Han Jae-hwan (23), who joined the NC Dinos in his fifth year, hit a home run in four consecutive at-bats in the Futures League (2nd division).
Han Jae-hwan started as the fourth batter and third baseman in an away game against the Goyang (Kium) Heroes in Goyang on the 30th and recorded four hits (4 home runs) in five at-bats and five RBIs, leading his team to a 9-1 victory.메이저놀이터
According to the NC Dinos, Han Jae-hwan’s home run in four consecutive at-bats is the second in KBO league history since 2010. Samsung Lions’ Lee Sung-kyu, who hit his first 20 home runs in the first team this season, hit his first four-base home run in a Futures League game against the KIA Tigers on April 11, 2018, when he was a member of the police baseball team.
After hitting an infield grounder at his first batter’s box in the top of the first inning, Han hit a finishing solo homer in the top of the fourth inning when the game was tying 1-1. He then hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning when his team was leading 3-1. He garnered solo homers in the seventh and ninth innings, respectively. According to the KBO, the driving distance of homers in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings on the day was 125 meters, and the driving distance of the last homer was 120 meters.
Han Jae-hwan said, “Recently, coach Gong Pil-sung, coach Cho Young-hoon, and coach Yoon Byung-ho told me to believe in the training I’ve sweated so far and play boldly instead of thinking a lot. I think what I trusted and boldly did has led to a good result.” He added, “I had a good batting feeling in recent matches, and I tried to keep a good feeling. I tried to focus on one at-bat in today’s game, and I think the good feeling of my first home run continued well until the last at-bat.”
Han Jae-hwan, who joined NC as the 71st player in the second round of the eighth round in 2020, is a right-handed infielder with a physique of 1m77cm and 89kg. He has not made his debut in the first division yet, and he has a batting average of 0.236, 27 home runs and 80 RBIs in 177 games in the Futures League. He booked a career high with a batting average of 0.255 with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs this season.
“I will not get hurt during the rest of the season and will concentrate on my personal goals in ball, water, and state,” Han said. “I will try to make sure that I catch the ball when I have a chance.”