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The race for the professional baseball home run title is heating up. Yesterday, KIA’s Kim Do-young hit two home runs, surpassing LG’s Austin to reclaim the sole lead.

Reporter Lee Seonghun has the story.

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In the first inning of the home game against SSG, Kim Do-young connected on a mistake pitch down the middle from opposing starter Kim Gun-woo, launching a massive solo shot over the left-center field wall for his 24th home run of the season.

The 130-meter blast marked his achievement of hitting a home run against every team in the league this season, the third player to do so.

After hitting an RBI single in the third inning, Kim struck again in the fourth.

He sent another ball over the wall.

He pulled a first-pitch fastball on the outside corner, sending it over the left-center field fence for his 25th solo home run of the season.

Recording his fourth multi-homer game of the season, Kim Do-young moved one ahead of LG’s Austin to reclaim the sole lead in home runs.

KIA’s Kim Sun-bin, who recorded two hits, surpassed Lee Jong-beom to become the franchise leader in hits for the Tigers. KIA starter Oller pitched a gem, striking out 10 batters through six innings while allowing only five hits and no runs, earning his 9th win of the season to take the sole lead in wins. He also maintained his lead in ERA, lowering it to 2.36.

With a 10-3 victory, fourth-place KIA narrowed the gap with third-place KT to one and a half games.

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Samsung secured a come-from-behind victory against NC, fueled by the combined efforts of Choi Hyoung-woo and Ryu Ji-hyuk, who tallied 6 hits and 6 RBIs between them, extending the team's winning streak to five games.

The gap between second-place Samsung and league-leading LG has narrowed to one and a half games.

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Last-place Kiwoom defeated league-leading LG, led by a stellar performance from starter An Woo-jin, who struck out 11 batters and allowed only one hit and no runs through two outs in the sixth inning.

Doosan’s Choi Min-seok, one of the brightest rising stars this season, pitched six scoreless innings against Lotte to earn his 8th win of the season, leading his team back to sole possession of fifth place.

(Video Editing: Park Ki-deok)