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The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a hit. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/ |
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The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a three-run shot with two outs and runners on the second and third bases in the top of the fifth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/ |
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The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a three-run shot with two outs and runners on the second and third bases in the top of the fifth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/ |
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It's a bit shameful, but I'm glad it came out now.
When it comes to batting fourth, you have to sweep a lot of RBIs. To do so, it is essential to have a long shot. For the first time in two consecutive years, the LG Twins had a 100-run hitter. Moon Bo-kyung, a 25-year-old young hitter, became the main character.
Moon Bo-kyung, who has been the fourth batter since the second half of last year, scored 101 RBIs and surpassed his first 100 RBIs since his debut. And this season, he hit 100 RBIs for the second consecutive year as a built-in fourth hitter.
Moon Bo-kyung started as the 4th-designated hitter in an away game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 26th and recorded 1 hit and 3 RBIs in 4 at-bats. Moon Bo-kyung, who had 99 RBIs until the previous day, had a meaningful day, adding three RBIs and setting a new record for his season's most RBIs with 102 RBIs.
In the top of the fourth inning with a 2-0 lead, he hit a two-run left-handed hit with two outs and a bases loaded with one hit and two walks to create a 4-0 lead. He topped 100 RBIs for the second consecutive year with 101 RBIs. In addition, it was the first record for an LG player.
Officially, the first 100 RBIs among LG players were Smith in 2000. He had just 100 RBIs, but LG doesn't remember him as the first 100 RBIs. Since he came from Samsung to LG in a trade during that season, most of them were RBIs made by Samsung.
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The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a three-run shot with two outs and runners on the second and third bases in the top of the fifth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.22/ |
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The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 24th. LG Moon Bo-kyung is catching her breath. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.24/ |
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The game between SSG Landers and LG Twins at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 17th. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the top of the sixth inning. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.17/ |
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In 2009, Petazini recorded exactly 100 RBIs, becoming the first 100-run player in LG alone. And Cho In-sung became the first Korean player to hit 100 RBIs with 107 RBIs in 2010. Since then, Jimenez (102 RBIs in 2016), Chae Eun-sung (119 RBIs in 2018), Kim Hyun-soo (101 RBIs in 2018 and 119 RBIs in 2020 and 106 RBIs in 2022) and Austin (132 RBIs in 2024) have exceeded the 100-run mark. However, no one has scored 100 RBIs for two consecutive years, but Moon Bo-kyung has surpassed 100 RBIs this year following last year and will engrave his name on a page in LG's history.
In the top of the sixth inning, Moon Bo-kyung added an RBI with a sacrifice fly to the left field with one out and runners on the first and third bases, and started to set a new record for his most RBIs in a season with 102 RBIs. Whenever RBIs accumulate in the remaining 24 games, everyone is Moon Bo-kyung's new RBI record for the season.
Moon Bo-kyung is challenging another meaningful record. It is LG's most home run in a season. He has 24 home runs as of Tuesday. Lee Byung-kyu hit 30 home runs in 1999 as the most by a Korean batter. The second place is 28 recorded by Cho In-sung in 2010, and the third place is 25 hit by Chae Eun-sung in 2018 and Oh Ji-hwan in 2022. It's a bit tight, but it's not impossible. If you hit two, you will be in the top three home runs for LG domestic hitters, and if you hit five, you will be in the second place. With seven, he can become LG's best home run king.
I finally got the fourth batter down at LG. The hope is that Moon Bo-kyung is now 25.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.