Will KIA Tigers’ “genius hitter” Kim Do-young (21), who has only two homers left until the long-awaited 40-40th base, be able to operate a home run again in Daejeon, the promised land.
Kim Do-young will continue his challenge for 40 home runs in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League Hanwha Eagles match at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 27th.먹튀검증
Kim has had good batting performance recently. He has had hits in seven consecutive games, and posted multi-hits in three consecutive games. The number of homeruns, which had been dormant for some time in September, also hit three in the game against the KT Wiz (two) on Wednesday and the game against the Samsung Lions (one) on Sunday. It is time for him to hit homeruns that he did not hit in the past two games.
Kim was very strong in Daejeon this season. With a batting average of 0.469 (15 hits in 32 times at bat) in eight games, his bat was the hottest in Daejeon among the nine stadiums. He also hit four out of eight home runs.
Kim Do-young has been an eagle killer against the Hanwha Eagles as well. He posted a batting average of 0.414 (24 hits in 58 times at bat) in 15 games, second only to the NC Dinos (batting average of 0.434), and the OPS was the highest among the nine teams with 1.340. He also had seven home runs, the most ever.
He also has good memories of starting pitcher Ryan Weiss of Hanwha on the 27th. He had a batting average of 0.333 (two hits in six times at bat) and recorded both hits with long balls (one homer and one double). On August 3, Kim Do-young hit Weiss’ fastball to hit his 29th two-run shot of the season against Hanwha in Daejeon.
This season, Kim Do-young wrote numerous records, sending baseball fans into a frenzy of excitement. Now, the last remaining record is the second in KBO League history (Eric Thames 47 homers – 40 steals in 2015) and the first Korean batter to join the 40-40 club. All eyes are on whether Kim Do-young, a “record maker,” will be able to hit two homers in the remaining three games to mark the milestone.