The preview is 153km fastball and 147km slider pang pang pang from KS. The top five starters gave up one run in 4.1 innings
Aug 16, 2024
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KIA Tigers' Kim Do-hyun finished his successful start against the LG Twins in first and second place without losing a point.
Kim Do-hyun started the game against LG in Jamsil on the 16th and allowed three hits, two walks, five strikeouts and one run in four ⅓ innings. The number of pitches is 81.
He threw 25 fastballs of up to 153km, 31 throws of up to 147km, 10 throws of 153km, 7 changeups of 139km, and 8 curves of 128km.
KIA has a four-game gap with second-place LG, so it is important to win one game because the winning series of 2 wins and 1 loss in this three consecutive games can be widened to 5 games, and even if it plays a 1 win and 2 losses, it gives up only 3 games difference. If he wins the first game, he will be able to enter the remaining two games comfortably, so Kim Do-hyun needs good pitching.
Kim Do-hyun has been a bullpen pitcher this year and is starting due to Yoon Young-chul's injury. He has two wins and two losses with a 6.59 ERA in four starts.
It was clear when it was good and when it was bad. He became a winning pitcher with two hits and no runs in five innings against Hanwha on July 19, his first start, and then a losing pitcher with three hits and five walks and six runs (four earned) in one ⅓ against NC on July 25, and a losing pitcher with eight hits (one homer) and six runs against Doosan on July 31, but he became a winning pitcher with six hits and no runs in five innings against KT on the 6th.
He took the mound as a relief against Samsung on the 11th and continued his good condition with one hit and no run in two ⅔ innings.
He took the mound only once against LG this season. After starting Yang Hyun-jong in Gwangju on June 18, he took the mound in the top of the sixth inning and was replaced after facing only four batters. He came up with a big 10-3 lead and struck out Park Dong-won, the first batter at the time, but allowed consecutive walks to Moon Bo-kyung and Koo Bon-hyuk, and was hit to the right by Park Hae-min and was on the verge of loading the bases. He immediately changed to Kwak Do-gyu. Later, Kwak Do-gyu allowed a walk to Moon Sung-joo with the bases loaded with two outs, giving Kim Do-hyun one run. The unfamiliarity that LG hitters did not see Kim Do-hyun's ball could serve as a weapon.
He was in crisis from the bottom of the first inning, but he handled it well. He caught lead Hong Chang-ki and No. 2 Shin Min-jae with ground balls in front of second base and ground balls in front of shortstop, but he faced a crisis of 1st and 3rd base due to consecutive right-handed hits by No. 3 Austin and No. 4 Moon Bo-kyung. Kim Do-hyun, who induced two fouls with consecutive sliders to No. 5 Oh Ji-hwan to get a 2S advantageous count, tried to throw a high fastball for the third time, but he made a mistake in the middle. However, Oh Ji-hwan was late because of the 150km fast ball. Fly to the right but fly out to right field.
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In the bottom of the third inning, Hong Chang-ki, the leader, gave up a walk after a full count, and the crisis seemed to be coming. However, he led Shin Min-jae to a ground ball in front of the shortstop to catch Hong Chang-ki from second base, caught Austin with a fly to center field, and kept scoreless by throwing out Shin Min-jae's steal to second base with Han Jun-su's accurate throw during Moon Bo-kyung's at-bat.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Moon Bo-kyung, the leader, allowed an infield hit to the third baseman. He struck out Oh Ji-hwan with a swing and miss, but he has since thrown seven consecutive balls. Kim Hyun-soo walked and Park Hae-min waited until 3B. After that, he played a full-count game and struck out swinging with a 148km outside fastball on the seventh pitch. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, the second pitch fell back and became the second and third base. Fortunately, Choi Won-young was handled with a ground ball in front of the second base to overcome the crisis.
He pitched 75 times through the fourth inning. Kim also pitched in the bottom of the fifth inning, and allowed the first pitch curveball thrown to the first-runner Heo Do-hwan to get on base. In the match against Hong Chang-ki, he was caught in an unfavorable count with 3B1S, but he caught it with a fly to left field. When the number of pitches reached 81, the KIA bench moved. Left hand Kim Ki-hoon came up. Kim Ki-hoon walked Shin Min-jae and made two outs by catching Austin with a fly to left field, but Moon Bo-kyung was allowed to hit the right field, and Heo Do-hwan, sent by Kim Do-hyun, scored and Kim Do-hyun scored one run.
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