Kim Do-young Hits Sealing 3-Run Homer… KIA Reclaims 4th Place

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In professional baseball, KIA defeated Samsung to reclaim fourth place just a day later. Home run leader Kim Do-young led the team to victory by blasting a sealing three-run home run.

Reporter Yu Byeongmin has the details.

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KIA easily took the early lead in the first inning with consecutive hits by leadoff batter Park Jae-hyun and subsequent batter Park Sang-jun. Although Kim Do-young was retired on a foul fly, KIA successfully seized control by quickly adding five more runs sparked by Castro's hit, combining six hits and a walk.

As Samsung chased down the score to 6 to 4 by the sixth inning with two home runs, the previously quiet Kim Do-young stepped up as the solver.

With two outs and runners on first and second in the eighth inning, he unleashed a blistering three-run home run over the left-field wall and roared in celebration.

It was his 31st home run of the season, moving him ahead of LG's Austin—who hit his 30th around the same time—by a single home run to claim sole possession of the home run lead.

KIA defeated Samsung 9 to 4 to return to fourth place after just one day.

Sixth-place Hanwha kept its autumn baseball hopes alive by defeating Lotte 5 to 3.

Starting pitcher Wang Yancheng delivered a stellar performance with two runs allowed over seven innings, while Kim Tae-yeon wielded a hot bat with four hits, including a solo home run, one RBI, and three runs scored.

Kiwoom routed LG by pounding out a season-high 23 hits in a single game.

Trailing 5 to 7 in the fifth inning, Kiwoom sealed the game by scoring a massive nine runs combining seven hits and three walks and hit-by-pitches.

LG experienced a mishap during the process when pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam made a player-calling error, forcing a sudden pitching change from Kim Yun-sik—who was already on the mound—to Lee Woo-chan.

SSG edged out Doosan 6 to 2, propelled by Madris's game-winning home run, while KT secured a comfortable victory over NC as Hilliard hit two home runs alone.

(Video by Ha Seong-won)
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