Kang Min-ho finally hits his first home run of the season! Back-to-back home runs with Lee Jae-hyun's bases-loaded shot... '249 days since his last home run' on the day after returning to the first division [Jamsil]

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Samsung Lions starting catcher Kang Min-ho (41) finally unleashed his home run power.

Kang Min-ho hit his first home run of the season in his first at-bat against the LG Twins at Seoul Jamsil Stadium on the 14th, marking his first arch of the year in 29 games. It was his first home run in 249 days since the game against the Hanwha Eagles on September 7 last year.

Starting as the eighth batter and catcher, he hit a solo home run off LG's starting pitcher Song Seung-gi in the bottom of the second inning with no outs and no runners on base, while the team led 4-0. It was a back-to-back home run following Lee Jae-hyun's seventh-batter grand slam. With a 0-1 count, he connected on the second pitch, a curveball (120 km/h) right down the middle, sending it over the left-field wall. The distance was 118 meters.

Kang Min-ho, who had been in a batting slump early in the season, was removed from the first-division roster on the 3rd and spent time in the Futures League to regroup. Returning to the LG game on the 13th after ten days, he recorded two doubles and two RBIs in his first game back, signaling a return to form.

Samsung manager Park Jin-man said before the game, "Kang Min-ho has the ability to drive in runs from the lower part of the lineup. (In his first game back) he must have felt pressure, but he performed well at the plate, so we look forward to more from him. If Min-ho is back in form, our batting order can flow smoothly from first to ninth without any weak links."

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