‘KK’ Kim Gwang-hyun (33, St. Louis Cardinals) made a’two appearances in one game’ with a sluggish appearance even in the second demonstration game in 2021.
On the 9th (Korean time), Kim Kwang-Hyun started at the home game of the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) demonstration game against the Miami Marlins at Jupiter Rogerdin Stadium in Florida, USA, and recorded a total of 2⅓innings, 6 hits, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts, and 4 runs. .
In the first inning, Kim Gwang-hyun was hit with 4 runs after ⅔ innings, and then climbed back to the mound in the second inning and threw 1 ⅔ more without a run.
Kim Gwang-hyun climbed the mound twice against the New York Mets in the first start of this year’s demonstration game on the 4th and shook with a total of ⅔innings, 4 hits, 2 walks and 4 runs (3 ERA).
After two consecutive sluggish games, Kim Gwang-hyun’s average ERA in the demonstration games reached 21.00.
On this day, Kim Gwang-hyun was hit with a slider thrown at Miami’s first batter Starling Marte and Corey Dickerson in the first inning, and threw a walk at Jesus Aguila to get to the bottom.
Kim Gwang-hyun, who conceded by hitting the next batter Garrett Cooper with two heavy hits in the heavy match, struck out Brian Anderson and Adam Duval, respectively, and overcame the crisis.
However, he was replaced by Junior Fernandez and came down from the mound leaving 2nd, 1st and 3rd base.
Fernandes gave Isan Dias two runs and doubles, and Kim Gwang-hyun’s own score went up to four.
Afterwards, Fernandez finished the first inning with one walk and a ground ball without any additional runs.
At the end of the first inning, St. Louis’ other ships pursued 3-4 with a full sweep.
Kim Gwang-hyun came back to the mound in the second inning. He pitched with better content than the first episode.
Kim Gwang-hyun, who caught Marte as a center fielder, allowed Dickerson to hit a heavy game, but ended the inning by catching Aguila as a shortstop, second baseman, and one baseman.
In the beginning of the third inning, he was hit by Cooper and Anderson in a row, and Duval and Dias at the first and second bases were dealt with a floating ball and strikeouts, and were replaced by Loel Ramirez.
Ramirez threw a walk at Miguel Lohas and ended the inning without a run-off by catching Chad Wallick with a floating ball at second base.
In the match against the Mets on the 4th, Kim Gwang-hyun was forced to lose 3 points with 4 hits and 1 walk, holding only 1 out count, such as hitting a triple by the first batter in the first inning.
At the beginning of the second inning, he threw 1 strikeout and 1 walk, and was replaced again.
Kim Gwang-hyun was given the opportunity to appear twice in the second demonstration game, but he could not make up for the sluggishness.
However, unlike the Mets, it was comforting to gradually find stability by not allowing long hits and digesting longer innings. The highest fastball speed is 91.2 miles per hour (about 146.8 km).
St. Louis’ main catcher, Yadier Molina, did not appear on the day. Kim Gwang-hyun matched battery breathing with Andrew Keithner for two consecutive games.
St. Louis made up four points with Dylan Carlson’s two RBIs and Delvin Perez’s two RBIs and three bases after the second base at the end of the fifth inning.
However, he scored 2 points for Miami with a mound hunting in the early 6th inning, leading 7-5 and ended up with a 7-7 draw.