Kim Do-young, who is 'easy to hit second', says, "I will get on base and have a chance to be in the center of the lineup."

The Daily MVP was Han Jun-su, who hit a tying hit and a come-from-behind hit, but Kim Do-young, the KIA Tigers' original troubleshooter, performed as well as Han Jun-su as the second hitter and rescued his team from the quagmire.

KIA defeated the Samsung Lions 4-2 in Game 4 of the professional baseball playoffs (PO, 3 wins out of 5) held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the 30th, pushing the final game to Game 5.

Second hitter Kim Do-young hit 2 hits in 5 at-bats and scored 2 runs, and 6th hitter Han Jun-su went 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs to lead the team to victory.

Kim Do-young hit a single and turned it into a double with his quick feet, and when the opponent made a 'sniff' error, he sprinted to second base, giving him a chance to score at once.

Kim Do-young, who set the table on his own as the number 2 hitter on this day, rather than being the familiar center hitter who cleans up the table as usual, hit the home run in the 4th and 7th innings, respectively, thanks to timely hits from Han Jun-su and Harold Castro.

KIA was able to turn around thanks to Kim Do-young playing his part in a situation where No. 1 hitter Park Jae-hyeon was performing poorly.

After the game, Kim Do-young said, "Not only me, but all the seniors and juniors on the team are in a difficult state physically, but seeing them like that gives me more strength," and added, "I will focus only on winning with the thought that I can never lose since we have made it to the 5th PO game."

KIA coach Beom-ho Lee revealed that he plans to continue using the ‘Kim Do-young No. 2’ card in the 5th PO game.

Since there was no worthy second hitter with both batting performance and base running sense, the strategy of deploying Kim Do-young forward came to fruition in Game 4.

Kim Do-young said, "I felt like my batting order came back quicker when I played at No. 2, and it was nice to get to the plate often. I have a strong desire to get on base and create opportunities for the central batting lineup. I will do that even if I hit No. 1," expressing confidence that being a table setter is no problem.

Regarding Ariel Jurado, Samsung's starting pitcher in Game 5, he said, "Hurado threw a really good ball in Game 2, and all of our batters are aware of it."

Kim Do-young predicted that he would not be defeated twice, saying, “I think they might throw something similar because they achieved success, but since we also have experience, we can attack it well.”