Kim Do-young of the Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), who achieved the ’20 home runs and 20 stolen bases’ in the first half of the season, has continued his impressive performance in the second half.
Kim started at third base against LG on Tuesday at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. The Tigers fell behind 0-2 in the eighth inning when LG’s starting pitcher Enns struggled. They had just two hits.
Kim Do-young, who had four hits and scored four runs the day before, flied out to right field in the first, flied out to center field in the fourth, and flied out to right-center field in the seventh.
In the ninth inning, Kia capitalized on its one chance. Against LG closer Yoo Young-chan, leadoff hitter Park Chan-ho doubled to left-center field. With one out, Choi Won-joon singled through the left side to bring in a run.
With one out, Kim Do-young hit a grounder to shortstop, forcing the runner at second. With two on and one out, Choi Hyung-woo hit a three-pitch fastball from Yoo Young-chan to left-center field on a 1-1 pitch count. Kim Do-young, who was on first base, broke off his stolen base start on the third pitch and stormed down the line as the ball was hit to left-center field. He raced home from second and third on a head-first slide to score the dramatic 2-2 tying run.
It was like watching Lee Jong-beom, the “Son of the Wind,” in his prime.
Although he didn’t get a hit, he made a spectacular play at the plate that changed the course of the game.
After the game, Lee Beom-ho praised the team, saying, “We didn’t have any chances until the eighth inning, but in the early ninth inning, Park Chan-ho’s hit with two outs and Choi Won-joon’s follow-up single kept our hopes alive, and Kim Do-young’s aggressive baserunning play when Choi Hyung-woo hit with two outs helped us tie the game in a dramatic way.”
After coming back from the brink of defeat, 카지노사이트 추천 KIA scored the winning run in the top of the 10th inning on a walk by Seo Gun-chang, a single to right by Han Jun-soo, a sacrifice fly to center field by Park Chan-ho, and a single by Choi Won-joon with runners on first and second and a throwing error by the opposing right fielder to win 5-2.
Kim went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two walks (one wild pitch), four runs scored and one RBI against the LG Electronics on Sept. 9. It was his second four-run game of the season. With runners on first and third in the sixth inning, he drew an automatic walk and stole second base. LG used a bases-loaded walk to Kim Do-young in front of Choi Hyung-woo, the team’s top hitter. In the eighth inning, Kim drew another walk and made a shrewd play at the plate, racing home from first base on Na Sung-bum’s short double to right-center.
Kim Do-young had a stellar first half.
On April 25 against Kiwoom, he became the first KBO player to record 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases in a single month, and on June 23 against Hanwha, he hit his 20th home run of the season against Ryu Hyun-jin to reach the 20-homer, 20-stolen base mark. At the age of 20 years, 8 months, and 21 days, he became the second-youngest player in history to reach 20-20.
Prior to the game on Tuesday, the KBO announced that Kim was named the June Monthly MVP. Kim received 6 out of 30 votes from the press corps, trailing Kiwoom’s Kim Hye-sung (13), but she won the fan vote with 245,598 out of 507,615 votes, beating out Kim Hye-sung, who received 47,854 votes. Kim Do Young had a total score of 34.54, while Kim Hye Sung had a total score of 27.13. Kim also won the Monthly MVP award in June after winning it in April, making her the first player to win the award twice in two years, following Lee Jung-hoo in 2022 (June and September).
Through 10 games, Kim is batting .333 with 23 doubles, seven triples, 23 home runs, 61 RBI, 83 runs scored, 26 stolen bases, a .614 slugging percentage and a 1.020 OPS. He ranks first in runs scored, second in home runs, seventh in RBI, and tied for sixth in stolen bases. In his third year, he has developed into one of the best hitters in the league.