KIA's Doyoung Achieves Youngest '40 Home Runs, 100 RBIs, 100 Runs' Record in Return Match

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Professional baseball player Kim Doyoung of the KIA Tigers, who underwent nasal bone surgery, made a healthy return and signaled his strong form with a three-hit performance, setting a historic record as the youngest player to achieve "40 home runs, 100 RBIs, and 100 runs."

Reporter Choi Hee Jin has the details.

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Returning just four days after undergoing surgery for a fractured nasal bone caused by being struck by a Bunt ball on the 9th, Kim Doyoung warmed up his feel for the game by drawing a walk in the first inning.

With one out and a runner on third in the fifth inning, he hit an RBI single to left field to reach his 100th RBI of the season. Combined with his 40 home runs and 105 runs, he surpassed Lee Seung-yeop from 1999 to become the youngest player in history to achieve 40 home runs, 100 runs, and 100 RBIs.

Kim Doyoung added a 1-RBI single to center field in the seventh inning and a 1-RBI double down the left-field line in the eighth, leading his team to a decisive victory with a three-hit, three-RBI show in his final game before joining the national team today (the 14th).

LG's Austin hit his 39th three-run homer of the season in the fourth inning against the Samsung Lions, setting a franchise record for the most home runs in a single season and narrowing the gap with home run leader Kim Doyoung to just one.

While second-place Samsung suffered two consecutive losses to LG, league leaders KT defeated Lotte behind a strong pitching performance from starter So Hyeongjun, extending their winning streak to six games and widening the gap with Samsung to two games.

Fifth-place Doosan secured a precious win and a sigh of relief in their head-to-head match against sixth-place NC, which had been trailing by two games, driven by the fighting spirit of Severino, who smashed a solo home run right after suffering severe pain from taking a foul ball off his knee.

(Video Editing: Park Gi-deok)
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