It was too much to join the Kia Tigers in the 2025 season. KIA infielder Kim Sun-bin, who was listed in the starting lineup on the day of his return to the first division considering the forecast of rain, suffered a lip injury due to a big collision on the first base. Whether Kim will play in the remaining weekend series is also questionable. 메이저사이트

KIA lost 1-7 against the Doosan Bears in the 2025 Shinhan Sol Bank KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 18th. KIA, which recorded 9 wins and 12 losses this season, fell to eighth place in the league due to the loss. 

KIA registered Kim Sun-bin, who left the team due to left calf injury after canceling the Seo Geon-chang ahead of the game on Wednesday. Kim played in nine games this season before the game on Wednesday, and displayed good batting performance with a batting average of 0.423, 11 hits, six RBIs, four runs scored, on-base percentage of 0.500, and a slugging percentage of 0.539.

Kim immediately started as the starting second baseman after the game on Wednesday. KIA faced off with Doosan starter Irvin in the order of starting batters, consisting of Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Na Sung-bum (right fielder), Wizdum (first baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Lee Woo-sung (left fielder), Byun Woo-hyuk (third baseman), Kim Tae-gun (catcher) and Choi Won-jun (middle fielder). 

Kia Tigers coach Lee Bum-ho agonized over whether Kim will play as the starting pitcher on Wednesday. He was also expected to play as the starting pitcher in Thursday's game. However, Lee decided to play as the starting pitcher on Wednesday in consideration of rain forecast on Wednesday.

"I was agonizing over whether Kim Sun-bin will start or not, but I decided to start today after seeing the rain forecast. I think it would be okay if he goes out today and takes a break due to rain tomorrow. I also decided to do so because I heard that I was good at defense. I like the opposing starting pitcher's ball, so I will use it early rather than the second half and change it to a pinch runner," Lee said. 

However, Kim suffered an unexpected injury when he started the game on the day he returned to the first team. At his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, Kim faced Irvin and grounded out to the first base at the first pitch. At his second at-bat in the top of the third inning, he also struck out swinging. 

The injury happened at the top of the sixth inning. Kim tried a bunt to push the ball toward the first base with no outs and no outs in the top of the sixth inning when his team was trailing 1-3. As the ball rolled to an ambiguous point, the opposing second baseman covered the base, receiving the throw to the first base. In the process, batter Kim Sun-bin and second baseman Park Gye-beom collided head-on on the first base. Park Gye-beom's upper body shoulder and Kim Sun-bin's lower jaw collided strongly. 

Kim Sun-bin collapsed immediately and could hardly get up. While the medical staff looked at him for a long time, fortunately, he got up on his own and stepped back to the dugout. There was a bandage on his mouth to prevent bleeding.

"Kim Sun-bin tore the inside of his upper lip during the collision in the sixth inning and will move to Asan Medical Center for sutures. X-rays and CT scans can also be taken just in case there is something wrong with his teeth or jaw joint," said an official at Kia.  

Starting with Kim Seon-bin's injury, Kia's pursuit mood completely dampened. After hitting a timely double with an RBI single by pinch hitter Kim In-tae in the bottom of the sixth inning, Kia gave up consecutive timely hits to Cave and Yang Seok-hwan in the bottom of the seventh inning, which made its defeat even worse. Ultimately, Kia suffered its first defeat in a single match in 2025 amid lethargy trend in the second half of the game. 

In fact, what is more painful than the loss on the day is Kim's injury on the day of his return to the team. The team sought to rebound the mood by returning to the team through a series of injuries to Kim and Kim Do-young. If Kim has no significant problem, he will be able to play in the game on Friday after rest. However, if he is unable to play in the game for the time being due to unexpected injury, it will be a huge blow to Kia. If it had not been for the rain forecast on Wednesday, some analysts say that Kim might not be able to play as the starting pitcher. Kia has been involved too much in many ways. Attention is focusing on how Kia will overcome its crisis in April as it faces a series of injuries.