Former MVP Mel Rojas Jr. (KT Wiz) hit a monstrous home run.
On the 31st, Rojas started as the designated hitter in the fourth spot at Suwon KT Wiz Park in the eighth game of the season against the KIA Tigers in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League, hitting a home run in his second at-bat.
In the third inning with two outs and no runners on, and with the score 0-0, Rojas faced KIA starter Yoon Young-chul and broke the deadlock with a solo home run. He connected with Yoon's fourth pitch, a slider (122 km/h) on a 2B-1S favorable count, sending it over the left-field fence for a home run. The distance was 121.5 meters. It was his eighth home run of the season, coming after a gap of 12 games since the second game of a doubleheader against the LG Twins on the 17th.
Rojas, who is ranked second all-time in home runs for foreign hitters in professional baseball, marked his 172nd career home run, narrowing the gap to first-ranked Tyrone Woods (174 home runs) by two. He needs only two more to share the stage with the legend, and if he hits three more, he will set a new record for foreign hitters in the KBO League.
KT took the initiative against KIA with Rojas's home run.
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