In the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League game between KIA Tigers and Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the afternoon of the 25th, KIA Yang Hyun-jong, who achieved a total of 170 wins, is greeting the crowd after the victory.

KIA Tigers maintained its lead by defeating KT Wiz thanks to the performance of ace Yang Hyun-jong.

KIA won 9-1 in the home game against KT in the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 1st.

KIA, avenging its loss the previous day, maintained the lead with 22 wins and 10 losses. KT, ranked 9th, had 12 wins, 1 draw, and 21 losses.

KIA’s starter Yang Hyun-jong had 8 hits in 9 innings, but gave up only 1 run, and added a complete win 1694 days after the Lotte Giants match on September 11, 2019.

In addition, he earned his 3rd win (1 loss) of the season, increasing his personal win total to 171 wins (114 losses).

In the batting lineup, four players including Kim Sun-bin, Kim Do-young, Choi Hyeong-woo, and Socrates Brito recorded multiple hits.

KT collapsed after rookie Won Sang-hyun gave up 9 runs in 3⅓ innings, and the batting line was silent, failing to achieve consecutive wins. KIA gave up 1 run in the top of the first inning, but balanced the score with Socrates’ 1 RBI hit with bases loaded and 1 out in the bottom of the 1st inning. Afterwards, Choi Won-jun took the lead with 2 RBIs and a timely hit. KIA widened the gap in the 3rd inning with 1 out, 1st and 3rd bases, thanks to Lee Woo-sung’s timely hit, and in the 4th inning, Kim Sun-bin and Choi Hyeong-woo both hit 2-run home runs, adding 5 runs to take the win. KIA, who was already ahead 9-1 until the 4th inning, eliminated one inning at a time without any major crisis due to Yang Hyun-jong’s continued good pitching after the middle of the game, and eventually won by 8 runs. 스포츠토토