KIA Futures Team Self-destructs 20 Runs with 16 hits and 17 outs...10.7 billion aces, 3 runs in 5 innings → Ready to open
KIA Futures Team Self-destructs 20 Runs with 16 hits and 17 outs...10.7 billion aces, 3 runs in 5 innings → Ready to open
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KT Wiz's "native ace" Ko Young-pyo completed his final inspection ahead of the opening. KIA Tigers had a difficult game as the pitching staff collapsed in the grass.
KT beat KIA in the 2025 Mediheel KBO Futures League held at Iksan National Baseball Stadium on Sunday local time 20-4. KT has won three consecutive games. Kia has lost four straight games and ranked at the bottom of the Southern League.
▲ Selection line-up
KT: Park Min-seok (designated hitter), Ahn Hyun-min (right wing), Ahn Chi-young (center fielder), Lee Seung-hyun (first baseman), Lee Ho-yeon (third baseman), Kang Min-sung (second baseman), Kim Gun-hyung (left wing), Jang Joon-won (striker) and Kim Min-seok (catcher). Starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo.
KIA: Choi Jung-yong (second baseman), Kim Seok-hwan (left fielder), Oh Sun-woo (first baseman), Lee Myung-jae (center fielder), Ko Jong-wook (designated hitter), Ye Jin-won (right fielder), Oh Jung-hwan (third baseman), Joo Hyo-sang (catcher), and Park Min (striker). Starting pitcher Cho Dae-hyun.
Throwing 69 pitches during five innings, Ko became the winning pitcher with five hits (one homer), no outs, five strikeouts, and three runs. He has completed his efforts to advance to the regular season in the Futures League.
He scored 20 points by exploding 16 hits. Kim Gun-hyung recorded four hits in six at-bats, one home run, three runs and five RBIs, Kang Min-sung recorded two hits in four at-bats, one home run, four runs, four RBIs and two walks, Jang Joon-won recorded two hits in four at-bats, one home run, one walk, one run and three RBIs, and An Chi-young scored four hits in one at-bats and three walks.
Kia pitchers allowed 17 four outs. Starting pitcher Cho Dae-hyun allowed two hits, four walks and four runs during the first ⅔ of the inning, putting the team at a loss. Kim Seung-hyun (four runs allowed in one inning), Kim Hyun-soo (one ⅓ scoreless inning), Yoon Joong-hyun (two scoreless innings), Kim Ki-hoon (five runs in zero innings), Sung Young-tak (four runs in one ⅓ inning), Lim Da-on (two runs in the first ⅔ inning), and Jang Jae-hyuk (one run in one inning) pitched in the game.
Ko Young-pyo's "first inning" jinx was also activated in the Futures League. Ko Young-pyo dedicated a double to leadoff hitter Choi Jung-yong in the top of the first inning. He was then hit by Kim Seok-hwan for the first two-run home run in the middle of the month. Later, although there was a mistake by the third baseman, he finished the first inning by catching three out counts.
His performance in the first inning was particularly bad. Last season, Ko also showed weak batting average of 0.385 POPS of 1.019 in the first inning. The worst number of innings in Korea. If the ball count exceeds the first half, there is no problem in the second half. While his POPS is 0.920 in the first to third innings, he has 0.735 in the fourth to sixth innings and 0.519 in the seventh to ninth innings.
Ko, who finished the second inning with three outs, faced KIA's top batting line in the third inning and lost again. Leadoff hitter Choi Jung-yong hit a double to left-center. Kim Seok-hwan was caught on a fly to left field, but Oh Sun-woo reported an RBI double to left-center. With one out and runners on second, he handled Lee Young-jae with a foul fly to third baseman and Ko Jong-wook with a swing and miss, preventing additional runs.
Starting from the fourth inning, he was disallowed from scoring a single run. In the top of the fourth inning, he garnered a ground ball to the second base, striking out rookie and striking out swinging, to complete his second out. In the top of the fifth inning, Park had a hit to the right. He then grounded out Choi Jeong-yong to the second base, struck out Kim Seok-hwan, and cleared Oh Seon-woo with a fly to the left field.
Ko Young-pyo finished the game at the start of the sixth inning after being replaced by Kang Kyung-woo.
Ko will start the regular season now. He is expected to play in the game against the Doosan Bears on Saturday. He had three losses and an earned run average of 7.20 in three games against the Doosan Bears last season. 먹튀검증
This season's goal is to complete the entire season. In 2024, Ko lost about half of his season due to damage to his flexor muscles in his right elbow. "My goal is to take care of my health as I had a difficult season last year due to injury," Ko said at a Japanese spring camp site. "What I always aim at as a pitcher is that I want to be on the top of my mind. I dream about that. It's all in my heart including MVP, Golden Glove, and multiple wins. But rather than settling down due to greed, I will pursue my dream and hope of running."
At the end of the 2023 season, Ko signed a five-year, multi-year contract with KT worth 10.7 billion won (approx. Now he is in his second season. What kind of performance will Ko make in 2025.