It's only two steps up to 400! Park Byung-ho, KIA's two-run shot with consecutive at-bats against a new foreign player 'BangBang'
Sep 01, 2024
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In the match against the KIA Tigers at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 1st, Park Byung-ho hit back-to-back two-run shots against the opponent team's starter Eric Stoute.
Park Byung-ho hit a 142km changeup outside Stout's 11th pitch in the bottom of the second inning with no outs and a full count to cross the right fence. 17th home run of the season.
Park Byung-ho hit a 137km cut fastball in the middle of the stout with one out and second base in the third inning with Samsung 3-0, leading to a two-run shot over the left fence. It was his 18th home run of the season and his 398th career home run.
He has always said that he wants to hit 400 home runs. If he hits two more home runs, he will become the third 400th batter to succeed Choi Jung (491), and Lee Seung-yeop (467). Choi Hyung-woo (394) of KIA is closely following Park Byung-ho.
Park Byung-ho previously hit 12 home runs in the Major League in 2016, and the total number of home runs in Korea and the U.S. has already exceeded 400.
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Samsung Yang Yang-geun, a former nurturing player this year who started on behalf of the injured Lee Jae-hyun, also made his debut on the same day. Yang Yang-geun enjoyed the joy of posting his first career hit, first long hit, and first RBI at once in his debut with an RBI triple in left-center in the bottom of the second inning.
Meanwhile, Stout's first hit on the Korean stage was Park Byung-ho's home run. Stout was replaced by Kim Ki-hoon ahead of the defense in the bottom of the fifth inning when he was trailing 3-5. Stout finished his KBO debut with five runs (97 pitches) in four innings and on the verge of losing.
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Samsung led 5-3 until the fifth inning with Park Byung-ho's home run and starter Won Tae-in's all-out pitching.
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