'Finally taking off the veil' KIA's only 亞 quarter fielder makes his KBO stage debut against SSG! [the scene of Incheon]

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Finally, I'm taking off the veil. KIA Tigers Asian quarter foreign hitter Jerid Dale will make his KBO League debut.

KIA will play the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season away game against SSG Landers at 2 p.m. on the 29th at SSG Landers Field in Incheon.

KIA suffered a painful walk-off defeat in the bottom of the ninth inning on the previous day (28th). He is determined to win this day and bring the entire series back to one win and one loss.

On this day, KIA made the starting lineup in the order of Kim Ho-ryeong (center fielder), Castro (left fielder), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Na Sung-beom (designated hitter), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Yoon Do-hyun (first baseman), Lee Chang-jin (right fielder), Han Jun-su (catcher), and Dale (striker). The starting pitcher is Lee Eui-ri. Compared to the previous day, it is noticeable that Oh Sun-woo is out and Lee Chang-jin has entered right field.

Above all, Dale will start the KBO League regular season for the first time. Dale played in 11 exhibition games this year and posted a batting average of 0.129 (4 hits in 33 at-bats), two runs, one walk, five strikeouts, a slugging percentage of 0.129 and an on-base percentage of 0.156.

In response, SSG set up the starting batting order in the order of Park Sung-han (striker), Herredia (left fielder), Choi Jung (third baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Ko Myung-joon (first baseman), Jihoon Choi (center fielder), Kim Sung-wook (right fielder), Cho Hyung-woo (catcher), and Jung Joon-jae (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Kim Gun-woo. Only Kim Sung-wook and Cho Hyung-woo exchanged batting orders.

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