Emergency KIA again injured, going to the hospital after one inning of steel plate...It was a ridiculous speed of up to 143km
Sep 11, 2025
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Kim Do-hyun started against the Lotte Giants in Gwangju on the 11th and was replaced early after recording 30 pitches, two hits, one walk, and one run in one inning.
This is due to concerns over injury.
An official from KIA said "Kim Do-hyun feels uncomfortable in his right elbow and is currently going to go to a good hospital for an MRI examination."
Immediately stopping the pitch and going for a hospital check-up means the degree of pain is unusual.
I had a bad pitch, so I had a foreboding of abnormal physical conditions. Kim Do-hyun took the mound on the 2nd after taking eight days off after losing seven runs in four ⅓ innings against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on the 2nd, with a maximum fastball speed of 143km and an average speed of 140km. Kim Do-hyun is a right-hander who was up to 150km in speed when he was in good times. The two-seam fastball speed recorded a maximum of 144km and an average of 140km.
He struggled by allowing long balls from the first inning. Leading hitter Hwang Sung-bin allowed a triple on the right field line, and Ko Seung-min also gave up a timely double to right field, losing the first run of 0-1. He walked Na Seung-yeop with no outs and second base, but he caught his breath by turning Victor Reyes into a catcher double play. With two outs and a runner on the second base, he turned Yoon Dong-hee into a fly ball to right field and returned to the dugout.
If his physical condition was normal, he would have kept the mound in the second inning. Manager Lee Bum-ho was not in a situation to lower his starting pitcher from the second inning because there was a fierce ranking battle at the end of the regular season and the KIA bullpen was not comfortable.
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It is the worst situation for KIA. This is because left-hander Yoon Young-chul has already ended the season as he went on the operating table in the aftermath of damage to the flexor muscles in his left elbow. Lee Eui-ri joined from the second half and Adam Oler, a foreign pitcher who had left due to elbow inflammation, finally settled down.
In addition, Kim Do-hyun was active in issuing the first line in Korea until the first half of the year. Although his luck did not follow with 4 wins and 3 losses in 16 games, he was a great help to KIA's mound with 90 ⅔ innings and a 3.18 ERA.
However, the pace of the second half fell noticeably, causing concern. Prior to this day, he had only four losses in seven games, with 33 ⅔ innings and a 9.09 ERA.
Since it was the first full-time season of the starting lineup, it seemed to have hit the physical limit, but in the worst case, he was looking at the season out as he complained of more than an elbow. KIA has only 17 games left in the regular season, including that day, but if it needs rehabilitation, there is not enough time to prepare for the start again.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
