'It stopped raining, but the ground...' Gwangju Kiwoom-KIA match on the 7th begins with an hour delay

Sep 07, 2024

'It stopped raining, but the ground...' Gwangju Kiwoom-KIA match on the 7th begins with an hour delay
The game between Kiwoom and KIA will be held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 7th, but the start of the game has been delayed due to a lot of rain. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.7/
'It stopped raining, but the ground...' Gwangju Kiwoom-KIA match on the 7th begins with an hour delay
The game between Kiwoom and KIA will be held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 7th, but the start of the game has been delayed due to a lot of rain. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.7/
The Kiwoom Heroes-KIA Tigers match, which will be held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 7th, will begin an hour later than scheduled.

About four hours before the start of the game, a lot of rain soaked the ground. The rain stopped at 3:30 p.m., an hour and a half before the start of the game, but many puddles of water were created throughout the ground outside the large tarpaulin. The Kiwoom-KIA match was also held on the 6th after 74 minutes of delay due to heavy rain just six minutes into the game. Amid considerable rain the previous day, the ground maintenance was needed due to the rain, and the start of the delay was eventually decided.

KIA defeated Kiwoom 14-0 in the game on the 6th. While Han Jun-su was in charge of five RBIs with consecutive batters, the bullpen thrown after Hwang Dong-ha's five innings pitched prevented Kiwoom's batters without a goal.

'It stopped raining, but the ground...' Gwangju Kiwoom-KIA match on the 7th begins with an hour delay
The game between Kiwoom and KIA will be held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 7th, but the start of the game has been delayed due to a lot of rain. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.7/
KIA manager Lee Bum-ho put Park Chan-ho (striker), Socrates (left fielder), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Na Sung-bum (right fielder), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Seo Geon-chang (first baseman), Kim Tae-gun (poster), and Choi Won-jun (midfielder) in the starting lineup on the 7th. Kiwoom head coach Hong Won-ki will start Jang Jae-young (right wing), Lee Ju-hyung (center fielder), Song Sung-moon (designated hitter), Kim Hye-sung (second baseman), Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman), Ko Young-woo (third baseman), Kim Byung-hwi (striker), Kim Jae-hyun (catcher), and Park Soo-jong (left wing). KIA will start with Eric Stout and Kiwoom will start with Kim In-beom.



Gwangju = Reporter Park Sang-kyung ppark@sportschosun.com



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