KIA Yang Hyeon-jong (35) won a decision victory in a confrontation with SSG Kim Gwang-hyun (35) as a left-handed ace.메이저사이트

Yang Hyeon-jong started in an away game against SSG in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 6th and made a good pitch with 5 hits, 4 strikeouts, 2 walks and 1 run in 5 innings. He harvested his 5th win (4th loss) of the season with the team’s 7-6 victory.

He also won an ego showdown with his 1988-born rival Kim Gwang-hyun. The two players faced off for the 8th time in their career that day, and Yang Hyeon-jong won 4 consecutive wins. Yang Hyeon-jong is recording 4 wins and 2 losses, and Kim Gwang-hyun is recording 2 wins and 5 losses.

Catcher Kim Tae-gun (34), who joined through a trade the previous day (6th), and battery breathing were also stable. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), the two players who exchanged balls with the Taegeuk mark worked together again after six years.

KIA coach Kim Jong-guk predicted that Kim Tae-gun would start. He said, “I have to look at the situation, but there is a high probability that (Kim) Tae-gun will match with (Yang) Hyeon-jong.” do,” he stressed.

Although he did not have enough time to familiarize himself with the autograph, KIA coach Kim Jong-guk believed in Kim Tae-goon’s rich experience. He said, “He is an experienced player. Our catchers lack experience, and we expect him to fill that part.”

Catcher Kim Tae-gun, who started for the first time after joining the KIA. yunhap news
The two players played a breath that matched coach Kim’s expectations. Yang Hyeon-jong tied the SSG lineup with only one run until the 5th inning.
Although he worked with Kim Tae-gun for the first time in six years, he showed a smooth appearance.

Yang Hyeon-jong allowed three consecutive hits from two outs at the end of the first inning and gave Park Seong-han a preemptive and timely hit. However, from the 2nd inning, the other line swung a hard hit to lighten Hyeon-jong Yang’s shoulder, and Hyeon-jong Yang came down the mound after blocking no additional runs until the end of the 5th inning, when he was leading 7 to 1.

SSG scored 5 points at the end of the 8th inning and pursued to the bottom of the chin. When Choi Joo-hwan grounded out of the bases loaded crisis, second baseman Kim Gyu-seong overlapped with two runs. In the continued 2nd run, KIA pushed Choi Ji-hoon on a walk, and Heredia gave 2 RBIs and a timely hit, and was driven to a turnaround by 1 point.

Hyeon-shik Jang took the mound as the finishing pitcher when Yang Hyeon-jong’s victory was on the verge of being cancelled. The follow-up Choi Jun-woo was treated as a fly ball, and the 8th inning was finished without additional runs, and SSG’s final attack at the end of the 9th was blocked with no runs to keep the victory. KIA won SSG by 1 point and continued the upward trend of 2 consecutive wins.