5 games → 3 games → 2 games, faster home run clock, 50 home runs possible 150 RBIs? A watershed moment for Lotte and the 5th-place match

Sep 16, 2025

5 games → 3 games → 2 games, faster home run clock, 50 home runs possible 150 RBIs? A watershed moment for Lotte and the 5th-place match
A match between Samsung and KT held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 14th. In the sixth inning, Samsung Diaz hit his 46th solo shot of the season. Diaz sharing a high-five with his colleagues. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.14/



Samsung Lions' Lewin Diaz is speeding up home run production.

After overcoming the slump that had been coming since the end of last month, he again challenged the milestone of '50 home runs-150 RBIs'.

Was it because of the burden of achieving the milestone. In September, Diaz slowed down slightly.




He hit .259 with three home runs and four RBIs in 10 games in September. He also had only two multi-hitters.

5 games → 3 games → 2 games, faster home run clock, 50 home runs possible 150 RBIs? A watershed moment for Lotte and the 5th-place match
A match between Samsung and KT held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 14th. In the sixth inning, Samsung Diaz hit his 46th solo shot of the season. Diaz circling the ground. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.14/
However, the pace of home run production has been getting faster recently.

Diaz, who hit his 43rd home run against Hanwha on Aug. 29, hit his 44th home run against Hanwha on Sept. 6, five games later. Diaz, who hit his 45th home run against SSG on September 11, three games later, hit his 46th home run of the season against KT on September 14, two games later.




The gap between home runs is gradually decreasing. At this pace, it is worth looking forward to a hot home run against Daegu Lotte on the 16th and 17th. Lotte's starting pitcher on the 16th is right-handed Park Jin who will take the mound for the second time this season. Diaz has one hit in one at-bats against Park Jin this season.

Diaz has been strong in Daegu's home games this season. He has 29 home runs and 72 RBIs with a 0.340 high batting average in Daegu. If you add one more home run, you will have 30 home runs in Daegu.

As of Tuesday, Samsung has 11 more games to play. Arithmetically, Diaz can add four homers to achieve his long-awaited 50 homers.




On the other hand, it is unclear whether the 150-run mark will be exceeded. Arithmetically up to 146 RBIs are possible. This is the record for the most RBIs (146 RBIs) in a single season in the KBO League set by teammate Park Byung-ho in 2015.

In September, he had only four RBIs, which became a fatal hit. We have no choice but to gather runners in the remaining 11 games and expect a unique home run.
5 games → 3 games → 2 games, faster home run clock, 50 home runs possible 150 RBIs? A watershed moment for Lotte and the 5th-place match
Samsung-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. Samsung manager Park Jin-man, who won 5-3, is high-fiving with Diaz. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.29/
The arithmetically possible figure '50 home runs-146 RBIs' is actually a great record. It is a figure that can compete with Hanwha's Ponce for MVP in a meaningful way.

Diaz is two shy of Yamaico Navarro's most home runs (48 home runs) in a single season of foreign hitters set in 2015. It is possible to break through the most home runs in a single season of foreign hitters and the most RBIs in a single season of the KBO League.

Samsung manager Park Jin-man said, `Diaz is a good player to drive,' and is optimistic about achieving the record.

The start of achieving the milestone is expected to be two consecutive home games against Lotte, which is competing for fifth place by a half-game on the 16th and 17th. Diaz's home run and RBI sweep are likely to lead to Samsung's victory soon.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.