The standard of Lapak Run came outKim Hyung-joon's fly ball to left field helped the away team with a home run.

Oct 06, 2025

The standard of Lapak Run came outKim Hyung-joon's fly ball to left field helped the away team with a home run.
In the first wild card game between NC and Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 6th, NC Kim Hyung-joon hits a solo home run and shares joy. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.06/



'Lapak' helps the away team NC, not the home team Samsung.

Was the sky also moved by the NC Dinos' fighting spirit.

NC took the lead in the first round of the desperate wild-card game. He has benefited tremendously from none other than 'Lapakrun'.




NC led the way by widening the 3-0 gap with Kim Hyung-joon's home run in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the wild card game against the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 6th.

NC miraculously boarded the last train of fall baseball at the end of the regular season with nine consecutive wins.

But there was still a way to go. The wild-card game has a huge advantage for the fourth-place team. Both matches will be held at home to the fourth-place team alone. And the fourth-place team has a one-win advantage. The fourth-place team can pass even if it wins one of the two games. The fifth-place team has tremendous pressure to win both games.




The standard of Lapak Run came outKim Hyung-joon's fly ball to left field helped the away team with a home run.
NC Kim Hyung-joon hits a solo home run in the top of the 5th inning in the first wild card game between NC and Samsung held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 6th. Daegu=Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.06/
Moreover, Samsung's ace Furado will take the mound, while NC's Koo Chang-mo, who has just returned from an elbow injury, was the starter.

However, NC took the lead with Davison's first RBI timely hit from the first inning. In the second inning, Kim Hwi-jip also scored an additional point with an infield ball. It was regrettable that there were additional scoring chances in the first inning and double plays in the fourth inning of the attack, but Kim Hyung-joon hit a home run in the fifth inning.

Kim Hyung-joon hit a two-seam fastball in the middle of Furado in 1S with one out and no runner. Pulling the outside ball, it hit the end of the bat a little bit. A high-flying ball.




If it was a different stadium, I could immediately feel the fly to left field. But Samsung Lions Park was different. an outfield hexagonal structure. It extends in a straight line from the center fence to the left-right foul pole, so the distance of the outfield fence from the foul pole to the fielders is very short from the groove. If the ball flies in this direction, it often crosses the fence even if the distance is short.

The standard of Lapak Run came outKim Hyung-joon's fly ball to left field helped the away team with a home run.
The first wild card game between NC and Samsung held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 6th. In the top of the fifth inning, NC Kim Hyung-joon hit a solo home run against Samsung Furado. Even after allowing a home run. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.10.06/
Kim Hyung-joon's ball was also high. However, Samsung outfielder Lee Sung-kyu, who sensed something ominous, couldn't move. At-bat NC Kim Joo-won raised his bat to ask the ball to extend further.

Home run. If it were a different stadium, it would not be just a fly to left field, but a hit that would be 'easy fly to left field'. But the ball went over the left fence really slightly, cheekily enough. Furado lost strength after becoming a home run, and NC gained confidence. NC scored an additional point with Davison's double in the ensuing chance.

With this home run, Kim Hyung-joon stood tall as the record holder for the most home runs in all-time wild card games. There were two previous records along with Lee Bum-ho and Jeong Jin-ki, but he set three records alone. He also set a new record for the largest number of hits and 12 hits in the wild card game.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.