KIA Tigers' Kim Do-young's six-game hitting streak has ended.

On the 11th, Kim Do-young started as the third baseman in the first game of the doubleheader against the SSG Landers at Incheon SSG Landers Field, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. The team lost 4-8.

Kim Do-young batted in the first inning with one out and a runner on first base, and the runner advanced to second base due to a pickoff error by pitcher White. Kim Do-young hit White's 151 km fastball but was out on a ground ball to the third baseman.

Trailing 0-3 in the third with two outs and a runner on second, he swung at White's 153 km fastball but was out on a pop-up to the second baseman.

In the fifth inning, trailing 1-7, lead-off hitter Byeon Woo-hyeok reached base on a walk, and Kim Do-young faced White for the third time with no outs and a runner on first. After falling behind with a foul and a swing-and-miss, he drew two balls. He extended the count to full with another foul and a ball. On the eighth pitch, he struck out swinging on a 145 km cutter. Following that, Choi Hyung-woo hit a two-run home run.

KIA narrowed the gap to 4-8 with a one-run single from Byeon Woo-hyeok after two outs in the sixth. With two outs and runners on first and third, Kim Do-young came to bat. The pitcher was right-hander Kim Min. It was a situation where a big hit could change the flow of the game.

Kim Do-young swung at a 135 km slider on the first pitch and missed, then swung and missed at a 150 km fastball on the second pitch. He struck out on the third pitch, another 136 km slider, making it unusual to strike out three times in one at-bat with all swings and misses.

Kim Do-young was substituted in the bottom of the eighth inning. In four plate appearances, he swung 13 times, with seven misses and four fouls. His two balls in play did not leave the infield.

Kim Do-young, who went down with a hamstring injury in the opening game on Mar. 22, made his return as a pinch hitter against LG on Apr. 25, a month later, impressively hitting a clutch single in his first at-bat.

Having gone hitless in the first game of the doubleheader, Kim Do-young's season statistics stand at 13 games, 45 at-bats, 14 hits, and a batting average of .311. His previous hitless games were on Apr. 27 against LG, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, and on Apr. 30 against NC, going 0-for-3 with one strikeout, and this game against SSG was his third.

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