'How can this be?' KIA's Kim Do-young batting in the .100s... It's a mystery only here... What on earth is happening?

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Kim Do-young (23) of the KIA Tigers, the KBO League's top hitter, is currently recording a batting average in the .100s at only one venue this season. That venue is Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium, home to both the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins. As Kim Do-young struggles, the team also fails to find its rhythm whenever it plays at Jamsil Stadium this season.

On the 27th, KIA lost 1-8 to Doosan in an away regular-season game of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium.

KIA, whose winning streak had ended at four games the previous day, fell into a two-game losing streak with this defeat. KIA currently holds a record of 41 wins, 1 draw, and 35 losses. The gap between fourth-place KIA and fifth-place Doosan has narrowed from 3.5 games to just 2.5 games.

For KIA, this was a game where Kim Do-young's silence was particularly regrettable. On this day, Kim Do-young went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.

KIA had previously played a three-game midweek series against Kiwoom before this weekend series against Doosan. During that series, Kim Do-young showcased powerful hitting with a '3-hit, 2-hit, 3-hit' performance, including two home runs.

That was the Kim Do-young who recorded one hit in four at-bats with two strikeouts in the Jamsil-Doosan game on the 26th, only to go 0-for-4 in silence in the game on the 27th.

In fact, Kim Do-young has shown particularly poor form at Jamsil Stadium this season. He has played a total of 11 games at Jamsil Stadium this season, with his batting average limited to .184 (7 hits in 38 at-bats). Although he hit two home runs, two doubles, and recorded seven RBIs and four runs scored, he also struck out eight times, making it difficult for him to find his usual form.

In contrast, Kim Do-young has posted a .520 batting average at Gocheok Sky Dome and .333 at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium and Changwon NC Park. Additionally, at his home field, Gwangju-KIA Champions Field, he has handled the most at-bats with 130, recording a .285 batting average.

This season, KIA holds a 4-7 record against Doosan and a 4-7 record against LG, placing them at a disadvantage. Specifically, at Jamsil Stadium, they have managed only one win in five games against LG and one win in four games against Doosan.

KIA will start Kim Tae-hyung in the game against Doosan at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. KIA manager Lee Beom-ho, the team's commander, stated before the 27th game, "Kim Tae-hyung will start on the 28th. All available relief pitchers will be on standby. If the starter can hold for five innings and a winning situation arises, the winning pitcher will come in to pitch. We will go all out." He expressed his determination to break the losing streak.

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