kwang-hyun kim (St. Louis Cardinals), who started after 22 days, washed away concerns about the aftereffects of the injury with excellent pitching.However, the win was not achieved due to the bench's early substitution decision.

Kwang-hyun kim started in an away game against the Pittsburgh Pirates of the US Major League Baseball (MLB) held at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on the 30th and played 4 innings, 3 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts and 1 run (1 run).His ERA for the season dropped slightly from 3.27 to 3.23. St. Louis took a 3-1 lead, and lost 3-4 by hitting a three-run homer to the opposing team Tsutsugo in the bottom of the ninth inning. did not meet the requirements. The St. Louis bench seemed to control the number of pitches for Kwang-hyun kim, who started after a long time after recovering from an injury.

Kwang-hyun kim showed perfect pitching content up to the 3rd inning.On that day, he threw the most sliders (24), and evenly distributed 19 fastballs, 17 changeups, 3 curves, and 1 sinker. His fastest fastball speed was 147 km/h.

However, he faced the greatest crisis in the fourth inning, after one round of batting. He struggled in the fourth inning, allowing three straight batter hits to Hayes, Reynolds and Moran.

As Kwang-hyun kim shook, St. Louis pitching coach Mike Maddux went up to the mound to stabilize Kwang-hyun kim. Kwang-hyun kim,who succeeded in zeroing again, struck out Sterlings with a sharply falling changeup in the crisis of running out of bases.

The next batter, Tsutsugo, touched the first pitch, and it was tied 1-1 by a sacrifice fly from left field.kwang-hyun kim caught the last hitter, Tucker with a ground ball, and prevented the crisis of running out safely with just one run.

It is the first time in 22 days since the Kansas City Royals match on the 8th that Kwang-hyun kim started.He was placed on the 10-day Injured List (IL) due to elbow pain on the 10th, returned after a minor league rehabilitation game, and changed his position to the bullpen on the 25th and threw the ball.