Will SSG Landers' Choi Jeong hit his 500th home run?
SSG Landers will play a doubleheader against the KIA Tigers at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 11th.
SSG revealed their starting lineup for the first game of the doubleheader as Choi Ji-hoon (center fielder), Park Sung-han (shortstop), Choi Jeong (designated hitter), Han Yoo-seom (right fielder), McBroom (first baseman), Choi Jun-woo (left fielder), Kim Sung-hyun (third baseman), Jeong Jun-jae (second baseman), and Jo Hyung-woo (catcher). The starting pitcher is White.
The KIA starting pitcher is Nail. Choi Jeong has a record of 1 hit and 1 walk in 2 at-bats against Nail.
Choi Jeong started the previous day's game and hit his 499th career home run.
It was quiet until the 8th inning. Choi Jeong struck out in the 1st inning against KIA starting pitcher Oller and was retired on a foul fly in the 3rd with 2 outs and a runner on 1st. He was out on a ground ball to the third baseman in the 5th inning with 1 out and a runner on 2nd. In the 7th inning, tied 2-2 with 2 outs and a runner on 2nd, he walked against Jo Sang-woo.
With SSG trailing 3-5, Choi Jeong faced Jeong Hae-young with 2 outs in the 9th inning and hit a solo home run over the left-center field wall. This marks his 4th home run of the season and the 499th of his career.
Before the start of the 2025 season, Choi Jeong suffered a hamstring injury during a spring training game and underwent rehabilitation for over a month. He was registered on the first-team roster on the 2nd and started the season late. In his first at-bat upon returning in the season's first game against LG on the 2nd, he hit a home run. After just 7 games, he has recorded 4 home runs and is nearing the milestone of 500 home runs.
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