'Distance 135m' Kang Min-ho's home run for 2 consecutive days! Twenty-four thousand people. It's a big explosion of Rafak5th career milestone achieved

Jul 20, 2024

'Distance 135m' Kang Min-ho's home run for 2 consecutive days! Twenty-four thousand people. It's a big explosion of Rafak5th career milestone achieved
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Samsung Lions Kang Min-ho reached a milestone by hitting home runs for two consecutive days.

Kang Min-ho hit a three-run home run over the left fence in the bottom of the third inning against the Lotte Giants at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 20th.

It was a game that started 0-3 and turned the game around in a 3-3 tie. Kang Min-ho, who appeared in the bottom of the third inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, hit Lotte pitcher Lee In-bok's low 140km course at the ball count of 0B1S and flew deep over the left fence into the forest.

Lions Park sold out all 24,000 seats following the previous day. It's my 14th time selling out this year. Since the opening of Lapak in 2016, Samsung has been renewing its biggest sales record every day. In terms of Samsung's career history, it is the fourth box office sensation since 2011 (19th) and 2012 (17th) since the official crowd count began in 2001.

And Kang Min-ho set fire properly to the burning hearts of Samsung fans. On this day, Samsung is facing off against Lotte's Lee In-bok and Won Tae-in, the starting pitcher of the Blue Pie Ace.

Samsung started by allowing Lotte's Na Seung-yeop to score three runs in the top of the first inning, but immediately caught up with one run in the bottom of the first inning and turned it over 6-3 in the third inning by producing a large number of five-run big innings, including Kang Min-ho's come-from-behind shot.

'Distance 135m' Kang Min-ho's home run for 2 consecutive days! Twenty-four thousand people. It's a big explosion of Rafak5th career milestone achieved
Photo provided by Samsung Lions
Kang Min-ho hit a double-digit home run for 15 consecutive seasons. It is the fifth career milestone in the KBO.

On this day, Lotte participated in the lineup of Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Reyes (right fielder), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Choi Hang (third base), Son Ho-young (designated hitter), Park Seung-wook (striker), and Information-geun (catcher). The first choice is Lee In-bok.

Samsung faced off with Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second base), Koo Ja-wook (left fielder), Cadenas (designated hitter), Kang Min-ho (captor), Kim Young-woong (third base), Lee Sung-kyu (first base), Kim Hyun-joon (right fielder) and Ahn Ju-hyung (striker). The starter is Won Tae-in.

As of the beginning of the fourth inning, Samsung is leading 6-3.





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