The KIA Tigers' starting lineup aiming to snap a four-game losing streak has been released.
The professional baseball KIA Tigers are preparing for their third meeting of the season against the KT Wiz in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 23rd. It is the final game of the three-game midweek series.
KIA set the starting lineup against KT starter So Hyung-jun as Jared Dale (second base) Kim Ho-ryeong (center field) Kim Seon-bin (designated hitter) Kim Do-young (third base) Harold Castro (left field) Na Sung-beom (right field) Lee Ho-yeon (first base) Joo Hyo-sang (catcher) Park Min (shortstop) in that order. The starting pitcher is Lee Eui-ri.
Dale, who had been batting ninth, moved back up to first. His position remains second base. The shortstop changed from Jeong Hyun-chang to Park Min, and the catcher is Joo Hyo-sang, who helped Lee Eui-ri rebound in Jamsil last weekend.
Starter Lee Eui-ri's season record is 4 games, 1 win, 2 losses, with a 7.24 ERA, and in his most recent outing on the 17th against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil he pitched 5 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 walks, striking out 8 with no runs to earn his first win of the season. His battery partner at that time was Joo Hyo-sang.
Lee Eui-ri has a memory of being the winning pitcher against KT in this year's exhibition games. On March 15 in Gwangju he pitched 4 innings, allowing 1 hit, no walks, striking out 4 with no runs. His most recent regular-season game against KT was on April 4, 2024, in Suwon, when he pitched 5 innings, allowing 6 hits (1 home run), 2 walks, striking out 7 and giving up 2 runs to take the win.
KIA lost both of the two games they played against KT. On the first day, after a fierce battle, they surrendered a walk-off solo home run to Kim Min-hyeok in the bottom of the 11th, and on the 22nd, despite removing ace James Naylor, trusted relievers Kim Beom-Su (2/3 inning, 4 runs) and Cho Sang-woo (0 innings, 2 runs) faltered, and KIA fell 3-8.
KIA, which had run an eight-game winning streak through the 17th, slipped into a four-game losing streak, suffering a second consecutive losing series and dropping below .500. The season record is 10 wins and 11 losses.
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