▲Pro baseball game between KIA and Kiwoom held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 25th. In the top of the 8th inning, with one out and two bases on base, second base runner Kim Do-young, who came home with KIA Choi Hyeong-woo’s RBI double, is being congratulated by his teammates. (yunhap news)
▲ Professional baseball game between KIA and Kiwoom held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 25th. KIA Kim Do-young, who appeared as the leadoff hitter in the top of the 5th inning, is hitting a solo home run. (yunhap news)
The Korea Professional Baseball (KBO) KIA Tigers continued their race toward the championship by gaining their first 20 wins in the league.
KIA defeated Kiwoom Heroes 13-2 in the away game of the ‘2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League’ held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 25th, and won three times in a row.
KIA, who swept this series and set a record for the club’s minimum 20 wins, maintained its sole lead with 20 wins and 8 losses and a winning percentage of 0.741, 4 games behind second-place NC Dinos and 11 games behind last-place Lotte.
Along with the victory that solidified the leading position, there were also personal records worth celebrating.
Yang Hyun-jong, who started on this day and recorded his first quality start of the season (7 innings or more, 3 runs or less) with 4 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, 6 strikeouts, and 2 runs in 7 innings, earned his 170th win, breaking his own club record for most wins. did. As a result, Yang Hyun-jong is only 40 wins away from Song Jin-woo’s record of 210 wins in the KBO League. Previously, Yang Hyun-jong increased his ‘starting wins’ to 168 last year and rose to first place in this category, beating second place Song Jin-woo (163 wins).
‘Descendants of the Wind’ Kim Do-young hit a mid-month solo shot with a distance of 130 meters against Kim Seon-gi in the top of the 5th inning with a 3-0 lead, becoming the first KBO league player to achieve the record of ’10 home runs and 10 stolen bases (11 stolen bases) per month’.
10 home runs and 10 stolen bases per month is a record that even Eric Thames (NC Dinos at the time) in 2015, who had 40 home runs and 40 RBIs in the season, could not achieve. Do-young Kim follows in the footsteps of Jae-hong Park (retired, then Hyundai Unicorns), the KBO’s representative hot hitter, and attempts to hit 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases as a domestic player in 24 years.
Veteran hitter Kim Sun-bin also scored on this day, becoming the 69th player in KBO history to reach 700 points. Kim Sun-bin, who played as the 7th batter and second baseman, reached base with a walk in the top of the 4th inning and settled at third base on Kim Tae-gun’s hit, and later scored the team’s third run with Park Chan-ho’s infield hit.
Meanwhile, KIA, who won all three games in Gocheok, will move to Jamsil on the 26th and attempt to win four games in a row against the LG Twins.
Tags: Record Day KIA Yang Hyunjong wins Kim Doyoung achieves minimum wins clubs month
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