
The KIA Tigers achieved a thrilling shutout victory and continued their lead.
KIA won 2-0 in the home game against KT Wiz in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 6th, with six pitchers pitching in succession.
With two consecutive wins, the leader KIA is one step closer to advancing to the Korean Series, trailing the second-place LG Twins, who lost today, by 6.5 games.
In the bottom of the first inning, with two outs, KIA scored the first point when Choi Hyeong-woo hit a triple to center field after Kim Do-young drew a walk.
In the bottom of the 7th inning, with the team holding a shaky lead, Socrates Brito hit a ground ball to first base with one out and runners on second and third base, making the score 2-0.
KIA failed to score any additional points, 한국을 but the mound held on to the team’s victory until the end.
Starting pitcher Kim Do-hyeon pitched five innings, allowing six hits and no runs, and Jeong Hae-yeong, who returned after 44 days, pitched ⅔ innings, allowing one hit and no runs.
Then, Kwak Do-gyu (⅓ inning), Jang Hyeon-sik (1⅔ innings), Lee Jun-yeong (⅓ innings), and Jeon Sang-hyeon (1 inning) combined to throw a shutout.
Kim Do-young, who is one home run away from becoming the youngest player in history to reach 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases, went up to the plate four times but went hitless in one at-bat and drew three walks.
In the bottom of the 8th, he walked and then succeeded in stealing his 31st base of the season.
Choi Hyeong-woo felt something was wrong with his physical condition after swinging in the bottom of the 8th inning and was replaced by Lee Chang-jin with a 1-ball-1-strike count.
KT starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo pitched well for 6⅓ innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 runs (1 earned), but suffered the loss as he did not receive any help from the batting lineup.