He allowed 49 runs (40 earned) in four games. Average earned run of 9.73. This is a disastrous performance for the KIA mound this week. He remains in the lead, but is in jeopardy as the barrier against him has collapsed. The remaining two games of the three consecutive weekend games have become more important.

KIA lost 6-17 against Kiwoom in 2024 professional baseball held at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 28th. Although it still maintained its lead with 45 wins, 2 draws and 33 losses in the season, the gap with Samsung, which ranks second, has narrowed to 1.5 games.고수익알바

The prelude to the defeat was that starter Lim Ki-young struggled with five hits and five runs (four earned) in 1.1 innings without enduring the second inning. Kim Geon-guk, who followed Lim Ki-young's lead, faced the worst day of his life in the top of the third inning.

Kim allowed one run after consecutive hits by Ko and Jang Jae-young in the top of the third inning when his team was losing 0-5. Then, Lee Joo-hyung was given a walk, and the situation was completely overwhelmed with one out. Kim gave up five more runs after a walk to Ronnie Dawson, and a timely hit to Kim Hye-sung, Song Sung-moon, and Choi Joo-hwan.

It did not stop there, and gave a walk to Bae Sang-kwon to create the bases loaded again. Kia's third baseman Kim Do-young then caught Ko's grounder to the third base and scattered it home, but it resulted in an error in throwing, and two runners home again in the meantime. In the end, Kim Kun-guk was completely collapsed and only got a timely two-run hit by the next batter, Kim Sa-yoon, before being replaced by Kim. Kim's performance was seven hits, three outs and 10 runs (eight earned) in an inning. For Kia, Kim Dae-yu and Kim Seung-hyeon each gave up one run in the eighth and ninth innings.

In fact, Kia's mound management has been slightly strained since last week. Yang Hyeon-jong, a "great pitcher," became the winning pitcher at the match against LG on Tuesday, but decided to take a break due to numbness in his elbow and was removed from the entry into the first team. Lim Ki-young temporarily joined the rotation to fill the position.

On top of that, Jung Hae-young, who finished the first round of the doubleheader against Hanwha on the 23rd, was removed from the entry due to inflammation of the rotator muscle of the right shoulder and finished the first half early. The bullpen was overloaded as the strong intermediate fighting agent and the finish were simultaneously missing. One of the existing must-winners, Jang Hyun-sik, Jeon Sang-hyun and Choi Ji-min, has to take over the closing position, so the depth of the bullpen will inevitably become thinner overall.

This is the pattern this week. Kia's Kim Dae-yu (two runs in 0.2 innings), Kim Do-hyeon (three runs in 0.2 innings), and Kwak Do-gyu (one run without fault in 0 innings), which came after starting pitcher James Nail (nine runs and four earned runs in 5 innings) at the match against Lotte on Saturday, when the team was leading 14-1 but ended up with a shocking 15-15 draw. In the end, Jang Hyun-sik (three scoreless innings) and Choi Ji-min (two scoreless innings) jointly blocked the last five innings, barely making a draw. Kia's manager, Lee Bum-ho, also played a disappointing role in replacing pitchers.

In addition, the rest of the starting pitchers except Cam Aldred continued to struggle, and as a result, the winning team never took the mound after the game on the 25th.

In other words, if the starter holds out well for a long time, KIA will also be able to protect its lead by putting in a must-win group. In that respect, the remaining two games of the three consecutive games this weekend became important.

For now, Yang Hyun-jong, who was absent from the entry, will return today to start. Fortunately, he didn't hurt his elbow, and he had a short break, so there is no big problem. Above all, Yang Hyun-jong is coming back with full physical strength. I have high expectations because he has consistently pitched about six innings on average this season.