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| In a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 3rd, KIA Lee Woo-sung hits a tiebreaking solo home run in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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| KIA Yoon Do-hyun hits a ball in the bottom of the second inning in a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 3rd. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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| In a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 3rd, KIA starter Yang Hyeon-jong is pitching hard. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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[Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Kwon In-ha of Sports Chosun] The KIA Tigers will return to Korea after breaking their losing streak with their first win of the season in the last practice game of the second camp in Okinawa.
KIA came from behind to win 6-2 with home runs by Lee Woo-sung and Yoon Do-hyun in its last practice game against KT Wiz at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 3rd. After five practice games in Okinawa, he finally reported his first win this season.
KIA lost all four games including the match against Hiroshima (3:10) on February 22, the match against Hanwha (1:4) on the 25th, the match against LG (1:3) on the 27th, and the match against Samsung (4:8) on the 2nd.
In fact, the practice game is aimed at regaining the sense of the game and improving the condition through actual games, so winning or losing is not important. Each player plays scheduled innings and at-bats and is replaced. It's not a game to win.
Nevertheless, since it is a game, winning or losing also affects the atmosphere of the team.
Before the game, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, `If you decide to win, you try to win anyway, but that's not the point.' `You have to find a backup player to use in the season, and you have to find another friend to use when it's important among pitchers. That's the main goal, and it doesn't matter if you win and lose the game.'
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| In a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 3rd, KT starter So Hyung-joon is pitching hard. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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| 3rd baseman Kim Min-hyuk, who scored on KT's first RBI His Saint Fly by KT Oh Yoon-seok with one out and runners on first and third in the top of the second inning, is making a high five with Kim Sang-soo. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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| KT catcher Kang Baek-ho, who plays defense in the bottom of the second inning, a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 3rd. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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At the same time, he reflected on the meaning of defeat. Coach Lee said, `Other teams also have both main and backup players, but the fact that we can't beat them means that our backups are not strong compared to the main players. I think it's something we need to check in detail"When young players go out, the fact that they can't beat them means that we have to strengthen our backup in the end," he said, explaining KIA's homework.
KIA, where Yang Hyun-jong started on the day, consisted of Park Chan-ho (striker), Choi Won-joon (middle fielder), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Wizdom (first baseman), Lee Woo-sung (left fielder), Yoon Do-hyun (second baseman), Kim Tae-gun (fosu), and Park Jung-woo (right fielder). KIA's new central lineup, Kim Do-young, Choi Hyung-woo, and Wizdom, came forward.
KT, which put three starting pitchers, Oh Won-seok, Emmanuel de Heysus, and William Cuevas, in the game against the LG Twins on the previous day (2nd), started with Kang Baek-ho (catcher), Rohas (right fielder), Huh Kyung-min (third baseman), Moon Sang-cheol (designated hitter), Kim Min-hyuk (left fielder), Oh Jae-il (first baseman), Bae Jung-dae (middle fielder), Oh Yoon-seok (second baseman), and Kim Sang-soo (striker). It can be said that it is an expected lineup when Jang Sung-woo, the main catcher, takes a break.
KT scored the first point. In the top of the second inning, No. 8 Oh Yoon-seok hit a sacrifice fly to right field to make it 1-0.
KIA immediately tied the game. After one loss in the bottom of the second inning, No. 6 Lee Woo-sung hit a tying solo shot. KT starter Cho Hyung-joon hit a 143km pitch and crossed the left fence.
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| KT Ko Young-pyo is pitching hard in a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 3rd. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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| KT Choi Dong-hwan is pitching hard in a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 3rd. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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| In a practice game between KT and KIA at Kin Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 3rd, KIA Cho Sang-woo is pitching hard in the top of the 8th inning. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.03/ |
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KIA even turned the tables against the changed pitcher Ko Young-pyo in the bottom of the third inning. The leadoff Park Chan-ho's triple to right-center and Choi Won-joon's right-handed hit turned the game around 2-1.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, following the lead Wisdom's double on the left-field line, Yoon Do-hyun hit Ko Young-pyo's 129km high fastball and hit a two-run shot over the left fence. 4-1. Immediately, Kim Tae-gun's double to the right-center and Park Jung-woo's left-handed hit continued the chance of the first and third bases, and Park Chan-ho's infield grounder added one more run to make it 5-1. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Lee Woo-sung's hit to the left-center with one out and runners on the first and second bases gave him one more run, 6 to 1.
KIA kept its victory until the end with Cho Sang-woo in the eighth inning and Jung Hae-young in the ninth inning. Jung Hae-young gave up one point with a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning, and the score was 6 to 2. Regardless of the victory or defeat, KT decided to play until the end of the ninth inning, and in the bottom of the ninth inning, closing pitcher Park Young-hyun came up and blocked three outs and finished the last game in Okinawa.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
