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Shinsoo Choo wrote a new history of Korean professional baseball. Yesterday (the 5th), he hit his 20th home run of the season and became the protagonist of the history of 20 homers and 20 stolen bases at the age of 39 years and 2 months.
Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.
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Shin-soo Choo hit the 20th two-run home run against LG in the 4th inning, pulling the fastball of the opponent starting Lee Min-ho and jumping over the right-middle fence.
Shin-soo Choo, 39 years and 2 months, who was already recording 20 stolen bases, became the protagonist of the oldest '20-20 club membership' in 2007, surpassing Yang Jun-hyeok, who achieved 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in 2007 at 38 years and 4 months.
Shin-soo Choo also hit one RBI in the sixth inning, breaking LG's will to pursue.
SSG starter Min-Jun Choi, who had never gone over 5 innings in the four years since his debut, led the team to an 8-0 win with the best pitch of his career, scoring 7 innings without a score.
Lotte, in 8th place, continued its hot upward trend.
Han Dong-hee, who scored 3 hits, 3 RBIs, and 4 runs including a home run, defeated KIA and ran for 5 consecutive wins, chasing 7th place NC by one game.
5th place Kiwoom defeated Samsung and caught up with Doosan in 4th place by one game, with ace Yokishi taking the lead in the season with 14 wins in 7 innings and 1 run away.
Hanwha caught Doosan busy on the way to the picturesque home throw of right fielder Kim Tae-yeon, who caught Gun-woo Park's hit in the two-out in the early ninth inning one point ahead.
NC and KT drew 4-4.