‘This is a nightmare’ After trusted starter Yang Hyun-jong gave up seven runs in the first inning, the mood in the KIA dugout quickly turned sour.
The KIA Tigers came to Busan’s Sajik Stadium on the 2nd in good spirits after winning all but one game of their three-game midweek series against the KT Wiz at home in Gwangju. Against a Lotte batting lineup that began to actively rotate the bats from the first inning, pitcher Yang Hyun-jong began to falter.
The mound at Sajik Stadium was a nightmare for Yang Hyun-jong, who became the KBO’s all-time wins leader after giving up three runs in 6.2 innings against LG Electronics on March 27. Manager Kim Jong-kook and his teammates watching from the dugout stiffened as the trusted starter gave up seven runs with one out. 메이저사이트
In the first inning, KIA starter Yang Hyun-jong was hit by a fastball from Lotte’s leadoff hitter Hwang Sung-bin. Yoon Dong-hee followed with a full-count single, Jeon Jun-woo hit a fastball for a single, and a three-pitch changeup to Ahn Chi-hong with a favorable 0B 2S count was also hit for a single.
To keep the momentum going, Lotte Sutton laid down a sacrifice bunt to Jung-hoon. The successful bunt put runners on first and second, but Yang Hyun-jong was unable to regain his composure as he gave up a walk to Han Dong-hee and a single to Kim Min-seok.
After giving up a bases-loaded single to Lee Hak-joo, Yang looked away from the ball and was lost in thought. Even the pitcher himself, who gave up seven runs in the first inning, looked disbelieving.
Yang Hyun-jong took the mound in the second inning. He got the leadoff hitter, Yoon Dong-hee, to ground out to shortstop, but started to falter again. After a double by Jeon Jun-woo, Jung Hoon and Han Dong-hee hit back-to-back singles to give up two runs.
Yang ended the night with his worst outing of the season, allowing nine runs on nine hits (one home run) in two innings with two walks and one strikeout.
With nine runs, Yang tied the record for most runs allowed in a game since his professional debut in 2007. The previous record was 8 runs in 4.1 innings against the NC Dinos on July 4, 2020.
After their trusted pitcher gave up a ton of runs early in the game, KIA was blown out 14-2 in the first game of the three-game weekend series.