'When he gets into the zone, there's no room for error.' Kim Do-young explodes with a '135m super-sized' home run! Ties personal record with 38th homer; extends lead over second-place Austin by six

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"When he gets into the zone, there's no room for error."

The opposing pitcher's guarded assessment was by no means wrong. KIA Tigers' 'superstar' Kim Do-young (23) once again cleared the fence with terrifying focus, capitalizing on a mistake pitch from Kiwoom Heroes starting pitcher Jeon Jun-pyo.

Kim Do-young started at third base and batted third in the road game against Kiwoom Heroes held at Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome on the 23rd.

In his first at-bat of the top of the first inning, Kim Do-young drew a walk to reach base. In the top of the third, with the team leading 1-0 and one out with no runners on base, he unleashed a powerful swing against pitcher Jeon Jun-pyo. After calmly taking two balls, he connected squarely with a 149 km/h fastball that entered the strike zone in the hanbok area on the third pitch, launching it for a solo home run to center field. The distance was an enormous 135 meters.

An Woo-jin, who became the winning pitcher on the 22nd and met reporters at the scene afterward, revealed his guarded stance regarding Kim Do-young by saying, "Because he's a hitter with no room for error when he gets into the zone, catcher (Kim) Geon-hee even said he would 'sit deep' toward the batter's body." This demonstrated how Kim Do-young's destructive power, which sends balls flying over the fence whenever he gets into the zone, was fully proven in this at-bat as well.

After hitting his 38th home run of the season in just four games since the match against Daejeon Hanwha Eagles on the 19th, Kim Do-young tied his personal record for most home runs in a single season. He also extended his lead over Austin Dean (LG Twins), who sits second in the home run category with 32, by six, firmly solidifying his solo lead for the home run title.

Only two more are needed to reach this historic milestone. If Kim Do-young adds two more home runs, he will become only the second player in Tigers franchise history to reach the 40th-home run plateau in a single season, following Tracy Sanders' 40 home runs in 1999.

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