'Super awesome' Kim Do-young made his first 4th card → Na Sung-beom explode! KIA scored 12 points until the 3rd inning

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The KIA Tigers' batting line-up burned like a "melting furnace." The "Kim Do-young's first 4th batter since his professional debut" card, which coach Lee Bum-ho (45), took out, maximized the synergy of the team's batters.

KIA showed off its explosive scoring ability from the beginning of the game in the second game of the season against the Samsung Lions of the "2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League" at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 8th.

Kia's start on the day was a bit unsettling. In the top of the first inning, he was dragged 0-1 by giving up the first run to Samsung, but KIA's counterattack began immediately. In the bottom of the first inning, Castro hit a timely hit with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, which were made with consecutive walks by Kim Sun-bin and Kim Do-young, followed by Na Sung-beom's come-from-behind RBI to turn the game around in an instant.

Kia ran away more in the bottom of the second inning. Castro hit a three-run double with two outs and a bases-loaded chance made by hits by Park Jae-hyun and Dale, and walks by Kim Sun-bin. With the momentum, Na Sung-bum's additional timely hit and Park Jae-hyun's two-run timely hit exploded in succession, scoring six runs in the second inning alone to widen the score to 8-1.

The most powerful was at the end of the third inning. Kim Do-young, the fourth batter who entered the batter's box with one out and runners on the first base, pulled Samsung starter Lee Seung-hyun's 132-kilometer-per-hour change-up on the fifth pitch and fired a two-run home run over the left fence. It was a changeup, but I was pushed to the middle course.

When Kim Do-young's home run hit, the subsequent batters also responded. Na Sung-beom, who appeared after Castro's walk, also drew a superior two-run arch against Lee Seung-hyun, widening the gap by 11 points (12-1).

Kim Do-young's No. 4 card, deployed by head coach Lee Bum-ho after hard work, has created a Catfish Effect that perfectly saves not only his home run but also Na Sung-bum's sense of hitting. In particular, it was the first time since Kim Do-young's professional debut in the 2022 season that he placed the fourth batter in the starting lineup.

Samsung's starting left-hander Lee Seung-hyun, on the other hand, was simply embarrassed by KIA's batters' firepower. Lee Seung-hyun left the mound with the worst result of 11 hits (two home runs) and eight walks and 12 runs in two ⅔ innings.

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