"He broke it again in just one day!" Lotte's Reyes adds a double from his first at-bat against KIA, sprinting toward 206 hits

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Victor Reyes (32), the foreign hitter for the Lotte Giants, shattered his own record once again just one day after setting a new benchmark.

In an away game against the KIA Tigers at Gwangju-KIA Champions Field on the 11th in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League, Reyes started as the number one designated hitter and hit a refreshing double from his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, completing his 206th hit of the season.

The hot batting form from the previous day (the 10th) continued seamlessly in Gwangju. In the bottom of the seventh inning against the LG Twins at Busan Sajik Stadium the day before, Reyes hit a forkball thrown by Go Woo-seok for an infield single to center field, recording his 205th hit of the season. It was the moment he surpassed the record of Choi Won-jun (29, KT Wiz), who had reached 204 hits seven days earlier, reclaiming the single-season most hits record for the first time in two years.

In the game on the 11th, Reyes stepped up to the plate as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning and demonstrated focus from his very first at-bat. Facing KIA's "foreign ace" Adam Ottavino, he found himself in an unfavorable count of one ball and two strikes after a strike on the first pitch and a foul on the third pitch. However, he calmly selected balls on the second and fourth pitches to even the count at two balls and two strikes. Then, he sharply hit the fifth pitch deep into left field, reaching second base in one bound.

With this, Reyes extended the single-season most hits record to 206 in just one day, advancing the history of the KBO League by another step. Having widened the gap with second-place Choi Won-jun to two hits, Reyes firmly secured his position as the sole leader in the race for the batting title heading into the end of the season, continuing his unstoppable march toward a historic achievement.

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