It's a 17G hit in a row, but it doesn't have to be bad. You can hit two or three the next day. LG's new top hitter, not Hong Chang-ki, but Shin Min-jae's style

Jun 19, 2025

It's a 17G hit in a row, but it doesn't have to be bad. You can hit two or three the next day. LG's new top hitter, not Hong Chang-ki, but Shin Min-jae's style
A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Shin Min-jae is cheering after hitting a timely hit with two outs and a third base in the bottom of the second inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/



It's a 17G hit in a row, but it doesn't have to be bad. You can hit two or three the next day. LG's new top hitter, not Hong Chang-ki, but Shin Min-jae's style
A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. Shin Min-jae scores at the bottom of the first inning when LG Moon Bo-kyung was on the second and third bases with one out. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/
It's a 17G hit in a row, but it doesn't have to be bad. You can hit two or three the next day. LG's new top hitter, not Hong Chang-ki, but Shin Min-jae's style
A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Shin Min-jae, with the bases loaded with no outs, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/
"If you can't do well, you can hit 2, 3 the next day."

I'm relieved. As Hong Chang-ki suffered a knee injury and was out of the season against Kiwoom on May 13, there was a lot of worry about who would take over the LG Twins' offensive spearhead position.

This is because the image of Hong Chang-ki as a top hitter was too strong. In particular, Hong Chang-ki hits hits, but he also walks a lot and gets on base a lot with his unique trailblazing plan, so there was a concern that the players who came as the first batter could lose their balance by abandoning their style and trying to watch the ball a lot like Hong Chang-ki.




In addition, Hong Chang-ki was a key figure in LG's offense with the ability to solve chances created by fast-paced lower batters, although he also got on base as the first batter to create chances.

After Hong Chang-ki's injury, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop entrusted the role to Park Hae-min and Moon Sung-joo, and even though he had a good hit, the hit weakened when he came to No. 1. There was a high possibility that the burden of 'invisible' to be the first hitter was at work.

And Shin Min-jae took over No. 1 from the match against the Changwon NC Dinos on the 5th. Coach Yeom has shown recovery since he returned to the second division due to poor batting.




It's been a huge success so far. He hits every game and gets on base to create opportunities.

In the home game against the NC Dinos in Jamsil on the 18th, Shin Min-jae led his team's 9-8 comeback victory by scoring three points with as many as five on-base hits and two walks.

Shin Min-jae, who got on base with a walk in the bottom of the first inning and scored the first run with Moon Bo-kyung's sacrifice fly, was on third base with two outs in the bottom of the second inning




He scored an RBI with a heavy hit, and later added another run with Moon Bo-kyung's push-out walk. In the bottom of the fourth inning, he walked with one out and scored when Moon Bo-kyung grounded out in front of the second base. He hit a clean two-run turnaround hit with the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning when he chased 5-6. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Shin Min-jae, who succeeded in a sacrifice bunt with no outs and a runner on the first base, created a chance for the first and third base with a clean right-handed hit at the bottom of the ninth inning, setting the stage for a walk-off victory.

Three hits, two walks, three RBIs and three runs from six at-bats. It was a perfect performance as both a table setter and a troubleshooter.

It's a 17G hit in a row, but it doesn't have to be bad. You can hit two or three the next day. LG's new top hitter, not Hong Chang-ki, but Shin Min-jae's style
A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Shin Min-jae, with the bases loaded with no outs, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/
It's a 17G hit in a row, but it doesn't have to be bad. You can hit two or three the next day. LG's new top hitter, not Hong Chang-ki, but Shin Min-jae's style
A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG second baseman Shin Min-jae is blocking NC Ko Seung-wan's hit with no outs in the top of the third inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/
It's a 17G hit in a row, but it doesn't have to be bad. You can hit two or three the next day. LG's new top hitter, not Hong Chang-ki, but Shin Min-jae's style
A game between the LG Twins and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. LG Shin Min-jae, with the bases loaded with no outs, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.18/
With the hit on this day, it is the 17th consecutive hit since the match against Hanwha in Jamsil on May 29. He has a good batting average of 418 (28 for 67) during this period.

It's also good since he came up as the first hitter. He has a batting average of .400 (18 hits in 45 at-bats) with six RBIs and 10 runs scored in 11 games. With a slugging percentage of 0.444 and an on-base percentage of 0.451, the OPS reaches 0.895.

Shin Min-jae is fortunate to have won " first. You have to win when the atmosphere goes back and forth after doing this for a long time. It would be a waste to lose," he said with a sigh of relief.

The reason why he has been hitting well in 17 consecutive games is that he is coping well with fastballs. Shin Min-jae is trying to hit a fastball. However, the timing is good, and even if it's not a fastball, the breaking ball gets caught. He said, "I hit the front of the point, so good pitches are coming out."

He doesn't seem to care much about his 17th consecutive hit streak. "I think I played more than 10 games last year or the year before lastShin Min-jae " cares about the team winning. You don't have to get a hit. You can hit two or three the next day. I'm paying more attention to getting on base. He said, "I'm trying to hit the fastball aggressively because I go to the batter's box a lot."

The come-from-behind hit in the bottom of the fifth inning was the result of a study on NC left-handed pitcher Lim Jung-ho, who was struck out the previous day. Shin Min-jae said, `In fact, it is difficult for a left-handed batter to hit Lim Jung-ho's ball. Lim Jung-ho's slider is different from coming after two strikes and coming to count, he said. "I saw a slider coming from near my head in a two-ball situation become a strike, and I hit it before the same ball came and bent, but I think it hit well."

Regarding the fact that he is playing well as the No. 1 hitter, Shin Min-jae said, `Rather than getting used to the No. 1 hitter, I think I only care about the batting order, but I care about getting on base rather than blocking him," he said, revealing his own way to survive as the first hitter.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.