Ahead of the 13th sellout crowd! An Hyun-min surpasses Kang Baek-ho and writes new history for KT! 38th consecutive game on-base streak [Suwon]

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KT Wiz's An Hyun-min (23) wrote new history for the franchise in front of a sellout crowd just five days after returning from injury.

On the 20th, An Hyun-min started at third base and as designated hitter in the home game against the KIA Tigers at Suwon KT Wiz Park during the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season. With no outs and bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning, he drew a walk after a 10-pitch battle, scoring the go-ahead run.

For opposing starting pitcher Hwang Dong-ha, there was nowhere to throw. Hwang mixed fastballs, sliders, and forkballs in an attempt to induce a swing-and-miss from An Hyun-min.

In fact, An's bat swung and missed at the initial high fastball followed by consecutive dropping sliders. But that was all. An did not bite on the outside slider or the forkball dropping to the ground, working the count full.

Hwang, undeterred, repeatedly threw sliders into the strike zone. An swung at all of them and eventually drew a walk by taking the 10th pitch, a low fastball.

With this, An Hyun-min extended his on-base streak to 38 consecutive games, surpassing the previous record set by Kang Baek-ho (27, Hanwha Eagles), who went 37 consecutive games from the April 7, 2021 game against the Suwon LG Twins to the May 22, 2021 game against the Daejeon Hanwha Eagles.

Hwang Dong-ha was fortunate to retire the following batters with groundouts and avoid further runs. However, he was shaken again in the fourth inning, throwing 86 pitches over 3⅔ innings, failing to meet the requirements for a win before being replaced by Choi Jimin and leaving the mound.

The 18,700 sellout crowd gathered at Suwon KT Wiz Park became lucky ones. According to the KT franchise, all seats were sold starting at 5 p.m., marking the 13th sellout of the season.

KT's lineup that day was: Choi Won-jun (right fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman), An Hyun-min (designated hitter), Sam Hilliard (center fielder), Kim Min-hyuk (left fielder), Ryu Hyun-in (third baseman), Oh Yun-seok (second baseman), Han Seung-taek (catcher), and Kwon Dong-jin (shortstop). The starting pitcher was Bae Je-seong.

KIA countered with the following lineup: Kim Ho-ryeong (center fielder), Park Jae-hyun (left fielder), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Na Sung-beom (designated hitter), Harold Castro (first baseman), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Han Jun-su (catcher), Kim Kyu-seong (shortstop), and Park Jung-woo (right fielder). The starting pitcher was Hwang Dong-ha.

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