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A 'rookie giant' appeared in professional baseball after a long time.

Kiwoom's rookie player Chan-hyeok Park, who emerged as the No. 1 nominee for the Rookie of the Year, led the team to victory by hitting his fifth home run of the season.



Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.



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Park Chan-hyeok, who appeared as a batter for two days in a row, drew a solo arch that crossed the left middle fence by hitting the first pitch of the opponent starting Min-jae Jang in the first at bat in the first inning against Hanwha.



With his fifth home run of the season, he spit out his flair as he tied for second in home runs after Han Dong-hee of Lotte.



After walking on base in the 5th inning, Park Chan-hyuk led the team's attack by scoring the second goal by stepping on home in Lee Jung-hoo's double.



Kiwoom, who won 3-1 in the midst of starter Appler, who endured one run in the 6th one-out, ran for two consecutive victories.



Lotte's new foreign pitcher, Barnes, continued the thrilling hot-to-shoulder show.



Against the leading SSG, he struck out 11 times up to the 8th inning and played 5 hits and 1 run, winning his 5th win of the season, taking the lead in multiple wins and strikeouts alone.



Lotte, who defeated former teammate Noh Kyung-eun by scoring four points with five hits in three innings, finished three consecutive matches with SSG with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.



LG returned to second place after winning two consecutive wins over Samsung with a two-run home run in the fifth final of Kim Hyun-soo in the ninth inning, which was tied at 4-4.



KT defeated KIA 5-3 with a decisive pitch from relief pitcher Si-young Park, who managed to keep the 8th one-out full base crisis one point ahead without a score.



NC beat Doosan by hitting 11 hits, including a three-point home run by Park Joon-young, and escaped from a two-game losing streak.