'Dae-do' LG Park Hae-min, first home run in 25 PS games Successful attack on Cuevas
'Dae-do' LG Park Hae-min, first home run in 25 PS games Successful attack on Cuevas
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'Sprinter' Park Hae-min (34, LG Twins) hit his first post-season home run in the 4th game of the wildcard playoffs.
In the 4th game of the 2024 KBO semi-PO against KT Wiz held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 9th, with the score 1-0 in the top of the 2nd inning, with two outs and no runners on base, Park Hae-min hit a low 150 km/h fastball from opposing starting pitcher William Cuevas over the right field fence.
It was Park Hae-min's first arch in his 84th at-bat in 25 career postseason games.
Park Hae-min, the representative 'big thief' of the KBO League, succeeded in stealing 411 bases during the regular season while hitting only 57 home runs.
Even in the postseason, he had recorded 8 stolen bases before the game that day, but did not hit a home run.
Park Hae-min said, "I analyzed it hard and it paid off," after hitting a double to right field against LG's natural enemy Wes Benjamin in the third game of the semi-PO the day before, and "my batting feel is also improving."
He went 0-for-7 against Benjamin in the regular season this year, but in the third game of the playoffs, he appeared as the leadoff hitter in the third inning, hit a double, and scored on Hong Chang-ki's second base hit.
LG defeated KT 6-5 in the third game of the semi-PO, earning its 스포츠 first two wins (and one loss) in the best-of-five semi-PO.
Park Hae-min said ahead of the 4th game, "I also prepared hard to attack Cuevas."
Park Hae-min, who had 10 hits (39 at-bats, batting average 0.256) against Cuevas during the regular season but was unable to get over the wall, had a thrilling experience in the 4th game of the playoffs.
Park Hae-min, who struggled with a batting average of 0.263 (127 hits in 482 at-bats) in the regular season this year, is trying to make up for it in the fall.
Park Hae-min, who went 0-for-3 in Game 1 of the PO, had 1 hit in 3 at-bats in Game 2 and produced 1 extra-base hit (1 hit in 4 at-bats) in Game 3.
In Game 4, he hit a home run in his first at-bat.