'Foreign investor departure' KIA makes decisive move; first baseman Hwang Dae-in receives sudden first-division call-up → ready to start immediately! '10-game batting average in the .100s' Park Jae-hyun excluded from starting lineup [Gwangju field]

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With '10-home run replacement foreign hitter' Adellin Rodriguez leaving the team after yesterday's game (12th), Hwang Dae-in has been placed at the first baseman position.

KIA will play a 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular-season home game against Doosan Bears at 5 p.m. on the 13th at Gwangju-KIA Champions Field.

KIA narrowly lost 2-4 to Doosan yesterday and is now on a two-game losing streak. The gap between '5th-place' KIA and '6th-place' Doosan has narrowed to just half a game.

For today's game, KIA set its starting lineup in the following order: Kim Min-gyu (left fielder), Kim Ho-ryeong (center fielder), Kim Do-young (designated hitter), Na Sung-beom (right fielder), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Byun Woo-hyeok (third baseman), Hwang Dae-in (first baseman), Kim Tae-gun (catcher), and Park Min (shortstop). Starting pitcher is James Nail.

Notably, Park Jae-hyun, who dominated both offensively and defensively in the early part of this season, was excluded from the starting lineup. In his second professional season, Park posted a .280 batting average in March and April, then recorded an impressive .330 average over 25 games in May. However, in 10 games played since June, he has struggled with a .105 batting average.

Additionally, KIA made changes to its first-division roster. Instead of Adellin and Ko Jong-wook, Hwang Dae-in and Han Seung-yeon were called up to the first division.

This marks Hwang Dae-in's first registration on the first-division roster this season. In this year's Futures League, he recorded a .294 batting average (17 at-bats, 5 hits), 1 home run, 7 RBIs, 5 runs scored, 3 walks, and 3 strikeouts, with a slugging percentage of .471 and an on-base percentage of .400.

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