KK is back! Now it's the third time ever...90 pitches are scheduled → The 4th day rest is still to be played

Aug 19, 2025

KK is back! Now it's the third time ever...90 pitches are scheduled → The 4th day rest is still to be played
The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 7th. SSG Kim Kwang-hyun, who is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.07/



KK is back! Now it's the third time ever...90 pitches are scheduled → The 4th day rest is still to be played
The match between SSG and Samsung held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 7th. SSG Kim Kwang-hyun, who is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.07/
Is Kim Kwang-hyun (37) of SSG Landers three times in history? He returned ahead of the record.

Kim Kwang-hyun will start an away game against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th.

Kim Kwang-hyun was excluded from the entry due to shoulder pain ahead of the Lotte Giants in Busan on the 8th and was listed as injured. Kim Kwang-hyun, who took a break for about 10 days, returned as a starter.




Kim Kwang-hyun had 1992 strikeouts before the game on the 19th. If he adds eight strikeouts, he will become the third player to achieve 2,000 strikeouts after Song Jin-woo (then Hanwha) and Yang Hyun-jong (KIA).

Kim Kwang-hyun, who made his debut as a starter against Munhak Samsung on April 10, 2007, marked the beginning of the milestone with two strikeouts in his debut.

The following year, in 2008, he recorded 150 strikeouts and ranked No. 1 in the season's strikeout category in his second year of debut. In addition, he recorded 183 strikeouts in the 2010 season, the most in a single season. Following 1,000 strikeouts in the 2015 season and 1,500 strikeouts in the 2022 season, he has 2,000 strikeouts in his 16th season in the KBO league.




The number of strikeouts in a game this season is nine against Doosan on July 20.

However, SSG coach Lee Sung-yong expressed his intention not to throw as many balls as it is a return match. Director Lee thinks "90. I try not to turn it over as much as I can."

It is still too early to take the mound after a four-day break. Manager Lee said, `We are not going to take the mound on Sunday (24th)" and `We haven't decided on the starting lineup for Sunday.'




SSG is suffering from a string injury that occurred recently in the starting lineup. Drew Anderson felt a thigh injury after taking the mound on the 12th, and Mitch White returned on the 15th after being hit by a hit against Doosan on the 2nd.

Director Lee said, `I think it will go back to normal from next week. I think we should do something from next week. Song Young-jin also has to start now. There is a high probability that he will come out on Sunday. "If the starter works properly, (Choi) Min-joon will also go behind instead of starting."

For SSG, Park Sung-han (striker), Guillermo Herredia (left fielder), Choi Jung (third baseman), Han Yu-sum (right fielder), Kim Sung-wook (center fielder), Oh Tae-gon (first baseman), Ryu Hyo-seung (designated hitter), Cho Hyung-woo (captor), and Kim Sung-hyun (second baseman) will start.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.