The professional baseball Kiwoom Heroes will face the LG Twins in the second match of the season on the 9th at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.
Kiwoom suffered a heavy defeat of 1-13 the previous day.
They have adjusted their first team roster for the day. Rookie pitcher Yoon Hyun, who started as the pitcher the day before, has been removed from the first team roster. Yoon pitched 69 pitches over 2 innings and was hit hard, allowing 9 runs. Kim Woong-bin received an opportunity to start as soon as he was registered to the first team. Kim Woong-bin recorded a batting average of .388 (19 hits in 49 at-bats), with 3 home runs, 19 RBIs, a slugging percentage of .755, and an on-base percentage of .508 in 13 games in the second team.
On this day, Kiwoom will have Son Sung-moon (second baseman), Puig (left fielder), Lee Joo-hyung (center fielder), Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman), Park Joo-hong (right fielder), Jeon Tae-hyun (third baseman), Kim Woong-bin (designated hitter), Kim Jae-hyun (catcher), and Kim Tae-jin (shortstop) in the starting lineup.
Against LG right-handed starter Hernandez, 7 left-handed batters are positioned. Hernandez has a record of 1 win and 1 loss with an earned run average of 9.39 over 2 games. This is his first appearance since collapsing in the game against KT on the 2nd, where he allowed 8 runs in ⅔ inning on 5 hits and 3 walks.
The starting pitcher for Kiwoom is left-hander Rosenberg. Rosenberg has a record of 1 win and 2 losses with an earned run average of 6.19 over 3 games. He recorded his first win in the KBO League debut on March 28 against SSG, pitching 7 innings with 4 hits allowed, 9 strikeouts, and allowing 2 runs.
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