KIA Tigers Kim Do-young led the team to victory by firing another home run in the Children’s Day holiday game.
Kim Do-young hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning in a home game against the Hanwha Eagles at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on the 4th.
Kim Do-young, who achieved 10 home runs and 10 steals per month for the first time in the KBO league in April, tied for the lead with Kang Baek-ho of the kt Wiz in the home run category with his 11th home run.
KIA continued its lead by defeating Hanwha 10-2 in the game. 메이저놀이터
KIA, which took the lead with Choi Hyung-woo’s infield grounder in the second and third bases with one out after Park Chan-ho’s double and Kim Do-young’s infield hit in the bottom of the first inning, led 3-0 from the start with Socrates Brito’s two-run home run.
Han Jun-su’s timely hit and Choi Won-jun’s double added two runs in the second inning, Choi Hyung-woo’s double scored one run, Han Jun-su hit a two-run timely hit, and Choi Won-jun also hit an RBI single to lead 9-0.
In the fifth inning, Kim Do-young’s solo home run added another point to seal the victory early on.
Hanwha also recovered two runs with Roh Si-hwan’s solo home run in the top of the ninth inning, but it was not enough to turn the tide.
KIA William Crowe, who started the day, struck out six in five innings and won five games (one loss) of the season, becoming the lead in multiple wins with Won Tae-in of the Samsung Lions.
On this day, the KBO League continued its success with 104,949 people entering five stadiums nationwide, with Gwangju, Jamsil and Daegu stadiums sold out.
Meanwhile, KIA and Hanwha, which have one win each for two days, will play the last game of the three consecutive games on the 5th.
The two teams predicted a hot game with Yoon Young-chul and Ryu Hyun-jin as starters, respectively, but it is unclear whether the game will be held or not due to rain forecasts all day long.