Kia Tigers' Yang Hyun-jong walked off the mound after failing to get the win against the Doosan Bears. Yang gave up six runs on nine hits (two home runs), two walks and three strikeouts in six innings against Doosan on Thursday at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju. He threw 87 pitches. Yang gave way to Yoon Jung-hyun in the top of the seventh inning with his team trailing 2-6.

Yang has been on a roll lately. He pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout in nine innings against KT in Gwangju on April 1. On the 8th, he took a no-decision against Samsung Electronics in Daegu, but was able to fulfill his duties perfectly, allowing one run (unearned) on three hits and four walks with three strikeouts in six innings. He has pitched five or more innings in all eight games this season and has pitched a quality start (six or more innings pitched, three earned runs or less) in his last six games. Expectations were high for him to do the same against a Doosan lineup that had won eight straight games.

However, the Doosan bats were stronger than expected.

Yang gave up three runs in the first inning. The leadoff hitter gave up a single to Jung Soo-bin and a double to Heo Kyung-min to put runners on first and second with nobody out. 카지노사이트 Yang Hyun-jong retired the next two batters to end the first inning.

In the second inning, he gave up a leadoff single to Ramos and walked Jeon Min-jae, but Cho Sung-yueng's mis-hit ball to right field sailed slow, putting runners on second and third with one out. However, Yang Hyun-jong got the next two batters to ground out and fly out respectively to end the threat.

In the bottom of the second inning, Kia cut the deficit to one run on a two-run single by Na Sung-beom, which seemed to ease the pressure on Yang. Yang Hyun-jong responded by retiring the side in order in the top of the third. In the top of the fourth inning, back-to-back walks put him in trouble, but he got Jung Soo-bin to fly out to end the threat.

However, the KIA bats were unable to tie the game against Brandon. In the top of the fifth inning, Yang Hyun-jong gave up a single to left to Yang Ji with the bases loaded after a double by Heo Kyung-min and a sacrifice fly by Kang Seung-ho. Yang fouled out Seok-hwan Yang, but this time he gave up a two-run double to Kim Jae-hwan for the sixth run. Yang gave up a leadoff single to Jung Soo-bin in the bottom of the sixth, but got Heo Kyung-min to ground out to end the inning.