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| A match between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. KIA Park Chan-ho hit an RBI double in the sixth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/ |
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KIA continued its fall baseball dream after a long struggle.
The KIA Tigers won the Samsung Lions 4-0 at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 10th, showing their will to compete in the postseason. Park Chan-ho was the hero of the day.
With the victory, KIA reduced its gap with fifth-place KT Wiz to 3.5 games, which had no game. On the contrary, Samsung, which has a busy way to go, allowed KT to erase its victory, and fell to fifth place by a narrow margin of victory. It is comforting that the third-place SSG Landers did not lose their third-place chasing power after losing to the NC Dinos on the same day.
The two teams were unable to face off the previous day due to rain. KIA prepared an ace nail, and Samsung countered by attaching Garabito, the strongest pitcher, while ace Furado was removed from the entry due to a break. The two teams declared an all-out war by putting in the starters even though the game was postponed due to rain.
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| A match between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. KIA's nail roars after overcoming the crisis of a full base run with two outs in the fifth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/ |
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When you're nervous that you have to win. In this case, it is often a pitching match. It's because the batters are nervous. As expected, both teams failed to score a single point until the fifth inning.
However, the situation of the game was not as expected. The nail, which had been expected to make a powerful pitch after taking six days off, was shaken from the beginning. In the third inning, he got the other four innings runners on base, not three outs. In the first inning, he allowed consecutive walks after one out. In the second inning, he faced a crisis by giving up a walk to Lee Jae-hyun after two outs after a hit by the leadoff Kim Young-woong. In the fourth inning, he also got a hit by Kim Tae-hoon after two outs, and the biggest problem was in the fifth inning. In the crisis with two outs and third base, which was made by infield hits to the first-runner Lee Jae-hyun, Koo Ja-wook and Diaz were met. The nail in the world must have been nervous, so he walked back-to-back. However, Kang Min-ho had to be hit with a ground ball to overcome the crisis. However, he failed to take the mound in the sixth inning with nearly 100 pitches.
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| A match between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. Samsung's Garabito is pitching as a starter. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/ |
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On the contrary, the garabito was much more stable than the nail. He allowed only three hits sporadically until the fifth inning, and struck out seven. In particular, he allowed a hit to the first-runner Park Chan-ho in the fourth inning. First leadoff hitter allowed on base. Kim Sun-bin, Choi Hyung-woo, and Na Sung-beom were all struck out as if it was uncomfortable.
Samsung seemed to have an advantage in the flow until the fifth inning. But how baseball doesn't just go with the flow. The balance was broken six times.
Garabito, who threw so well, gave a walk to the lead, Kim Ho-ryeong, as if he had lost a little of his strength. Director Lee Bum-ho's sacrifice bunt, realizing that it's not a big score fight. The runner went all the way to second base. And here, today's hero Park Chan-ho hit an RBI final double that brought in second baseman Yoon Do-hyun. In 2B situation, Garabito hit a high fastball to his body in perfect timing. Third baseman Kim Young-woong couldn't use his hand because it was a bullet-like fastball, and the ball rolled to the fence. KIA took advantage of just one chance.
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| A game between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. KIA Park Chan-ho hit a timely two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/ |
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Since then, the bullpen fight between the two teams. KIA had Lee Joon-young in the sixth inning to face only Kim Young-woong and put in Lee Sung-kyu's opponent Cho Sang-woo. But in vain. And this was the highlight. Ryu Ji-hyuk's fight with Jo Sang-woo went up to 14 pitches. Ryu Ji-hyuk persistently cut the cut. However, he was struck out by the ball on the 14th pitch, and even Lee Sung-kyu, who played at second base, was out.
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| A match between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. KIA Jeon Sang-hyun comes down the mound after pitching in the eighth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/ |
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Another scene that I was really sad about as Samsung. In the top of the eighth inning, the lead Diaz hit a double against the changed pitcher Jeon Sang-hyun. However, it was regrettable that Kang Min-ho was out on an infield fly without continuing his rise. After Kim Young-woong went to the dune, pinch hitter Kim Heon-gon's infield grounder advanced to the second and third bases, but it was two outs. Here, Ryu Ji-hyuk struck out Jeon Sang-hyun with a swing and miss, putting cold water on him.
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| A match between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. KIA Park Chan-ho hit an RBI double in the sixth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/ |
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There's a chance after the crisis. KIA scored a decisive point in the bottom of the eighth inning. Kim Ho-ryeong walked against Lee Seung-min, a changed pitcher, and Yoon Do-hyun hit a single to hit first and third bases with no outs. Park Chan-ho, who scored the winning run here, cheered with a sweeping triple this time. All three of Kia's points on the day were Park Chan-ho's RBIs. He scored three hits on the day with 1-2-3.
And KIA virtually confirmed the victory by hitting an additional RBI timely hit from Bae Chan-seung, whose relief pitcher Kim Sun-bin took the mound.
KIA kept the victory in a comfortable situation of four points with Jung Hae-young taking the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning. However, the unstable pitching, such as sending out two runners, was a fly in the ointment.
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| A match between KIA and Samsung held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th. KIA's pitching Jung Hae-young. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.10/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
