defense in the top of the sixth inning. Nail's number of pitches was able to throw up to six innings, but it seems that the flow was cut off quickly as the content was bad.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
