42 hits in a month? ML deserves a knock! 29-year-old talent explodes → It's already the 4th...202 hits baseball machine's fierce chase

Sep 01, 2025

42 hits in a month? ML deserves a knock! 29-year-old talent explodes → It's already the 4th...202 hits baseball machine's fierce chase
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Before the game, Kiwoom Song Sung-moon poses at the KBO League's highest consecutive stolen base (34) award ceremony. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/



42 hits in a month? ML deserves a knock! 29-year-old talent explodes → It's already the 4th...202 hits baseball machine's fierce chase
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Reyes is celebrating after hitting an RBI double in the top of the third inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/
The difference of nearly 20 caught up in a month. The momentum of the 'August Song Seong-moon' is just as scary.

Lotte Giants Victor Reyes had 202 hits last year, surpassing Seo Geon-chang (201 in 2014), setting a new record for the most hits in professional baseball.

This year, he also cruised overwhelmingly to No. 1 place with more than 30 hits every month from April to June. There were nearly 20 differences from the second place. In particular, in June, he led the team's rise by hitting 4243 (36 hits in 85 at-bats).




However, it slowed down after July as it met the heat. The monthly batting average fell below 300, and the number of hits fell below 30.

In the meantime, other players' fierce pursuit began. At the top of the list is Kiwoom Song Sung-moon.

Song Sung-moon is a player who is considered to have belatedly opened his eyes to talent after spending last year's monster season. Was it a sense of crisis that Lee Jung-hoo and Kim Hye-sung left one after another, or a sense of awe that they wanted to follow. He emerged as Kiwoom's hope with a career high of 3419 home runs and 104 RBIs and an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 0.927.




42 hits in a month? ML deserves a knock! 29-year-old talent explodes → It's already the 4th...202 hits baseball machine's fierce chase
A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 31st. Kiwoom Song Sung-moon is cheering after hitting a hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.31/
However, this year, it is poised to surpass last year. The team has fallen to last place for three consecutive years, but Song Sung-moon has been targeting the Monster season for the second consecutive year. In May, he hit 38 hits, raising his morale, and in June, he hit six home runs. And in August, he hit a batting average of 396 (42 hits in 106 at-bats) with eight home runs and an OPS of 1.189, achieving his first 20 (homer)-20 (steal) early on.

In the meantime, he has already recorded 160 hits this season, trailing Reyes (164) by only four.

Lotte and Kiwoom have 17 games left side by side this season. If there are four hits, Reyes needs to be silent for one or two more games to catch up. However, until the end of July, it was only 17 points apart, and the back-scoring that followed by just 4 points in a month is surprising.




Song Sung-moon signed a six-year, 12 billion won non-FA extension contract with Kiwoom, while officially making Major League posting after this season.

42 hits in a month? ML deserves a knock! 29-year-old talent explodes → It's already the 4th...202 hits baseball machine's fierce chase
A game between Hanwha and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 28th, and Kiwoom Song Sung-moon hits in the bottom of the fifth inning with no outs. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.08.28/
If Song Sung-moon succeeds in entering the U.S., the non-FA extension contract will be automatically destroyed, but Kiwoom can instead take both the image of investing heavily in the franchise star and the real benefits of posting costs. As Ko Woo-seok did earlier, a player who leaves with a dream of Cheongwoon cannot turn to some conditions.

On the contrary, from Song Seong-moon's point of view, it seems that he has strong insurance ahead of an uncertain future of entering the U.S. With his team's supporting shots on his back, Song Sung-moon is heading for the first place with the most hits in his debut.

Reyes, meanwhile, had a fire on his foot. Lotte has already experienced Reyes' presence while suffering 12 consecutive losses in August. For Lotte's fall baseball, Reyes must explode.

42 hits in a month? ML deserves a knock! 29-year-old talent explodes → It's already the 4th...202 hits baseball machine's fierce chase
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Two outs in the bottom of the third inning. Reyes reached base on a hit. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.27/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.