Dramatic drama director Kim Ga-young and Throw succeeded in advancing to the semifinals after a close race in the full set
Sep 06, 2025
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The two players advanced to the semifinals by beating Hida Orié (Japan, SK Rent-a-Car) and Lim Jung-sook (Crown Haitai) by 3-2 in the fourth round of the professional baseball 2025-2026 season at Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, on the 5th.
Kim Ga-young met Hida again in the quarterfinals, who had a close full-set match in the round of 32 of this season's opening game (Woori Financial Capital Championship). There was a spark from the beginning. In the first set, when Kim Ga-young won 11-7 (11 innings), Hida immediately won the second set 11-10 (7 innings), bringing the game back to square one. Kim Ga-young won 11-3 (10 innings) in the third set, and Hida succeeded in revenge with 11-3 (5 innings) in the fourth set.
In the fateful fifth set, Hida led 4-2 from the beginning, including three high-run points. However, Kim Ga-young scored seven high runs, including one bank shot in the fourth inning, ending the game with a score of 9-4.
The winner of the 2nd Tour (Hana Card Championship) and the 3rd Tour (NH Nonghyup Card Charity Championship) won a dramatic victory over Lim Jung-sook. With a set score of 1-1, Thong won 11-0 in two innings with 10 high runs.
However, Lim Jung-sook won the fourth set 11-0 in seven innings, driving the game to five sets. In the fifth set, Thong trailed 5-8 and faced a desperate crisis of losing if only one point was allowed. However, as Lim Jung-sook failed to finish the game, Throng made a bank shot for the 11th consecutive inning to complete a dramatic come-from-behind victory of 9-8.
Another semifinalist was decided to be Kim Ye-eun (Welcome Savings Bank) and Han Seul. Kim Ye-eun beat Kim Bo-mi (NH Nonghyup Card) 3-1 with a set score. Han Seul-gi turned Kim Min-young (Woori Financial Capital) to a set score of 3-1 and succeeded in advancing to the semifinals for the first time since his LPBA debut. The LPBA semifinal match was decided by the match between Kim Ga-young and Han Seul-gi and Throng and Kim Ye-eun.
Meanwhile, in the round of 32 PBA held together on the same day, Kim Hyun-woo (NH Nonghyup Card) produced an extraordinary win over David Martinez (Spain, Crown Haitai) with a set score of 3-0. Kim Hyun-woo won 15-8 in three innings by scoring 12 high runs in the first set, and won 15-13 (9 innings) in the second set after a close game. Kim Hyun-woo, who gained momentum, won 15-10 (5 innings) even in the third set to confirm his advance to the round of 16.
Kim Young-won (Harim) defeated Shin Nam-ho with a set score of 3-0, and succeeded in advancing to the round of 16. Choi Sung-won (Huons), Lee Chung-bok (High1 Resort), and Kim Joon-tae (Harim) also joined the round of 16 by beating Kim Hong-min, Lee Kang-wook and Lee Jung-ik 3-0 respectively. In addition, Semi-Signer (Turkey, Welcome Savings Bank), Yusuke Mori (Japan, SY), Robinson Morales (Colombia, Huons), Javier Palason (Spain, Huons), Lee Sang-dae (Huons), Choi Won-joon (SW) and Kang Min-gu (Woori Financial Capital) also succeeded in advancing to the round of 16.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
