Kim Do-young of the KIA Tigers, one of the KBO League's premier hitters, and Kiwoom Heroes pitcher Ahn Woo-jin both made a strong impact on the same day. Kim claimed sole possession of the home run lead with two long balls, while Ahn held the league-leading LG Twins scoreless to lead Kiwoom to a decisive win.
Kim hit two solo home runs in a home game against the SSG Landers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, part of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League.
With his 24th and 25th home runs of the season in succession, Kim passed Austin Dean (24 home runs, LG Twins) to return to sole possession of first place in home runs after 21 days.
KIA defeated SSG 10-3 behind Kim's power. After Kim's solo shot in the bottom of the first set the tone, KIA scored five runs in the bottom of the third, stringing together four hits and two walks starting with Park Jae-hyun's triple. The lead widened to 6-0.
Kim's bat came alive again in the bottom of the fourth. He hit another solo home run, extending KIA's lead to 7-0.
SSG mounted a comeback in the top of the fifth. Jeong Jun-jae reached base on an error, then Choi Jeong hit a two-run home run, followed by back-to-back homers from Kim Jae-hwan to cut the deficit by three runs.
But KIA quickly regained the momentum. They added two runs on Park Jae-hyun's RBI hit and an opponent's error in the bottom of the fifth, and sealed the game with Kim Sun-bin's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.
KIA starter Adam Oller allowed five hits and four walks over six innings, but limited all three runs to unearned to pick up his ninth win of the season (against five losses). The victory moved Oller into sole possession of the lead in wins.
Veteran Kim Sun-bin also set a meaningful record. Going 2-for-4 on the day, Kim recorded his 1,798th career hit with KIA, surpassing Lee Jong-beom (1,797) to become the holder of the club's all-time hits record.
At Gocheok Dome, the last-place Kiwoom Heroes routed the league-leading LG Twins 6-0. At the center was starter Ahn Woo-jin's dominant outing.
Ahn shut down LG's lineup with a fastball topping out at 156 kilometers per hour mixed with sliders and curveballs. He allowed just one hit over 5⅔ innings, giving up three walks but keeping the mound scoreless. He recorded 11 strikeouts, a personal season high, to earn the win.
Kiwoom scored in their first at-bat in the first inning. They put up two runs first on An Chi-hong's sacrifice fly and Kim Geon-hee's RBI hit. In the second, Park Chan-hyuk hit a solo home run, and in the third, An Chi-hong added a solo home run over the left-field wall to pull ahead 4-0.
Kiwoom added a run on Park Chan-hyuk's double in the sixth and another on Park Chan-hyuk's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth. Park went 2-for-3 with three RBIs including a home run, while Kim Geon-hee went 4-for-4 to anchor the offense.
At Jamsil, the Doosan Bears beat the Lotte Giants 5-0. Park Chan-ho's home run and starter Choi Min-seok's scoreless pitching laid the foundation for the win.
Doosan took the first run in the bottom of the second, bringing home Kim Min-seok, who had reached on a double, on Park Chan-ho's center-field hit. In the bottom of the sixth, they added a run on Kim Min-seok's center-field hit with one out and runners on first and third, and then Park Chan-ho hit a three-run home run over the left-field wall to widen the gap to 5-0.
Doosan starter Choi Min-seok struck out five over six innings, holding Lotte to seven hits and no runs. His season record improved to 8 wins and 2 losses. Park Chan-ho led Doosan's offense, going 2-for-4 with four RBIs.
In Daejeon, the game between the Hanwha Eagles and kt wiz was declared a no-game after the bottom of the third when heavy rain poured down, with Hanwha leading 7-0.
Hanwha's Kang Baek-ho hit his 20th two-run home run of the season, but the result was not recognized as an official record because the game was ruled a no-game.
