Kim Do Young skipped and Socrates → A timely two-run turnaround! KIA made 6 consecutive wins in the bottom of the 8th inning of 2G in a row. Lotte missing "Tiger Trauma"

Aug 22, 2024

A game between KIA and Lotte at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. KIA Socrates, who hit a timely two-run hit with no outs in the eighth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2024.08.22/

The match between KIA and Lotte at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. KIA Kim Tae-gun hit a solo home run against Lotte Barnes in the fifth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2024.08.22/

The match between KIA and Lotte at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. KIA Kim Do-young hit a solo home run against Lotte Barnes in the sixth inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2024.08.22/

Giant phobia was washed away with rainwater. For two consecutive days, he made a last-minute turnaround, rather giving 'Tiger Trauma'.

KIA Tigers won the Lotte Giants game at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd with Socrates' timely hit in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Following the previous day, he turned the tables in the bottom of the eighth inning for two consecutive days. In the game on the 21st, Na Sung-bum's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning and Lotte Son Ho-young's error when Park Chan-ho grounded out in the bottom of the eighth inning to win the game 6-5. Yang Hyun-jong, who ranked No. 1 in strikeouts with 2053K, saved the festive mood.

On this day, he gave up his early momentum to Lotte, but he succeeded in overturning it in the bottom of the eighth inning after catching up step by step after the middle.

On the same day, KIA played Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Sun-bin (second base), Kim Do-young (third base), Socrates (left fielder), Na Sung-bum (designated hitter), Lee Woo-sung (right fielder), Byun Woo-hyuk (first base), Kim Tae-gun (catcher) and Kim Ho-ryeong (midfielder). Kim Do-hyun is the first choice.

Lotte faced off with Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Son Ho-young (third base), Reyes (right wing), Jeon Joon-woo (left wing), Na Seung-yeop (designated hitter), Jung Hoon (first base), Noh Jin-hyuk (striker), and Son Sung-bin (catcher). Barnes started the game.

The match between KIA and Lotte at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Lotte Reyes hit a solo home run in the third inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2024.08.22/

The starting matchup is overwhelming for Lotte. However, Kia Tigers coach Lee Bum-ho once said, `Heaven helped me yesterday. Watching the game yesterday, our players seemed full of enthusiasm to beat Lotte"I'm going to do well in today's game."," he said, expressing confidence.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung pointed out the overall concentration problem of the team, while expressing his expectations and will toward Barnes.

Lotte took the lead. In the top of the second inning, Son Sung-bin's infield grounder scored the first run with a one-out second and third base chance made by Na Seung-yeop's walk and Jung Hoon's double. Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min then hit a timely hit, leading 3-0 at once.

On the other hand, KIA's Na Sung-bum, who got on base due to a shortstop error in the bottom of the second inning, showed his intention to advance to second base with a momentary mistake There was a bonehead play that got tagged out.

Lotte took the lead in the top of the third inning by scoring the fourth run on Reyes' solo shot. However, with one out and a runner on the third base, he ended up hitting back-to-back. In the top of the fifth inning, Son Ho-young had another chance to hit the ball and steal the bases, but he did not score.

On the other hand, KIA recovered one point with Lee Woo-sung's RBI timely hit in a chance with two outs and second base caught by Kim Do-young, who got on base with a walk in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Kim Tae-gun and Kim Do-young followed by a solo shot at the bottom of the fifth inning.

Following consecutive hits by Park Chan-ho and Kim Sun-bin against Lotte Kim Sang-soo in the bottom of the eighth inning, a straight walk was made at Kim Do-young's at-bat.

However, the result of skipping Kim Do-young and choosing Socrates was disastrous. Socrates made a two-run timely hit against the changed pitcher Jin Hae-soo, and Na Sung-beom made a timely hit, turning the game around 6-4.

KIA's closing pitcher Jung Hae-young finished the game without losing a point in the top of the ninth inning and won six consecutive games.

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