Leading KIA inflicted a major defeat with 5 mistakes Lost to KT 5-12

KIA players shouting ‘fighting’ before the game

KIA Tigers committed five errors, the most in a game this season, and destroyed themselves.

KIA lost 5-12 in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League home game against KT Wiz at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 2nd.

KIA was caught off guard by the defense, which had the highest team errors (35) until the previous day.

KIA took a 3-0 lead in the first inning with Choi Hyeong-woo's sacrifice fly with bases loaded and one out, and Lee Woo-sung and Han Jun-su's solo shots in the second inning.

However, starting pitcher James Nail's bad throw to second base after catching Cheon Seong-ho's ground ball in the top of the third inning with one out and one on first base was a foreshadowing of a 'relay error'.

Shortstop Park Chan-ho, who caught Kang Baek-ho's batted ball as it fell on 1st and 3rd bases with one out, reached second base, and while the ball he threw to first base went on a one-bound, third base runner Kim Sang-soo scored.

KT tied the score at 3-3 with Mel Rojas Jr.'s heavy hit, 2 outs, runners on 1st and 2nd base, and consecutive hits by Jang Seong-woo and Kim Min-hyuk to score 2 runs.

During Park Byeong-ho's subsequent at-bats, KIA catcher Han Jun-su's fastball gave him a chance to go to second and third base, and thanks to an error by KIA third baseman Kim Do-young, who missed the bounce of Park Byeong-ho's ground ball and let it go backwards, he scored two runs and turned the score around to 5-3.

KIA pitcher Nail lowered his ERA to an unearned run even after giving up 6 runs.

In the 7th inning, KT had a chance due to a catching error by KIA second baseman Seo Geon-chang and ran away with a 6-3 lead with Kang Baek-ho's left-field double. Then, in the top of the 8th inning, 2 walks, stepping stone doubles by Hwang Jae-gyun and Kim Sang-soo, and a catching error by KIA center fielder Socrates Brito. and catcher Han Jun-su's errors, adding 6 runs to seal the victory.

Nail, who gave up 6 runs in 6 ⅓ innings and became the losing pitcher, did not allow a single earned run. His ERA dropped even further from 1.47 to 1.26.

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Pub: 05 May 2024 02:01 UTC
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