The KIA Tigers posted their first consecutive win of the season.

KIA won 6-2 in the match against the Samsung Lions of the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at the Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 22nd, with good pitching by starters Hyeon-jong Yang and Gu Jin-jin Gu, and Woo-hyuk Byun’s grand home run. It was the first consecutive win of the season and a successful winning series. 안전놀이터

The starting match between Yang Hyeon-jong, who is aiming for a 160th win in total, and Won Tae-in, who is challenging for the second win of the season, was decided lightly in the KIA attack at the end of the first inning.

After one death, Ko Jong-wook went on base with a left-handed hit. After two deaths, Choi Hyeong-woo picked a walk to revive the fire, and Kim Seon-bin responded with a left-handed hit and called in a second base runner. Then, Lee Chang-jin filled the base with a hit that missed the third interval.

Woo-Hyuk Byun, who entered the plate, raised Won Tae-in’s 4-pitch slider and passed it over the wall to his left. It was his first personal home run. In an instant, the score was 5-0.

Samsung, which had been weighed down by Yang Hyeon-jong, seized the opportunity in the 5th inning. When Lee Jae-hyeon went to base with a heavy hit, Gong Min-gyu chased a run with a double through the middle of the right.

Episode 6 was a waste. Pirella and Lee Won-seok chose to walk, and Kang Min-ho hit the right-hander to Jeon Sang-hyun, the new pitcher, to get the bases safely loaded. However, Oh Jae-il, Lee Jae-hyun, and Gong Min-gyu struck out one after another, causing Samsung fans to celebrate.

In the 7th inning, Lee Won-seok’s timely hits from 2nd, 1st and 2nd bases chased a point, but An Joo-hyung was out at 3rd base, so he could not continue the chance.

Afterwards, KIA failed to capture Wontaein and continued the spirit march. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Socrates ran away with 2nd base and 6-2 with a right-handed hit.

Yang Hyeon-jong threw 103 pitches in 5 innings and blocked it with 3 hits, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts and 1 run. It was his first win of the season and reached his 160th career win. Hanwha legend Jeong Min-cheol is close to winning 2nd place with 161 wins, the most in his career.

Jeon Sang-hyun did not lose the initiative by deleting the 6th inning safe and full base crisis. In the 7th inning Lee Jun-young and in the 8th inning Choi Ji-min blocked the scoreless. In the ninth episode, Jung Hae-young cleanly blocked the finish and continued Young’s march.

Won Tae-in allowed 5 runs in the first inning, but blocked the remaining 5 innings with no runs. He allowed 5 runs on 6 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts in 6 innings. The grand slam was painful.