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The KIA Tigers lost a practice game against the KT Wiz.
KIA knelt down 2-5 in a practice game against KT in Okinawa, Japan on the 5th.
On this day, KIA scored 10 hits, but the pitching staff gave up the game by dedicating seven walks.
On the other hand, KT won with nine hits from the lineup, allowing only one walk by the pitchers.
On the KIA mound, starter Adam Oler marked two runs (two earned runs) on three hits (one homer), two strikeouts, one walk, and two balls in two innings. He also committed one wild pitch and one balk each.
Hong Min-gyu then pitched a clean pitch with one hit and no run in one inning, and Kim Tae-hyung took charge of two innings with two hits, two walks and two strikeouts. Hong Min-gyu, who wore a KIA uniform as a compensation player for Park Chan-ho, the "8 billion free agent," had a maximum speed of 148 kilometers.
Kim Si-hoon continued to mark one perfect strikeout in one inning and Sung Young-tak one strikeout in one inning and one run (one earned run). While Choi Ji-min was shaken by two hits, two walks, one strikeout, and two runs (two earned) in one inning, Cho Sang-woo made a perfect pitch against three batters in one inning in the ninth inning.
KIA pitchers' arrests also appeared to be quite high. According to the Kia club, Kim Tae-hyung's maximum speed was 149 kilometers and Ohler's maximum speed was 148 kilometers. Choi Ji-min also measured 147 kilometers and Jo Sang-woo 144 kilometers.
KIA set up the starting lineup in the order of Kim Ho-ryeong (center fielder), Yoon Do-hyun (second baseman), Castro (left fielder), Na Sung-beom (right fielder), Kim Sun-bin (designated hitter), Oh Sun-woo (first baseman), Park Min (second baseman), Kim Tae-gun (catcher), and Chung Hyeon-chang (striker).
Among the starting batters, Kim Ho-ryeong, Yoon Do-hyun, Castro (double), Oh Sun-woo (double), and Jung Hyun-chang recorded one hit each. Among the fielders who replaced, Jung Hae-won flew with multi-hitters in just two at-bats, and Park Jung-woo, Han Seung-yeon and Kim Kyu-sung also added one hit each.
KT's starter Boschley pitched two ⅔ innings with three hits and four strikeouts. Kwon Sung-joong (⅓ innings), Woo Kyu-min (perfect three batters in one inning), Ju-won (perfect three batters in one inning), Jeon Yong-joo (one inning, one hit, one walk, two strikeouts, one run), Son Dong-hyun (three hits, two strikeouts, one run in one inning), Han Seung-hyuk (two hits and no runs in one inning), and Lim Joon-hyung (one hit and one strikeout in one inning) came out one after another to sprinkle the ball.
In KT's batting lineup, Jang Sung-woo swung three hits, including one home run, while Choi Won-joon made multiple hits, Jang Jin-hyuk, Kim Hyun-soo, Moon Sang-chul and Junghoon Lee made one hit each.
KT drew a two-run arch with Jang Sung-woo crossing the fence in the middle after two outs after leadoff hitter Choi Won-joon got on base with a right-handed hit in the first inning. KIA made up one point with Jung Hae-won's timely hit in the sixth inning. KT, which added two runs in the eighth inning, eventually won, while exchanging one run each in the seventh inning.

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