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With Major League Baseball on hold, we are following former Pirates pitching prospect Nick Kingham as he navigates his first KBO season. He go t roughed up in his second outing and had to exit the game during the fourth inning in what would be a 9-5 loss for his team. After an impressive start to his Korean Baseball Organization career, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect Nick Kingham made his second start of the season for the SK Wyverns against one of the top teams in the KBO, the LG Twins. He impressed his first time out, allowing three runs over seven innings of work in the opener, and was looking to continue to get better heading into his second start of the year. However, the second start of the season wasn't nearly as good for Kingham (0-2) as the best that the KBO had to offer knocked him around throughout the night. Kingham lasted just 3.2 innings of work giving up five earned runs on 10 hits while walking two and striking out two. He gave up at least ...

Overnight, the Korean Baseball Organization became just the second professional team to start their season since the Coronavirus pandemic began in March. The SK Wyverns threw a familiar name on the mound as they opened their season against the Hanwha Eagles early Tuesday morning in what would be a 3-0 loss. With many of us longing for the Major League Baseball season to return, there was some hope provided early this morning as the Korean Baseball Organization became the second professional league to start their season since the Coronavirus pandemic began in mid-March. At 1:05 am eastern time, the SK Wyverns opened up their 2020 season against the Hanwha Eagles in a game that was televised on ESPN. While you may not know anything about either the Eagles or the Wyverns, one name you may recognize is the guy who got the nod as the Opening Day starter for the SK Wyverns. Nick Kingham pitched for the Pirates in 2018 and parts of 2019 and was once a top farmhand for the organiza...