Socratic Brito, a foreign hitter for the KIA Tigers, is starting his story in May. In the 2024 professional baseball game against the Hanwha Eagles at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on Sunday, he displayed a cool two-run shot in his first at-bat, laying the foundation for his 10-2 victory.스포츠토토
He started as the fifth center fielder and played a roaring sound from his first at bat. With runners at the first and second bases with no outs and no outs, Na Sung-bum grounded out. It was right after Choi Hyung-woo grounded out to the second base with runners at the first and third bases.
When he entered the batter’s box, he rolled up a four-pitch fog ball by Hanwha starter Lee Tae-yang. The ball hit the deepest point in right-center and flew well over the fence. It was a two-run homerun measuring 120 meters. It was his seventh homer of this season to take the lead by widening the gap to 3-0.
Socrates hit a two-run homer off Hanwha Joo Hyun-sang in the bottom of the ninth inning when his team was losing 0-4 on the previous day. It was his fifth consecutive homerun.
He has been showing unusual batting performance since May. He has recorded five hits in 17 times at bat in four games. Two of them are home runs. In particular, he has RBIs in five consecutive games, including the game against KT on April 30. He has eight RBIs in five games. He has continued his momentum of 357 percent with 10 RBIs in the last 10 games until the previous day.
Since the opening of the season, March and April have slowed down. His bat seemed to shrink significantly in the cold wind. Then, as the wind slowly warmed up, the bat began to warm up, heating up the feeling of hitting in May. He recorded 41.5 percent, five homers and 28 RBIs in May 2022, and four homers and 14 RBIs in the 2023 season. He is looking forward to May of the 2022 season.
After the game, he said, “I love the sense of hitting. I always feel good at bat. I consider myself a slow starter, and my routine is to find a sense of hitting as I enter the batter’s box a lot. I still think that is the process. I didn’t have a goal at the home run, but I set my own zone and waited for the ball to come in, resulting in good results.”
“I prepare for each type of pitcher and go to bat. I usually refer to videos and materials from power analysis meetings and prepare for myself. Since I have dealt with pitchers a lot, I understand what kind of pitches they throw and what type they are, and that helps me a lot,” he said, revealing the secret to his upward batting performance.