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KIA pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong is heading to the dugout after recording his 2,049th strikeout, the most in Korean professional baseball history, in the top of the third inning of the home game against Lotte in Gwangju on the 21st. The number '2049' is displayed large on the scoreboard behind Yang Hyeon-jong.

Lotte strikeouts 7 more, new record, 10th consecutive year of triple-digit strikeouts, 2 home runs allowed, no win

KIA's veteran left-handed pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong (36) has set a new Korean professional baseball strikeout record.

Yang Hyeon-jong recorded his 2,049th career strikeout in the top of the third inning against Lotte in the home game in Gwangju on the 21st, striking out the opposing team's second batter, Yoon Dong-hee, with a swing. Yang Hyeon-jong, who was only two strikeouts away from Song Jin-woo (retired) for the most strikeouts (2,048) before the game, added seven more strikeouts to become the greatest "Dr. K" in Korean professional baseball with a total of 2,053 strikeouts. Yang Hyeon-jong, who had 99 strikeouts on the season up until the previous day, struck out leadoff hitter Hwang Seong-bin with a swing in the top of the first inning, reaching his 100th strikeout of the season. This is his 10th consecutive triple-digit strikeout for 10 years from 2014 to this year. This is the third record in Korean professional baseball history, following KT manager Lee Kang-chul and Jang Won-

jun (formerly of Doosan). Yang Hyeon-jong tied Song Jin-woo's record by striking out Na Seung-yeop in the second inning with no outs and a runner on first base. Then, in the third inning with two outs and a runner on first base, he struck out Yoon Dong-hee with a high fastball to achieve the record. Before the change of offense and defense in the bottom of the third inning, the players from both teams held a special award ceremony to congratulate Yang Hyeon-jong on his record. Jeon Jun-woo, the captain of the Sangtae team, presented a bouquet of flowers, and Lotte players lined up to applaud the record.

Yang Hyeon-jong, who entered KIA as the first pick in the second round of the 2007 rookie draft, has been wearing KIA's red uniform and setting various records except for 2021, when he went to Texas in the US professional baseball league. On July 10, he set a record of 400 games as a starter for the first time in professional baseball in the game against LG. In addition, he is in second place in career wins with 177 wins, following Song Jin-woo (210 wins). His innings pitched are also 2,476 and 1/3 innings, second only to Song Jin-woo's 3,003 innings. However,

Yang Hyeon-jong did not smile until the end that day. Although he pitched well without giving up a run until the 4th inning, he allowed a 1-run home run to Noh Jin-hyeok in the top of the 5th inning when they were leading 3-0, and then gave up a go-ahead 3-run home run to Son Ho-young, failing to become the winning pitcher. Yang Hyeon-jong handed over the mound to Kwak Do-gyu in the top of the sixth inning, when the score was 4-5. The score for the day was 5 innings, 7 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts, and 4 runs.



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