'Kim Do-young KBO's youngest 30 home runs, 30 steals, 100 RBIs, 100 points' KIA, Kiwoom sweeps 3 consecutive games 'Winning Magic Number 6'

Sep 08, 2024

The Kiwoom-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. Kim Do-young is cheering after hitting an RBI triple from behind in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and second base. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.8/

The Kiwoom-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. Socrates is cheering after hitting an RBI double with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.8/

The Kiwoom-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. KIA starter Yang Hyeon-jong is pitching. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.8/

KIA Tigers swept the three consecutive games against Kiwoom Heroes thanks to Kim Do-young's come-from-behind final hit.

KIA came from behind to win 5-2 against Kiwoom at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. KIA, which beat Kiwoom consecutively on the 6th and 7th, secured four consecutive wins and 80 wins (2 draws and 50 losses) in the season by catching the game on the 8th.

Kim Do-young made a come-from-behind triple in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and two bases tied at 2-2. Kim Do-young, who hit an RBI by a ground ball in the bottom of the third inning, added a come-from-behind final hit to reach the 100 RBIs mark of the season. While achieving 30 home runs, 30 steals, and 100 RBIs, he became the third KBO league player to score 30 home runs, 30 steals, 100 RBIs, after Park Jae-hong in 2000 and Eric Thames in 2015.

The Kiwoom-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. In the bottom of the third inning, third baseman Ko Young-woo, who caught Socrates' infield ground ball with no outs, committed a bad pitch to the second base and allowed runners on the first and third bases with no outs. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.8/

The Kiwoom-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. With no outs and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the third inning, Kim Do-young hits an RBI and a ground ball to the third base. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.8/

Kiwoom took the first point. In the top of the first inning, Lee Joo-hyung succeeded in getting a home-in and a head start when Kim Hye-sung's sacrifice fly to right field with Lee Joo-hyung's hit to the right center and Song Sung-moon's hit to the left.

KIA, which failed to take advantage of the chance with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the second inning, tied the game in the bottom of the third inning. Park Chan-ho became a home-in, 1-1 when Kim Do-young grounded out on the first and third bases with no outs caught by Kiwoom third baseman Ko Young-woo's consecutive errors.

Since then, the two team's starting pitchers have developed into a pitching match. Yang Hyun-jong continued his balance by erasing the inning without any special crisis until the seventh inning. Furado also made three consecutive three-and-out innings from the fourth to the sixth inning, and he also blocked the crisis with a strikeout and a mistake in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The balance was broken in the eighth inning.

With KIA bringing Yang Hyun-jong and Jang Hyun-sik on the mound, Kiwoom took a chance with two outs and runners on the first and third bases with hits by pinch-hitter Won Sung-joon and Lee Ju-hyung. KIA put left-hander Kwak Do-kyu on the mound, but following Song Sung-moon, Kim Hye-sung also walked on base to score a push and Kiwoom led 2-1 again.

The Kiwoom-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. Kim Hye-sung, a two-out full base Kiwoom, is getting a walk in the top of the eighth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.8/

The Kiwoom-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th. Kim Do-young is running after hitting an RBI triple from behind in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and second base. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.9.8/

KIA's leadoff hitter Choi Won-joon got on base with a hit in left-center in the bottom of the eighth inning, and Park Chan-ho's success in a sending bunt gave him a chance to get on second base with one out. In this situation, Socrates hit a left-handed hit, and Choi Won-joon ran home, and the game went back to square one 2-2. In the subsequent at-bat, a ground ball hit by Kim Do-young hit the third base and rolled outside the left line, and in the meantime, Socrates scored, turning the game around 3-2. KIA, which added one run with Na Sung-bum's sacrifice fly to the left field, scored one more run with Seo Geon-chang's hit and Kim Sun-bin's direct double to the left fence after two outs to run to 5-2.

KIA ended the game with a three-run victory in the top of the ninth inning as closer Jung Hae-young pitched a scoreless pitch.

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'Kim Do-young KBO's youngest 30 home runs, 30 steals, 100 RBIs, 100 points' KIA, Kiwoom sweeps 3 consecutive games 'Winning Magic Number 6'

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