Kia Tigers showed off their championship prowess

The Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization showed off their championship prowess. Overturned a six-run deficit.

Kia Tigers overcame a six-run deficit to win 12-8 in the final game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Monday. With the win, Kia concluded its season-long series against Lotte with a record of 7 wins, 8 losses, and 1 tie. Kia, which had lost two straight games after winning the regular season title, improved its record to 86 wins, 55 losses and two draws with the upset victory.

Yoon Young-cheol, who made his return from a back injury, went 3 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts. The second pitcher, Kim Ki-hoon, was shaky with four runs in ⅔ of an inning.

However, the offense exploded in the sixth inning. In the sixth and seventh innings, they scored six runs in each of the first two innings, exploding for 12 runs. Choi Ji-min, who came on in the sixth inning, pitched 1⅔ innings of one-hit ball with two strikeouts and no walks.

Kim Do-young, Yoon Do-hyun and Park Chan-ho had multi-hit games.

Yoon Do-hyun and Byun Woo-hyuk each had three hits. 파워볼실시간 The backup bats of Yoon Do-hyun, Byun Woo-hyuk, and others stood out.

After the game, Lee Beom-ho said, “We were able to come from behind in the sixth inning to win the game. The top of the order, Kim Do-young, Yoon Do-hyun, and Park Chan-ho led the offense well with multi-hit games, and Byun Woo-hyuk did a good job with three hits.”

“On the mound, Ji-min Choi pitched well. He has been pitching well since returning from injury. I hope he can maintain his current form.”

“We are grateful for the support of many away fans, and we will take a day off and prepare well for the final game of the regular season,” he concluded.

Kia will play its final regular season game against the NC Dinos in Gwangju on the 29th.