Super awesome KBO first time! SSG Kim Gun-woo has set a new KKKK record after the start of the game
Oct 11, 2025
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Kim Gun-woo took the mound as a starting pitcher in the second round of the semi-playoff against the Samsung Lions at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 11th. SSG, which suffered a 2-5 defeat due to Mitch White's poor performance in the first round, chose 23-year-old left-hander Young-gun Kim Gun-woo as its second card.
Kim Gun-woo has played as a bullpen and substitute starter this season, recording 5 wins, 4 losses and a 3.82 ERA with two holds in 35 games. In particular, he has emerged as a fifth starter by impressing several times in games where he took the mound as a substitute starter.
Kim Gun-woo, who started his postseason debut, struck out all three Samsung batters in the top of the first inning. In the full count match with No. 1 hitter Lee Jae-hyun, he induced a swing and miss with a 146km fastball in the seventh pitch, and the match with No. 2 hitter Kim Sung-yoon ended with a three-pitch standing strikeout. The third batter, Koo Ja-wook, then struck out the third batter when his bat was spinning on a 148km fastball in the sixth pitch in the full count.
The same situation unfolded in the second inning. Rather, he used the ABS zone more quickly to put in a slightly hanging strike. Kim Gun-woo, who struck out standing with a 147km fastball against Diaz, struck out swinging against Kim Young-woong, the next batter. Subsequently, against No. 6 hitter Kim Heon-gon, he struck out six consecutive batters and went down to the dugout with cheers by inducing a first-pitch strike and a second-pitch changeup.
This is the first KBO record. Since the start of all postseason games, Kim Gun-woo has set a new record for strikeouts for consecutive batters. The previous record was Hanwha Sampson in 2018. At that time, Sampson took the mound as a starting pitcher in the second round of the semi-playoff against the Nexen Heroes and struck out five consecutive batters, and Kim Gun-woo broke the record and was listed as the first pitcher.
At the same time, he also set a new record for strikeouts by consecutive batters in the history of the semi-playoff. The previous record was five by Choi Chang-ho and three others in the Pacific in 1989, which exceeded the record.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
