The firepower of the fully equipped KIA Tigers is like an active volcano. It is expected to shake the game of ranking competition in the second half. 

KIA won 7-0 in an away game against KT Wiz in the 2023 KBO League held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 8th. Starting pitcher Lee Eui-ri completed the mission by recording 5 scoreless innings, and the leading hitters in the other line also showed off their presence one after another and supported plenty of runs. 

KIA won all 4 matches played this week, recording the 34th win (1 draw, 38 losses) of the season. It went from 9th to 7th in the league. The ride with the Lotte Giants and NC Dinos (0.500 odds), tied for 4th in the league, is two games. 

KIA acquired catcher Kim Tae-gun through a trade with the Samsung Lions on the 5th. On the 6th, both foreign pitchers who were contracted ahead of this season were replaced. Thomas Panoni, who played as a substitute last season, and Mario Sanchez, who recorded 8 wins and an average ERA of 1.44 in the Taiwanese League, were recruited. 

After this super-precipitation, it is on a sharp rise. After Na Seong-beom and Kim Do-young, the two main hitters returned, it was difficult to add multipliers for a while, but the expected momentum is finally coming out. 

In the match against KT on the 8th, the power of powerful firepower was revealed. First of all, I scored 3 points against the league representative QS (Quality Start) machine Koh Young-pyo. At the beginning of the first inning, Na Seong-beom hit a right-handed double, and Choi Hyeong-woo hit a heavy hit at the right time to score the first run. Lee Woo-sung and Socrates Brito also supported additional points with consecutive hits. After that, he was silent until the 2nd to 6th innings, but Na Seong-beom, who started as the lead batter in the 7th, attacked Ko Young-pyo’s main weapon changeup and hit a superior home run. In the 8th inning, Na Seong-beom also completed a home run in consecutive hits by arching against pitcher Lee Sang-dong, who had changed with one runner. 메이저사이트

KIA, which gained momentum, opened up another opportunity with Choi Hyung-woo hitting a double, and Socrates, Kim Seon-bin, and Kim Tae-gun scored three hits in a row and scored an additional two points. 

KIA lost consecutively to KT, which continued its upward trend from the end of June to the beginning of July. In the first leg of the three-game series held on the 7th, they won 6-2. With the score tied at 2-2, Hyung-Woo Choi broke the balance with a hit to the left at the right time, and Won-Jun Choi and Do-Young Kim scored three more runs in the ninth inning. 

There is no gap in the KIA lineup. After returning from a calf injury, Na Seong-beom recorded a batting average of 0.362 and 5 homers, and Kim Do-young recorded a batting average of 0.360 and 6 stolen bases. With the return of Na Seong-beom, who can hit a home run at any time, and Kim Do-yeong, who can steal bases, both long hitting power and mobility have been revived.

Choi Hyeong-woo, who had been stagnant since mid-June, also regained a sense of hitting thanks to the synergy of the complete lineup. KIA scored 7 points against league representative pitcher Kim Gwang-hyun in the SSG match on the 6th. Choi Hyung-woo hit two home runs against Kim Gwang-hyeon alone. 

It is thanks to the efforts of the lower batting line that the opponent’s battery is fatigued. Transfer student Kim Tae-gun is at the center of it. In the match against SSG on the 6th, when he started for the first time in a KIA uniform, he recorded 2 hits and 2 RBIs, including the final hit. Even against KT on this day (8th), he hit a timely hit that put a wedge in the game. 

Second baseman Kim Seon-bin, who suffered a finger injury while defending on the 17th of last month, made a comeback against KT on the 8th and added one hit. The current KIA lineup is so powerful that Socrates is pushed to number 6. 

KIA, which fell to 9th place, is finally roaring with normal power. On the 6th, KIA ace Yang Hyeon-jong, who had a head-to-head confrontation with Kim Gwang-hyun, said, “I thought that we only needed to block it with the minimum number of runs because our team has a good hitting feeling.” The batting line provided support for scoring in the early stages, and the pitchers were able to handle the psychological pressure well and pitch their own pitches. 

KIA implemented the power envisioned before the opening. The competition for the league rankings is expected to intensify.