After all, ‘Descendants of the Wind’ Doyoung Kim, fastest to achieve ‘20-20’

Ryu Hyun-jin's solo shot against Hanwha became the 57th '20-20' member in KBO history, and Ryu's scoreless streak stopped after 28 innings.

KIA's Kim Do-young hit his 20th home run of the season against Ryu Hyun-jin in the first game of the home series on the 23rd. Kim Do-young, who had 22 stolen bases, became a member of the 20 home run-20 stolen base club with this home run. 

‘Descendants of the Wind’ Kim Do-young (21, KIA) opened the club with 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in the season on the earliest date in professional baseball history.

Kim Do-young started the first game of the home series against Hanwha on the 23rd with 19 home runs and 22 stolen bases. He came out as the lead hitter in the bottom of the 4th inning and stole the 20th home run of the season from Hanwha starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin, making him the first KIA domestic hitter to reach 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases in 21 years since 'Son of the Wind' Lee Jong-beom (20 home runs and 50 stolen bases) in 2003. I became a member. Kim Do-young is the 57th member of the 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases club in professional baseball. 슬롯사이트

Before Kim Do-young, the earliest record was that Lee Byeong-gyu (LG at the time) joined the club in 1999, a day later on June 24th. In addition to Lee Byung-gyu, Park Jae-hong (then Hyundai) joined the 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases club in 1996 and 2000, and Thames (then NC) joined the 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases club before the end of the first half of the season in 2015. They all finished the season as members of the 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases club. In particular, Thames recorded 47 home runs and 40 stolen bases, creating the first 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases club in professional baseball.

Kim Do-young said, “Now that I have achieved the record in front of me, I will focus more on helping the team win. “If I do that, I will be able to join the 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases club,” he said. If Kim Do-young joins the 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases club this season, he will become the youngest member ever, surpassing Park Jae-hong (23 years old at the time) in 1996. He was the second youngest player to join the 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases club, following LG Kim Jae-hyeon (19 years old at the time) in 1994.

Ryu Hyun-jin, who allowed Kim Do-young's 20th home run of the season, had previously pitched 28 and two-thirds scoreless innings. However, he allowed consecutive home runs to the next batter, Choi Hyeong-woo, and even hit a three-run home run to Na Seong-beom in the bottom of the 5th inning. It has been 13 years since Ryu Hyun-jin gave up three home runs in one Korean professional baseball game since the Daejeon Samsung game on May 14, 2011. Until this game, Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned to Korea after 12 years of playing in the American professional baseball major league, had only allowed one home run to Kim Seong-wook in the game against Changwon NC on April 17. The game ended with Hanwha winning 9-8.  슬롯사이트