Samsung catcher Kang Min-ho (38) hit a home run against Hanhwa in Daejeon on the 9th. In the ninth inning with two outs and bases loaded with a 5-1 lead, Hanwha lefty Kim Ki-joong hit a low 139km fastball into the body of the first pitch and went over the left wall. Distance 115m, season 4 home run. It was a wedge that led 토스카지노 Samsung to a 9-1 victory.
Kang Min-ho, who had previously withdrawn from 4 at-bats with a double hit, grounder, strikeout, and fly ball, laughed and said, “I entered the last at-bat after seeing that I was the worst on TV in (the locker).” I took a break for 5 games in a row. After taking a break for about 5 days, I had no sense at bat. On his last at-bat, he thought of emptying his mind and swinging three times at the ball coming into the zone, but it worked out well.”
This home run was Kang Min-ho’s 14th home run in his personal career. Koo Ja-wook, a junior on the team, also said, “Hyung, how do you hit 14 home runs? I don’t have one yet… ”He said with envy.
Kang Min-ho, who tasted his first full-base home run against Kang Sang-soo in the 7th inning against Masan LG on June 15, 2006 during his Lotte days, has 10 hits in Lotte alone: 3 in 2010, 1 in 2012, 4 in 2015, and 1 in 2016. He shot a grand slam. After moving the team to Samsung in 2018 and 2 in 2020, he added a home run for the first time in three years.
Kang Min-ho said, “I think it is a record that has accumulated a lot of years. It’s not like I’m thinking about it when the bases are full. I was lucky enough to be a player for a long time, so it came naturally.”
Kang Min-ho, who debuted at Lotte in 2004, is a 20-year veteran this year. Until this day, he has played 2133 career games and has recorded 307 career home runs. 14th all-time in home runs. Since he has hit so many homers, there is no choice but to have a lot of bases. But he can’t hit this much if he doesn’t have the clutch. Koo Ja-wook, who has entered his ninth year this year, also hit 125 home runs in 990 games, but has no home runs in 114 at-bats with full bases.
KIA batting coach Lee Bum-ho is the only player in KBO league history who has hit more home runs than Kang Min-ho. Coach Lee Beom-ho, who played for 19 years at Hanwha and KIA from 2000 to 2019, retired after hitting 17 home runs in his career. Kang Min-ho, who caught up with coach Lee by three points, said, “I know Beom-ho’s record. I will try hard,” he said, expressing his will to challenge for the first place in history.
At the current momentum, I think I will be able to challenge enough. Kang Min-ho, who was guaranteed until 2025 through the third free agent contract after the 2021 season, continues to play an incredible role at the age of looking at the injustice. In 25 games this season, he is batting 3.2 3 Lee (30-for-93), 4 homers, 19 RBIs, .388 slugging percentage, .516 OPS, .904.
He ranks 4th in slugging percentage and 6th in OPS in the league, all of which are first on the team. Kang Min-ho, who is hitting 4th at the age of 38, said, “The coach entrusted us with the 4th batting order in a situation where our batters were not in good condition. He sits at bat with the idea of connecting or solving chances until the condition of his other friends improves. If (Oh) Jaeil comes up to the center of the batting line in his place, the team will run more smoothly.”