`Niro → EV3' Socrates to receive another car in a yearFollowing Choi Hyung-woo, KIA's home run zone hit directly in 13 days
Jul 30, 2024
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KIA's new electric vehicle 'EV3' is displayed in the outfield on the right side of Kia Champions Field in Gwangju.
KIA has been operating the Kia Home Run Zone in the right outfield since 2014, the first year of the opening of Kia Champions Field in Gwangju. If you hit the car or structure of the home run zone directly, you will be given a display vehicle.
Following Choi Hyung-woo (KIA) on the 17th, the lucky main character came out in about two weeks.
Socrates started as the first hitter and left fielder on the 30th. Socrates, who took the batter's box with two outs and a runner on first base in the bottom of the third inning, hit Doosan starter Kwak Bin's changeup as it was in the center. The ball went over the right fence and hit the windshield of the exhibition vehicle.
Socrates, who struggled with a batting average of .27 until April this year, was making full use of his hitting sense as the weather got hot. In 20 games in July, he hit 356 with five home runs, and in the last 10 games, he hit 372, showing a more intense batting sense.
So far, a total of nine players, including Socrates, have received a vehicle by sending a ball to the home run zone. Kim Jae-hwan (May 27, 2014 K5) cut off the first tape, followed by Choi Hee-seop (April 9, 2015; All New Sorento), Oh Jae-il (October 25, 2017; Stinger), Preston Tucker (May 17, 2020; Sorento), Kim Hyun-soo (August 4, 2020; Sorento), and Na Sung-beom (September 12, 2021; K5, August 16, 2022; The New Seltos). And last year, Socrates (June 7, 2024, Niro) was named the seventh player.
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Meanwhile, Socrates' home run started KIA's chase from 0-5 to 2-5.
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