Kiwoom Heroes stop KIA Tigers' 6-game winning streak and escape their 5-game losing streak
Ahn Woo-jin pitched 7 scoreless innings and Seo Geon-chang hit 2 RBIs on his birthday.
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In the game against the KIA Tigers held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 22nd, Kiwoom Heroes won 3-1 thanks to Ahn Woo-jin's 7 scoreless innings and Seo Geon-chang's 2 RBIs, breaking their 5-game losing streak and stopping KIA's 6-game winning streak.
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Why It Matters
Kiwoom Heroes were on a 5-game losing streak, and KIA Tigers were on a 6-game winning streak.
The Kiwoom Heroes, ranked last in professional baseball, put the brakes on the KIA Tigers' winning streak by escaping their five-game losing streak thanks to the great pitching of right-handed ace Ahn Woo-jin and the performance of Seo Geon-chang, who celebrated his birthday.
Kiwoom won 3-1 in the home game against KIA in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 22nd.
KIA, ranked 3rd, ended its 6-game winning streak. In addition, the lead with the 4th place LG Twins, who did not play that day, was narrowed to a half-game gap.
Woojin Ahn threw 95 balls in 7 innings, struck out 6, gave up only 4 hits and 1 hit to the body, and gave up no runs, earning his 3rd win (6th loss) of the season.
Ahn Woo-jin was expunged from the first team on the 12th due to symptoms of a sore throat. As soon as he returned that day, he played 7 innings for the first time this season.
He tightly packed the KIA batting line by using a fastball with a top speed of 158 km/h, as well as a curve, slider, and change-up.
In the batting lineup, Seo Geon-chang, who celebrated his birthday that day, performed well with 2 hits in 3 at-bats, 2 RBIs, and 1 walk.
On the other hand, KIA Adam Ohler, who is tied for first place in most wins with 11 wins this season, pitched well with 4 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts, and 1 run in 6 innings, but was unable to accumulate wins due to not receiving support from the batting line.
Kiwoom scored the first run in the bottom of the third inning.
With one out, the ball that Park Joo-hong hit after a full count game fell between KIA shortstop Ha Joo-seok, left fielder Park Jae-hyun, and center fielder Kim Ho-ryeong, resulting in a lucky double.
Then, Seo Geon-chang hit a timely hit through the infield to bring Park Joo-hong home.
Afterwards, a tense pitching battle ensued, and Kiwoom put a wedge in the game in the bottom of the 7th inning when Oler went down.
Leadoff hitter Kim Kun-hee hit a hit to the right of center field against KIA's new pitcher Cho Sang-woo, and then Kwon Hyuk-bin's sacrifice bunt and pinch hitter Kim Woong-bin's ball hit the body of Kim Woong-bin with one out and runners on first and second base.
After Park Joo-hong retired with a fly ball to left field, Seo Geon-chang hit a timely double to right-center to bring Kim Geon-hee home.
First base runner Kim Woong-bin also stepped on third base and took advantage of KIA center fielder Kim Ho-ryeong's catching error to score to make it 3-0.
Yuto Kanakubo, who took the mound in the top of the 9th inning, allowed 1 run on consecutive hits by Harold Castro and Na Seong-beom with 1 out, but did not give up any additional runs and maintained a 3-1 victory.
