It's really crazy. A two-run home run fits my glove. Park Hae-min's Super Ultra Catch → Chae Eun-sung's Home Run Deleted
Apr 30, 2025
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LG Twins' top center fielder Park Hae-min performed magic to turn a home run into an out.
Park Hae-min started as center fielder No. 8 in an away game against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th, and caught Chae Eun-sung's home run hit on the fence in the bottom of the second inning. Roh Si-hwan, the first baseman who passed the second base while watching it as a home run, was surprised to see it, stepped on the second base, and managed to return to the first base again, becoming a safe. If it had been a little late, the home run hit would have been a double play.
In the bottom of the second inning, No. 4 Noh Si-hwan drew a walk from LG starter Yoni Chirinos after a close game of full count going to nine pitches, and Chae Eun-sung appeared. Chae Eun-sung strongly hit the outside 135km slider on the second pitch in the ball count 1S, and the parabolic ball seemed to cross the center fence.
Center fielder Park Hae-min did not give up and followed him to the fence, stepped on the fence and jumped, stretched out his glove, and the ball went into the glove. The glove that caught the ball hit the fence, but the ball did not fall, and Park Hae-min, who landed on the ground, raised his left hand with the glove once as if to announce that he had caught it, took the ball out and quickly threw it to shortstop Oh Ji-hwan. At this time, Oh Ji-hwan dropped the ball once, and the ball later went to Austin, the first baseman, but Roh Si-hwan's hand, who returned after running hard, reached first base first. If Oh Ji-hwan hadn't dropped the ball, Roh Si-hwan would have been out.
First, LG applied for a video review of the first base's safety, but it was confirmed that the hand touched it before the ball. Hanwha then applied for a video review of Park Hae-min's catch, which was also caught on video that Park Hae-min played so accurately that he was out. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon smiled dejectedly when he saw the large electronic display, and Chae Eun-sung, who lost his home run, expressed regret by swinging his arm once in the dugout.
If Park Hae-min gave up because he thought it was a home run or the jumping timing was wrong, Chae Eun-sung's ball would have crossed the fence and become a two-run home run.
Hanwha's Noh Si-hwan, who survived with Lee Jin-young's hit and Lee Do-yoon's infield grounder, homered and scored the first run. Still, Park Hae-min's tremendous super catch resulted in two runs being reduced to one run.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
