KIA Tigers’ Kim Do-young (21), the youngest player ever to reach 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a single game, hit his 31st home run of the season as a grand slam.
Kim Do-young started as the 3rd batter and 3rd baseman in the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League game against LG Twins held at Jamsil Stadium on the 17th, and hit a grand slam in the 6th inning with KIA leading 6-1.
KIA, who was leading by a narrow 2-1, added one more point in the top of the 6th inning with three consecutive hits by Socrates Brito, Na Sung-beom, and Kim Sun-bin. Then, Na Sung-beom scored on a wild pitch by opposing pitcher Jung Woo-young, putting the team ahead 4-2.
With runners on 1st and 2nd base and 2 outs following Choi Won-jun’s walk, Han Jun-su hit a 2-RBI double to right field, and then Park Chan-ho and Lee Chang-jin walked consecutively, making it 2 outs and bases loaded.
Kim Do-young, who came up as the leadoff hitter in the top of the 6th and hit a ground ball to the shortstop, came up to the plate again with two outs and bases loaded as it was his turn to bat.
Kim Do-young didn’t miss the second changeup from opposing sidearm pitcher Park Myeong-geun, which came right into the middle of the strike zone, and hit it over the center field fence. It was a huge home run that traveled 135 meters.
Kim Do-young hit his 30th home run of the season in the game against Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 15th, becoming the youngest player (20 years, 10 months, and 13 days) and the fewest games (111 games) to reach 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases. He broke the previous records of Park Jae-hong (Hyundai Unicorns) in 1996 (22 years, 11 months, and 27 days) and Eric Thames (NC Dinos) in 2015 (112 games).
Kim Do-young, who only hit one double in the LG game at Jamsil on the 16th, hit his 31st home run of the season in just two games. It is his second grand slam of his career.
Socrates, who came up to bat next, hit back-to-back home runs over the right field fence, putting KIA up 11-1.
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