Nail → Should Aller also turn around on the 4th and cut KIA's losing streak led by Yoon Do-hyun and Park Chan-ho (Gwangju site)
Sep 04, 2025
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KIA announced Oler as the starting pitcher for the home game against SSG Landers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 4th. Oler will take the mound after a four-day break after losing to KT on August 30.
Manager Lee Bum-ho has asked foreign pitchers to take the mound after a four-day break this week alone. 'Ace'James Nail started against SSG on the 3rd after a four-day break and suffered 10 hits in five innings, but stopped well with two runs. However, it did not prevent the team from losing 1-2.
It's Oler's turn this time. Aller is also in a losing situation for the last two games in a row. However, Kia should explore the last possibility. Manager Lee Bum-ho said, `Last week and this week are very important games for us. He had told Nail and Oler to take the mound only until this week after a four-day break. So I got to throw it this time. SSG has such good pitching and batting balance right now, and they are teams that we have to win, so we set them up one day earlier. We will do our best to play until the end, but SSG, KT, Lotte, and Samsung are very important to us as well."
Meanwhile, Kia, which has recently lost four consecutive games, operated the same starting lineup as the game on the 3rd of Gyeonggi Province on the 4th. Third baseman Yoon Do-hyun and shortstop Park Chan-ho set up the 1st and 2nd 'Table Setter', while second baseman Kim Sun-bin, designated hitter Choi Hyung-woo, and right fielder Na Sung-beom were placed in the 'clean-up trio'.
In addition, first baseman Oh Sun-woo, left fielder Kim Seok-hwan, catcher Kim Tae-gun, and center fielder Kim Ho-ryeong are in the bottom batting order to escape consecutive losses.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
