ST. LOUIS _ Dissatisfied that he had walked three hitters and had lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his first big-league start at Wrigley Field on Monday, Cardinals lefthander Kwang Hyun Kim said, in essence, he would have to step up his game.
So Kim walked no one and allowed just two singles and a double Saturday night as he pitched a comfortable six innings, throwing 83 pitches, in beating the Cincinnati Reds, 3-0, in his first Busch Stadium start as a Cardinal.
Kim said that one of his main duties as a starter, which he was for 12 seasons in the Korean Baseball Organization, was to lessen the toll on the bullpen. The Cardinals did use three relievers in John Gant, Andrew Miller and Giovanny Gallegos but they had to cover only three innings, with Gallegos earning his first save of the season.
