KIA magic number '6′... Kim Do-young is a waiting list

Kia's Kim Do-young (21) became the third player in baseball history and the youngest player in the history of the game to achieve the “batting average of 30-30, home runs, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 30 stolen bases” after Park Jae-hong (Hyundai) in 2000 and Eric Thames (NC) in 2015.

Kim went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, two RBIs and a run scored against the Gwangju Kiwoom on Aug. 8 to reach 100 RBIs for the season. He had RBI singles in the third and eighth innings. He raised his batting average from 0.343 to 0.345. Even if he goes hitless in the remaining 12 games, he's still a lock for a third. With 35 home runs and 38 stolen bases, he is on pace to become the second player in history to join the 40-40 club, joining Thames (47 home runs-40 stolen bases) in 2015. He has 128 runs scored.

Leader Kia won its fourth straight game with a 5-2 victory over Kiwoom. Kim Do-young's triple with one out in the bottom of the eighth tied the game at 2-2. Kia became the first of the 10 teams to reach 80 wins (50 L, 2 W, 2 D), reducing the magic number of wins needed for first place in the regular season to six.

In Jamsil, LG thrashed Hanwha 14-3. Lee Young-bin (22) went 4-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs, including a back-to-back home run to drive in five runs. He hit a three-run homer in the top of the third inning for a 3-0 lead. With the score 9-2, he hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, a high, parabolic pitch that sailed over the right-field fence and into the stands. The original call was a foul, but after a video review at LG's request, 메이저사이트 the call was changed to a 120-meter home run.

Lee Young-bin was not recognized for his home run against KIA in Gwangju on March 3. He came up as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning with the score 4-7, and hit a pitch over the center field fence, but the ball got stuck in the wire mesh behind the fence. The second base umpire walked over to check and ruled it a double. If LG had requested a video review, it could have been overturned as a home run. Lee Young-bin, who missed the first pitch of the 2024 season, hit his first home run in back-to-back at-bats in three years after the video review on Aug. 8.

Second-place Samsung beat NC 10-2 at home in Daegu. Starting pitcher Won Tae-in allowed two runs on six hits and struck out seven to pick up the win (14-6), moving him back into sole possession of the wins lead over NC's Kyle Hart (13-2).

SSG moved from seventh to sixth place with an 11-6 win over home team Lotte in Sajik. Guillermo Heredia led the offense, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the eighth inning. Eighth-ranked Lotte lost its third straight.