"It's fun to stick to it."

KIA will have its fourth game against the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Tuesday. Ace Yang Hyun-jong will take the mound as a starting pitcher with the goal of winning four games in this season and his team's second consecutive game.토토사이트

Yang has been on the starting lineup in seven ⅔ this season, with a record of 3-1 loss and 3.02 ERA in 44 games. Detailed indicators such as quality start five times, hit-to-hit rate of 0.232 and WHIP per inning are also excellent. In the match against the KT Wiz in Gwangju on the 1st, Yang won a complete game with eight hits, one walk, six strikeouts and one run in nine innings.
KIA did not change its starting pitcher even after the first three consecutive games against Samsung were canceled due to rain on the 7th. Yang Hyun-jong was announced as the starting pitcher.

On the other hand, Samsung, which has lost two games in a row, took out its Won Tae-in card on the 8th instead of left-hander Lee Seung-hyun, who was the starting pitcher on the 7th. Won Tae-in will start the game in line with his starting rotation after the game against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 2nd.

In the 2024 season, Won Tae-in has won five games and lost one game with an ERA of 1.79 in 40 ⅓ in seven ⅔. He is also capable of achieving a record of 14 wins and seven losses with an ERA of 3.06 or more in 26 games in 158 innings in the 2021 season, which was his best performance since his professional debut in 2019.

As Yang Hyun-jong and Won Tae-in will face off as starters, the match between KIA and Samsung will receive more than one ordinary regular season game.

"It became a big match (due to cancellation of rain the previous day) because of the cancellation of rain," manager Lee Bum-ho said in an official interview before the game on Tuesday. "I don't think it's bad because it's fun to pour (with good pitchers)."

Manager Lee Bum-ho, however, did not hide his vigilance, acknowledging Won's recent momentum and ball power. Although Won was sluggish in five games and 25 ⅔ innings, three losses without a win, and an ERA of 4.56 against KIA last year, he believes that the current Won and Won are different from each other in the 2023 season.

"There were times when our hitters attacked Won Tae-in and there were times when they couldn't," coach Lee Bum-ho said. "There were times when I hit well once in a while, but I heard that Won has become very good these days," he said. "Even from the analysis of his power, Won's current ball power is quite good. I expect him to struggle to some extent today."

He also showed confidence in KIA's batting lineup, saying, "Players who had a bad batting cycle at the beginning of the season are now coming up little by little, and good players are maintaining well."

Meanwhile, KIA formed its starting lineup with Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Na Sung-bum (designated hitter), Choi Hyung-woo (left fielder), Socrates (center fielder), Lee Woo-sung (first baseman), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Han Jun-su (catcher) and Choi Won-joon (right fielder).