The professional baseball LG Twins escaped their four-game losing streak against KT Wiz thanks to the first grand slam of Moon Jung-bin, who has emerged as the team's new slugger this season, in his debut.
LG won 9-1 in the home game against KT in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 18th.
This game heated up with a chorus of home runs by sluggers born in 2003 on both teams.
KT's Ahn Hyun-min appeared as the lead hitter while the score was 0-2, and with 3 balls and 1 strike, he targeted Lim Chan-gyu's fastball and flew over the left-center fence.
The official distance measured by the KBO record committee is 145m, tying the record for the longest of the season.
In addition, according to 'BizOne', the batted ball tracking system of Sports2I, the KBO's official record company, Ahn Hyun-min's batted ball speed was 178.1 km/h, the fastest home run batted speed this season.
According to data from Trackman, the batted ball tracking system used by the LG club, the distance was measured at 144.6m and the batted ball speed was measured at 180.2km per hour.
Then, another slugger born in 2003, LG Moon Jeong-bin, responded.
Moon Jeong-bin hit a home run with the bases loaded and one out in the 5th inning, when the team was trailing 2-1, over the right fence against KT So Hyun-jun.
This is his 14th home run of the season and his first grand slam home run.
Moon Jung-bin added one RBI with a double to left center in the 7th inning, completing the 5-RBI game.
In Daejeon, another star born in 2003, Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers), hit his 36th home run of the season.
Kim Do-young drew an arch with a distance of 125 meters against Hanwha Eagles pitcher Lee Sang-gyu in the 7th inning with the team leading 3-2 and with no runners on base and two outs.
Kim Do-young, the league's home run leader, widened the gap with Austin Dean (LG, 32), second place in this category, to four and advanced toward becoming the first home run king in his career.
Kim Do-young, who will compete in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games next month, must clear as many fences as possible before being called up to the national team.
In the 8th inning, when KIA was trailing 4-3, with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 2nd bases, Lee Ui-ri, who had established himself as the team's new firefighter, was brought in.
Lee Ui-ri struck out pinch hitter Han Ji-yoon that inning and then struck out one in the 9th inning, earning his second consecutive save.
Hanwha was unable to laugh despite Choi In-ho's first leadoff home run since his debut in the 1st inning and Kang Baek-ho's 26th home run of the season in the 6th.
In Daegu, SSG Landers beat Kim Jae-yoon of the Samsung Lions, a 'small finisher at home', and won a come-from-behind victory with a score of 5-4.
SSG, trailing 1-2, tied the score with Kim Jae-yoon's wild pitch in the top of the 9th inning with no outs on first and third base, and then turned the tables with Cho Hyeong-woo's missed hit.
In addition, the opponent's wild pitches and errors combined to score 4 points in the 9th inning alone.
Kim Jae-yoon, who was particularly weak in his home game of Daegu, failed to account for a single out and allowed 4 hits and 4 runs, recording his 5th blown save of the season.
Kim Jae-yoon's home game records are 2 wins, 4 losses, 15 saves, and an ERA of 6.26, and in visiting games, he has 4 wins, 11 saves, and an ERA of 0.00.
SSG closed out the bottom of the 9th inning when Cho Byeong-hyun gave up a 2-RBI hit to Koo Ja-wook, but did not allow a comeback and maintained the victory.
In the 8th inning, Samsung's Choi Hyung-woo hit his 14th home run of the season, becoming the first player in the KBO League to reach 2,700 hits and 4,600 bases, but the shine faded due to the team's loss.
In Busan, the Lotte Giants came from behind to win 15-10 over the Kiwoom Heroes, scoring 13 points, a new team record for most points in an inning.
Lotte, which was down 0-8 due to starter Jeremy Beasley's collapse, scored 13 points in the 7th inning by combining 11 hits, 3 walks, and 1 error by the opponent.
Lotte's previous highest score in one inning was 11 points against Samsung in Daegu on June 28, 1995, and against Hanwha in Busan on October 4, 2011.
The most points scored in one inning in the KBO League is 16 points scored by Hanwha against Lotte in Busan on April 7, 2019, and Lotte's 13 points on this day are tied for second place.
Lotte Han Dong-hee laid the foundation for a large number of runs with a grand slam in the 7th inning.
Kiwoom was on the verge of its first win as a starter with starter Jeon Jun-pyo's first quality start in his debut (within 3 earned runs over 6 innings as a starter) with 6 scoreless innings, but he swallowed his disappointment due to the collapse of the bullpen.
In Changwon, the 5th place Doosan Bears came from behind to win 6-4 over the NC Dinos, led by a chorus of home runs from new and old catchers, and widened the gap with 6th place Hanwha to 7 games.
In the 5th inning, when Doosan was behind 0-3, catcher Yoon Jun-ho hit a solo arch, and designated hitter Yang Eui-ji's 1-run home run in the 6th inning led them to 2-3.
Doosan, who had balanced the game with Kim Min-seok's timely hit in the 8th inning, turned the tide in the 9th inning with Yang Eui-ji's walk and Su-bin Jeong's 2-RBI wedge timely hit.
