History in the Making: KIA’s Kim Tae-gun Unleashes First-Ever Grand Slam in Thrilling 4th Game of KS
KIA Tigers home pitcher Kim Tae-gun hits first grand slam in 2024 KBO Korean Series.
This is Taegun Kim’s first grand slam home run since his professional debut.
Taegun Kim hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the 2024 KBO Korean Series at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 26th.
KIA leads 3-0 with the bases loaded and 2 outs in the top of the 3rd inning.
Kim Tae-gun hit a 135 km/h high slider past Song Eun-beom, who replaced Samsung’s Won Tae-in, and hit a big home run that went over the left-field wall.
KIA, who had been steadily scoring points with the leadoff hitter in each inning, widened the score gap with Samsung to 7-0 with Kim Tae-gun’s home run.
There have been four Grand Slams in the previous Korean Series.
In 1982, Kim Yoo-dong (now Doosan) of the Bears hit his first grand slam home run against Samsung in Game 6 of the Korea Series, and in 2001, Kim Dong-ju (Doosan) hit a grand slam in Game 4. do Against Samsung.
Choi Hyeong-woo, who currently plays for KIA, wore a Samsung uniform in 2012 and hit a grand slam in the second game against SK Wyverns (now SSG Landers) and current KIA coach Lee Beom-ho played as a KIA player in 2017 and Scored his fourth goal in the fifth game against Dosan.
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