Despite his 7G 4QS performance, he won only one game, but he still laughs at his team's victory. "I'm not disappointed at all, today's game I didn't play."
Despite his 7G 4QS performance, he won only one game, but he still laughs at his team's victory. "I'm not disappointed at all, today's game I didn't play."
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KIA Tigers' Kim Do-hyun (25) achieved his fourth quality start of the season (three earned runs or less in six innings), but failed to achieve his second win of the season.
Kim Do-hyun started the game against the Kiwoom Heroes in the "2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League" at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 6th and recorded four hits, three walks, five strikeouts and three runs in six innings.메이저사이트
Kim Do-hyun, who walked leadoff hitters Song Sung-moon and Choi Joo-hwan in the bottom of the first inning when KIA was leading 1-0, caught Ruben Cardinez with a fly ball to the center field, but all the runners advanced, and allowed Yasiel Puig to come from behind 1-2 with an RBI single and Kim Tae-jin with a timely RBI single. Eo handled it with a ground ball to the first baseman, preventing additional runs.
In the second inning, when KIA turned the game around 3-2 again, he had a double hit by leadoff hitter Lee Hyung-jong, but struck out Kim Dong-heon and Lee Yong-kyu grounded out to first base. In the crisis with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, which led to Song Sung-moon's walk, Choi Joo-hwan was caught with a fly ball to right field and ended the inning without losing a point.
Kim Do-hyun, who neatly retired with three outs in the third and fourth innings, was hit by a double by leadoff hitter Lee Yong-kyu in the fifth inning. Song and Choi struck out, but allowed a 3-3 tie after a timely RBI single by Cardinez. Puig caught it with a fly ball to center field.
Taking the mound in the sixth inning, Kim neatly stopped the last inning by throwing three outs. In the seventh inning, when the game was still tying, he handed over the mound to Jeon and finished the game on the day. He pitched 93 pitches, and he pitched fastballs (32 pitches), change-up (20 pitches), curveballs (16 pitches), slider (15 pitches), two-seam (9 pitches) and cutter (1 pitch). The maximum speed of his fastballs was 148 kilometers per hour. Kia's come-from-behind RBI single in the eighth inning made Kim Gyu-seong's timely hit, winning the game 5-3 and securing its second consecutive win.
Kim Do-hyun, who achieved a quality start but failed to become a winning pitcher, said in an interview after the game, "I don't really care about being a winning pitcher. I think a good day will come if I just do what I have to do. My main weapon is a curve, but I think I was able to use it well in a crisis, so I'm very happy. I'm glad the result came out well," he said.
With only 1.99 walks per nine innings this season, Kim gave up two walks in the first inning alone. "I don't think I've adjusted well to the mound," Kim said, expressing regret. "But honestly, I shouldn't use such an excuse. From now on, I will adjust quickly and reduce the number of walks."
Kim Do-hyun, who allowed a tie with two outs in the fifth inning, said, "It's a bit disappointing. Batters gave up a score of three, but I think the fielders must have lost strength because I failed to keep the score and allowed a tie. It's my fault," adding, "I have no regrets (if the score came out earlier). The fielders are still helping me so well. I'm satisfied with that. Today's game was not mine."
Yang Hyun-jong, who won his first game of the season against Kiwoom on the 5th and his second career win of 180 games in the KBO League, said, "I'm sorry for the other pitchers because I didn't play a role." When Yang said, "Honestly, you'll feel pressured. You're a veteran of our team and you're in a position to lead the team. We want to help you a lot, but we're sorry we couldn't. I just think we should help you a lot."
"I am satisfied that I am reducing my walks a lot this year. I have a new goal. Now I don't want to leave the mound early," Kim said. "I want to lead as many innings as possible. I don't have seven innings this year, but I want to achieve it once."