The KIA Tigers of the Korea Professional Baseball announced their starting lineup on the 24th.
KIA's lineup for the game against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 4th at the Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome for the '2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League' consists of Lee Chang-jin (left fielder), Park Chan-ho (shortstop), Patrick Wisdom (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Oh Seon-woo (first baseman), Kim Seok-hwan (right fielder), Han Joon-soo (catcher), Park Min (second baseman), and Choi Won-jun (center fielder). The starting pitcher is Yoon Young-cheol.
This season, Wisdom and Choi Hyung-woo, who lead the KIA lineup, occupy the 3rd and 4th batting positions, while Oh Seon-woo, who hit his 8th home run of the season in the last game, is positioned 5th, forming the cleanup trio. Kim Seok-hwan, who has recorded hits in two consecutive games as a pinch hitter recently, is also included in the starting lineup. Kim Seok-hwan hit his first home run of the season on the 22nd against SSG.
Starting pitcher Yoon Young-cheol has recorded 1 win and 6 losses with an earned run average of 5.18 over 10 games (40 innings) this season. In his last appearance, he pitched 5 innings against KT, allowing 4 hits, 2 walks, striking out 5, and giving up 3 earned runs. He faced Kiwoom in one game, pitching 2 innings, allowing 6 hits, 3 walks, striking out 2, and giving up 6 runs (2 earned) in a loss.
On the 23rd, KIA removed James Neall from the first team roster for rest and called up Kim Geon-guk. Kim Geon-guk has recorded an earned run average of 7.53 over 11 games (14⅓ innings) this season.
Meanwhile, Kiwoom's starting lineup consists of Song Seong-mun (third baseman), Lim Ji-yeol (left fielder), Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman), Lee Joo-hyung (center fielder), Stone Garrett (right fielder), Joo Seong-won (designated hitter), Eo Joon-seo (shortstop), Kim Dong-heon (catcher), and Jeon Tae-hyun (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Kim Yoon. On the 23rd, Oh Seon-jin and Lee Kang-jun were removed from the first team roster, and Yang Hyun-jong and Lee Joon-woo were called up.
[OSEN]