“I want to see you when there are no candidates”.
Kia Tigers’ genius hitter Kim Do-young’s dominance over the 업소알바 KBO league also left the pitcher with the largest ERA a victim. He connected the sweeper with a home run, making him one step closer to 30 homers and 30 steals. The pitcher even complimented that although he had a home run that he wanted to avoid, he was a very good hitter.
Kim Do-young hit his 26th home run of the season in the 2024 professional baseball game against the NC Dinos at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 25th. The previous two at-bats were silent, but in the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 0-6, he pulled NC ace Kyle Hart’s first-pitch sweeper and connected it to a 115m left-hand home run.
After hitting a two-run homer off Bae Jae-hwan on the 23rd to complete a natural cycling hit (short-hitting, double-triple-homer), he hit a home run for the first time in two days. He hit three home runs in the last five games, becoming the youngest player in KBO history to reach 30 homers and 30 steals. He left four home runs and one stolen base on the milestone. If this trend continues, the record will likely be achieved quickly.
Hart, who gave up a home run, was the ace pitcher with the largest ERA (2.44) in the league until Sunday. He pitched the best ball among pitchers in the league. Coincidentally, Kia had a jinx by allowing 11 runs in two games and losing all of them. On the day, he pitched scoreless innings until the fourth inning as if determined, before giving up a shot to Kim Do-young.
Hearts eventually became the winning pitcher. At the same time, he must have been impressed by Kim’s batting performance that resulted in a home run. Including the game on the day, Kim has strong batting average of 625 by making five hits from eight times at bat against Hearts. He is also close to ace pitchers. He is showing off his eating ability regardless of pitchers.
After the game, Hart said, “I think Kim Do-young is a really good hitter. There was only one real pitch today, and the average batter sometimes finishes with a ground ball or a fly ball, but Kim Do-young made a home run.” “I was a little disappointed that I allowed a hit to Park Chan-ho earlier and lost a point with a two-run homer. I want to meet Kim Do-young when I have no runner.”
Kim Do-young’s talent is soaring to the extent that he finds it difficult to face even the highest ERA pitcher. He added a hit that lasted three days in the ninth inning to make a multihitter on the day. In July, he posted a batting average of 4355, ranking among the top in all batting categories. He ranks third in batting average (.356), second in homers, first in hits (132), first in runs scored (98 points), first in slugging percentage (0.645), sixth in RBIs (74), sixth in stolen bases (29) and first in OPS (1.067).