It's higher than Ohtani? No. 1 Home Run Face → If Ohtani is in the U.S., Diaz is in Korea Samsung's head coach Park Jin-man exceeds the limit of laughter

Jun 19, 2025

It's higher than Ohtani? No. 1 Home Run Face → If Ohtani is in the U.S., Diaz is in Korea Samsung's head coach Park Jin-man exceeds the limit of laughter
The Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Diaz is high-fiving with coach Park Jin-man after hitting a walk-off three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the 10th inning. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/



It's higher than Ohtani? No. 1 Home Run Face → If Ohtani is in the U.S., Diaz is in Korea Samsung's head coach Park Jin-man exceeds the limit of laughter
The Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. At the bottom of the 10th inning, the players in the dugout are shouting their cheers as soon as Diaz hit a finishing three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and second bases. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
"Looking at it this morning, it's higher than Ohtani. "

Samsung Lions manager Park Jin-man smiled broadly, delighted by foreign hitter Lewin Diaz's strong performance.

Coach Park Jin-man rejoiced, saying Diaz has more home runs than Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) before the Doosan Bears match in the 2025 KBO League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 19th.




Samsung won the game against Doosan the previous day thanks to Diaz. Diaz hit two home runs and five RBIs. He hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning when he was dragged 0-3. In the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time when the score was 3-3, he exploded a three-run home run to end the game. He has two hits and five RBIs in five at-bats.

Director Park Jin-man said, `It's Diaz Day. I think you can say that you did it all by yourself"Thank you.

Diaz hit his 26th homer. He has a batting average of 0.302 / on-base percentage of 0.361 / slugging percentage of 0.647 with 79 RBIs and an OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 1.008. OPS is ranked first in both home run batting average and slugging percentage in the league. At this rate, 55 home runs and 160 RBIs are arithmetically possible.




Lee Seung-yeop hit 56 home runs in a single KBO league season in 2003. Park Byung-ho (current Samsung, then Nexen) had 146 RBIs in 2016.

Diaz's pace is so overwhelming that baseball fans can compare it to Major League Baseball for fun. As of Wednesday, the Seattle Mariners are leading the league in home runs. I hit 27 just like Diaz. Major League Baseball's representative slugger Aaron Judge (New York Yankees) has 26, and LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani has 25.

It's higher than Ohtani? No. 1 Home Run Face → If Ohtani is in the U.S., Diaz is in Korea Samsung's head coach Park Jin-man exceeds the limit of laughter
Diaz is celebrating after hitting a walk-off three-run shot in the bottom of the 10th inning of the Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
It's higher than Ohtani? No. 1 Home Run Face → If Ohtani is in the U.S., Diaz is in Korea Samsung's head coach Park Jin-man exceeds the limit of laughter
The Doosan-Samsung match at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Diaz is being washed away after hitting a walk-off three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the 10th inning. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
It's higher than Ohtani? No. 1 Home Run Face → If Ohtani is in the U.S., Diaz is in Korea Samsung's head coach Park Jin-man exceeds the limit of laughter
Diaz embraces Koo Ja-wook after hitting a walk-off three-run shot in the bottom of the 10th inning at Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.18/
Director Park Jin-man said, `If there is Ohtani in the U.S., there is Diaz in Korea", showing off his strong heart.

Manager Park Jin-man said, "(Thanks to Diaz's home run, we chased him to a one-run gap. So, Kim Tae-hoon, Bae Chan-seung, and Lee Ho-sung all put in the must-win group. Hwang Dong-jae would have continued a little more if he had not narrowed the gap by three points"I looked back.

He started the chase with Diaz's home run, mobilized all the must-win teams, and then turned the game around with Diaz's home run again.

Coach Park Jin-man said, `In the case of left-handed hitters here (dougout), the batting is too visible. As soon as I hit it, I thought I went into the pole unconditionally. I thought it was over"I enjoyed the afterglow of the thrilling upset victory.



Daegu = Reporter Han Dong-hoon dhhan@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.