"Jamsil Stadium will disappear soon." Yang Seok-hwan, who exceeded Shim Jung-soo and Kim Dong-ju, left his name in Doosan history
"Jamsil Stadium will disappear soon." Yang Seok-hwan, who exceeded Shim Jung-soo and Kim Dong-ju, left his name in Doosan history
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Doosan Captain Yang Seok-hwan has set a new record for the Bears franchise. He had 32 home runs in a single season, the most for a right-handed batter. Yang Seok-hwan took his record to heart, recalling that the current Jamsil Baseball Stadium would soon disappear and a dome stadium would be built to replace it.
Yang Seok-hwan came out as the fifth batter and first baseman in the "2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" game against the LG Twins at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 21st and recorded two hits, two homers and six RBIs in four at-bats.
Yang Seok-hwan, who had 31 homers and 98 RBIs before the game, added an RBI single in the first inning and a homer in the sixth inning to exceed 100 RBIs. He became the 11th right-handed batter of the Bears franchise and the third batter with 30 homers and 100 RBIs in Korea after Shim Jeong-soo in 1999 and Kim Dong-ju in 2000. He also became the 81st player in the KBO League to post 600 RBIs in his career.
Whenever LG followed Yang, he hit a home run. With his team leading 7-5, Yang hit a two-run homerun in the sixth inning with one out and runners on second and the ball count 3-1. It was a meaningful homerun to give his team a four-run lead. The hit by Yang's bat flew to the left stands at 173.4 kilometers per hour.
Yang hit the fence again in the eighth inning. This time, he was trailing 9-7. He hit a three-run homer to left-center with runners on the first and second bases with no outs. With Yang's homerun as the sixth consecutive batter, LG replaced a number of key players to prepare for the second game of doubleheader. It was truly a homerun that sealed Doosan's victory.
With these two home runs, Yang Seok-hwan increased his record for the most home runs in a season of right-handed hitters in the Bears franchise to 33, exceeding 31 by Shim Jung-soo in 1999 and Kim Dong-ju in 2000.
Doosan won 14-7 with Yang Seok-hwan's six-run blast to lead the team to a 1.0-game deficit against third-place LG. "It was a day that confirmed the captain's presence. Both the two-run homerun in the sixth inning and the three-run homerun in the eighth inning were really important moments. Congratulations on your first 30 home runs-100 RBIs since your debut," he said, reminding the team of Yang.
Yang said, "I feel good because I won an important match first. This is the result of the players' solidarity. Everyone has not lost focus," adding, "I put more weight on the fact that I made the victory with my teammates than on my own record.
"Thirty home runs and 100 RBIs are my dream since I was a kid. I am honored and happy to have achieved the record with home runs in an important situation," he said. "I am happy to be able to achieve the highest number of homeruns by right-handed hitters at this historic Jamsil Baseball Stadium. It means more to me because Jamsil Stadium will disappear soon and Dome Stadium will be built." 토토사이트
Doosan will also have a showdown with LG on Tuesday. If the team wins here, it will be able to spend the rest of the season with a chance to catch up to third place. "I will prepare well for the rest of the games and display good performance to fans," Yang said.