The KBO League dazzled fans with 12 home runs in five different stadiums across the country.
First up was KT’s Kang Baek-ho. Kang hit a solo shot off Kim Myung-shin in the eighth inning of the 2024 KBO League game against Doosan at Jamsil Stadium on June 30, when the team was down 0-6.
With the bases loaded and no outs, Kang walked on a six-pitch forked ball and launched a 120-meter shot over the right-center field fence.
With his 16th home run of the season, Baek-ho Kang, who activated the home run gun for the first time in six days since his last home run against Kiwoom on April 24, overtook Hanwha’s foreign-born batsman Jonathan Peraza (15) to take sole possession of the lead in the category and continues to push for his first career home run crown.
But it was Doosan who would win the game. Yang hit his eighth home run of the season in the fourth inning off Han Cha-hyun, and Ramos added to the cannon with his fifth home run of the season in the fifth inning to give Doosan a 6-1 victory.
In Incheon, the SSG Landers snapped an eight-game losing streak.
SSG snapped the losing streak with an 8-2 comeback win at home against LG, which saw its six-game winning streak come to a halt and fall to second place behind Doosan.
SSG’s victory was spearheaded by Choi Jung, the all-time leader in home runs. Choi hit his 14th home run of the season with a game-winning two-run shot in the sixth inning to move within striking distance of Kang Baek-ho, who leads the category. In doing so, Choi extended his KBO record for most home runs in a season to 472.
Hanwha, which is quickly picking up the pieces after a 토토 managerial change, has also had a dynamite batting lineup.
In a home game against Lotte, Noh Si-hwan homered in back-to-back at-bats, and Ahn Chi-hong (No. 7) and Kim Kang-min (No. 1) joined him in the home run column, as Hanwha blasted Lotte 15-0 to win its fifth straight game and move into seventh place, ahead of KT. Last season’s home run king, Noh Si-hwan, hit his 12th home run, giving the team a strong start to its second straight home run title.
At home against KIA, Kim Hyung-joon and Park Gun-woo each hit solo home runs against starter Hwang Dong-ha, but the NC’s mound collapsed in the fourth 안전한 파워볼사이트 inning as they gave up five runs in the inning alone. KIA then took control of the game, with foreign-born slugger Socrates exploding for his 11th home run of the season, going 5-for-5 on the day.
The win secured KIA’s fifth straight victory and kept them firmly in the top spot, while NC, who failed to shake off a seven-game losing streak, moved within one game of sixth-place SSG, putting their fifth-place position in jeopardy.