“I liked the feeling during hitting training, so I said let’s just play like when training with the hitting coach. I felt comfortable and didn’t feel burdened and it led to good results”.
Overseas slugger Kim Dong-yeop (Samsung) hit a home run in consecutive hits to become a joint leader in this category. In the home game against SSG held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 13th, Kim Dong-yeop contributed to the team’s victory with 3 hits in 5 at-bats (2 homers), 5 RBIs and 2 runs. Samsung defeated SSG 11-9 and got out of the swamp of 6 consecutive losses since Daegu Hanwha on the 6th.
Kim Dong-yeop, who started as the designated hitter at number 6, pulled the 5th pitch curve off the ball count 2B-2S and blew it out of the left fence with SSG starter Park Jong-hoon at 1st and 2nd base in the first inning with a 2-0 lead. The flying distance is 105m. Following Oh Jae-il’s two-run home run in the third inning, he fired a solo arch from the left wall and collaborated on a back-to-back home run. Against Park Jong-hoon, he hit the second pitch (132km) and connected it with a large 115m arch.
Kim Dong-yeop hit a heavy hit with two outs and second base in the 8th inning, leading 10-9, and called second base runner Jae-il Oh home. It was a timely hit that would decide the outcome. Kim Dong-yeop, who met with the reporters after the game, said, “The losing streak was so long that the players were very frustrated. Yesterday (with special training at night) I think I came to my senses. I came to the pros and hit (a bat) for the first time outside.” He added, “I had a good feeling during training, so I wondered when it would explode in the game, but today we all did well together, scored a lot, and won, so it feels good.”
After hitting consecutive home runs, he credited it to his teammates. “After Pirella hit a double with two RBIs in the first inning, I felt at ease. In the third inning, (Oh) Jae-il hit from the front, so I think I hit too.” Dongyeop Kim says: He also said, “I liked the feeling when I was training hitting, so I said let’s hit it just like when I was training with the hitting coach.
Kim Dong-yeop, who said, “I feel better with a wedge hit than a home run in consecutive hits,” said, “Because I thought it was the last at-bat, I thought I had to get a good result at the end even for the weekend’s three-game series. I think it went well without it,” he explained.
Kim Dong-yeop,바카라 who has both accuracy and destructive power, is 10 hits in 27 at-bats, a batting average of 3.7, 3 homers, 8 RBIs, and an OPS of 1.155 as of the 13th, making opposing pitchers feel cold. He smiled and said, “In fact, since his professional debut, there has never been a season that started as well as this year. I even wondered myself.”
I have nothing more to lose. Kim Dong-yeop expressed his confidence, “I can’t do worse than the past two years. I thought to myself that I could always rebound and prepared hard throughout the winter. Even now, when I train, my coach helps me a lot, so I’m continuing a good rhythm.”