If you aim for a sweeper, you'll get a fastball, if you aim for a fastball, you'll get a sweeper... Smart nails, reverse-thinking ball combination results are '34 scoreless innings'

If you aim for a sweeper, you'll get a fastball, if you aim for a fastball, you'll get a sweeper... Smart nails, reverse-thinking ball combination results are '34 scoreless innings'

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KIA Tigers' foreign ace James Nail continued his powerful scoreless streak again. He started the game against the Samsung Lions in the 2025 professional baseball league held at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on Sunday, and posted the best score record of seven innings of three hits, two strikeouts and two strikeouts. He led the team to a 3-1 victory, securing his first win.스포츠토토

There were two crises. He had runners on the first and second bases with two outs in the third inning, and one on the first and third bases with one out in the fourth inning. Nevertheless, he silenced all subsequent hitters. He allowed not a single run in three games and 18 innings this year. In the 2024 season, he pitched 16 scoreless innings in three games until the closing of the season from August 13. In addition, he pitched 34 scoreless innings, making him an extremely strong pitcher.

After the season's opening, Kia's batters failed to produce big innings regardless of the starting pitcher's good pitching, and its bullpen suffered an upset loss. With the team struggling, Nail blocked seven scoreless innings, resulting in a win. Cho Sang-woo deleted one inning, and closing pitcher Jung Hae-young struggled due to infield errors, but managed to block the crisis with a powerful fastball of 152 km, with one out and runners on the first and second bases. The bullpen kept Nail's first win.

Nail said, "I feel like I'm in great shape. I feel like I'm in great shape and the results of the game are coming out well."I try not to care about (34 scoreless innings). Instead, I am focusing more on each game and every inning. I had a crisis in the middle again today, but I focused more on my efforts," he said, revealing his secret to victory.

Nail thanked Byun Woo-hyuk for his three RBIs and stellar defense. "He was so good. He defended well and raised a lot of RBIs in his attacks. (Third inning) I tried to contain my courage when I made a mistake in defense. Then I caught Koo Ja-wook's tricky ball well. Thanks to him, I played a good game against Samsung, a strong team."

Nine teams are working hard to target their second-year nails. Since he is the king of ERA and the winner of the competition, he must have put on a microscope. The focus was on the main weapon sweeper. Nevertheless, it was more powerful than last year. He actively engaged in change-up with the sweeper and neutralized it by mixing the ball with the reverse idea.

"I can see that batters adapt to the sweeper and get to know it more. Instead, I respond by throwing a fastball at the sweeper timing and a fastball at the sweeper timing," he said with a smile. That was why he remained the ace for two years. Such a player is called a lucky foreign player.