KT was completely defeated by 8-3… Castro had 4 hits, 6 RBIs, including 2 doubles and 3 hits.

Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers) unfortunately failed to reach the new record of becoming the youngest professional baseball player to hit 40 home runs in a season.

Kim Do-young played as the third hitter and third baseman in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League home game against KT Wiz held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do on the 6th, and failed to add a home run in five at-bats.

Kim Do-young, who hit his 39th home run of the season in a game against the Lotte Giants on the 26th of last month, is on the verge of breaking the record of being the youngest person to hit 40 home runs (22 years, 11 months, 5 days) set by Lee Seung-yeop, current batting coach for the Yomiuri Giants of the Japanese Professional Baseball League, in 1999.

However, he was unable to add a home run until this day, when he was 22 years, 11 months, and 4 days old, so he was unable to achieve a new record. Professional baseball will rest on the 7th and resume on the 8th, which is 22 years, 11 months and 6 days after Kim Do-young was born.

Kim Do-young did not hit a spectacular home run, but he hit 4 valuable hits in each at-bat and walked out with an automatic intentional walk, reaching base 100% with 4 hits in 4 at-bats and scoring 3 runs, leading the team to 3 consecutive wins.

Kim Do-young was the first among all batters this year to receive 10 intentional walks.

KIA won 8-3 and swept the three-game home weekend against second-place KT.

KIA scored the first run in the first inning on a walk by Jae-Hyun Park, a hit to left field by Do-Young Kim, and a hit to right field by Harold Castro.

In the third inning, with the score tied at 1-1, Jae-Hyun Park and Do-Young Kim had successive hits, followed by Castro's double to left-center and Na Seong-Beom's sacrifice fly to add 2 runs.

Castro, the number 4 hitter, exploded with 4 hits in 4 at-bats, including 3 doubles, and 6 RBIs, including a 2-run double with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 2nd bases in the 6th inning when the team was down 3-2, and a sweep double to right-center in the 8th inning with 1 outs and runners on 1st and 3rd bases with 1 out when the team was ahead 5-3.

KIA starting pitcher James Nail, who allowed 2 runs despite getting 9 hits in 6 innings, reached 10 wins (6 losses) in 2 years following 2024 (12 wins).