Kim Do-young was injured again. He couldn't laugh even if he didn't win KIA …Na Sung-beom won a 6-5 victory over Lotte for his crazy defense.
Aug 07, 2025
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KIA beat Lotte 6-5 in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 7th. KIA won 50 games (4 draws and 48 losses) in the season, while Lotte recorded 58 wins, 3 draws and 46 losses in the season.
For KIA, Ko Jong-wook (left fielder), Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Na Sung-bum (right fielder), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Patrick Wisdom (first baseman), Han Jun-su (captor), and Kim Ho-ryeong (midfielder) started. The starting pitcher is Yang Hyun-jong.
Lotte faced off with Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (first baseman), Son Ho-young (designated hitter), Victor Reyes (left fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Kim Min-sung (third baseman), and Jeon Min-jae (striker). The starting pitcher is Lee Min-seok.
Yang Hyun-jong earned his sixth win (five losses) of the season by pitching 92 pitches, five hits, one walk, and three runs (non-ERR) in five ⅔ innings. Since then, Han Jae-seung (0 innings, 2 runs), Sung Young-tak (1 ⅓ scoreless), Jeon Sang-hyun (1 inning), and Jung Hae-young (1 inning) have continued to throw to keep the victory.
KIA couldn't just laugh at the victory because Kim Do-young complained of hamstring pain again. Kim Do-young made a catch error while rushing forward to deal with a ground ball in the defense process in the bottom of the fifth inning, when he felt an abnormal symptom in his left hamstring and stopped. Immediately, the trainer came out to check his physical condition, and he was replaced by Daesubi Park.
An official from KIA said, `There are symptoms of left hamstring muscle clumping. He is currently undergoing icing treatment, and will undergo a hospital examination after monitoring his condition. We're not in a situation where we're going to have a hospital check-up right away.
The hamstring is currently a very sensitive area for Kim Do-young. Kim Do-young alternately injured her left and right hamstrings this season, and the area diagnosed with second-degree injury in May is the right hamstring. Kim Do-young was only able to return to the first team early this month due to this injury. However, due to an abnormality in his left hamstring, he was in a situation where he had to rest for the time being. With Kim Do-young joining, KIA tried to make an all-out effort to protect the 5th round with full strength, but it was put on hold again.
At the beginning of the game, KIA's batting line seemed to beat Lee Min-seok to easily win. Lee Min-seok collapsed with seven hits (two homers) and five walks, three strikeouts and six runs (five earned runs) in four innings.
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KIA scored an extra point in the top of the third inning. After one out, Park Chan-ho's walk and Kim Do-young's hit gave him a chance to hit first and second bases. Kim Do-young reported his first hit in three games after returning from a hamstring injury. Choi Hyung-woo hit a timely hit to the right to lead 2-0.
In the top of the fourth inning, Wisdom fired a signal of escape from sluggishness. He hit a home run to the left as the leadoff hitter. In ball count 1B2S, Lee Min-seok's slider was pushed to the center. 23rd shot of the season.
KIA had a chance to get on the second and third bases with no outs with Han Jun-su's walk and Kim Ho-ryeong's sacrifice bunt error on base. Pitcher Lee Min-seok's throw to first base, who was trying to handle the bunt, was greatly missed. Ko Jong-wook hit a timely hit to the right to make it 4-0.
In the top of the fifth inning, Kim Sun-bin hit a home run for the season. The leadoff hitter Na Sung-bum got on base with a walk. Kim Sun-bin burst a two-run shot from the left side to pull down Lee Min-seok as he ran away 6-0 further. It was the first home run in 337 days since the match against Hanwha in Gwangju on September 4 last year.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Lotte pressed KIA by scoring five runs. Hwang Sung-bin, the leadoff hitter, was treated as a ground ball to shortstop, but he became first base with no outs due to a catch error by first baseman Wisdom. Yang Hyun-jong held out well to first base with two outs by turning the next two batters into outfield flies, but gave up a timely hit to Reyes to make it 6-1.
Yang Hyun-jong got a hit to the right by Kim Dong-hyuk with two outs and a runner on first base. Then KIA replaced the mound with Han Jae-seung. Han Jae-seung was in such a good mood that he won, saved and held three games after trading to KIA.
But Han Jae-seung's ball hit the ball. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, Yoo Kang-nam hit a timely hit to the left to make it 6-2, and with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Han Tae-yang allowed three points to the left, narrowing it to 6-5. Han Tae-yang's first home run since his debut.
Han Jae-seung gave up another hit to Kim Min-sung and was replaced by Sung Young-tak without holding any out counts. Sung Young-tak struck out Jeon Min-jae swinging and breaking Lotte's flow for now.
In the top of the eighth inning, right fielder Na Sung-beom saved the team with his strong shoulders. The crisis with one out and third base faced after sending out leadoff hitter Reyes with a double. Lotte showed a strong will to make a point by changing Reyes to Jang Doo-sung when he faced off. Yoo Kang-nam hit a fly ball to right field, and Jang Doo-sung, who tried to tag up, was out at home. As such, Na Sung-bum's throw home was strong and accurate.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
