Professional baseball player Park Geon-woo of the NC Dinos has been under significant stress due to recent trade rumors.

Trade speculation circulated through online communities, spreading as if it were fact. Unexpectedly thrust into the center of these trade rumors, Park Geon-woo couldn't feel at ease.

Eventually, manager Lee Ho-jun intervened to manage the situation. Ahead of the game against the Samsung Lions in Daegu on the 8th, he said, “There will be no additional trades until the end of this season. Recently, I have been hearing trade rumors about acquiring a bullpen pitcher by giving up an outfielder (referring to Park Geon-woo), but that will never happen.”

He also noted, “I truly appreciate the positive evaluations of our team players. However, he is an indispensable player for our team. He plays a very significant role in our team’s strength. That player has also been struggling due to the trade rumors. You can see it in his expression.”

Manager Lee Ho-jun raised his voice, saying, “Even if I tell that player 'there will be no trade,' he remains skeptical. It has become utterly necessary for me to say this. There will absolutely be no trade. Why would we give up a player we can't do without?”

Perhaps freed from the trade rumors, Park Geon-woo's bat heated up. On the 12th against the Kiwoom Heroes, he put on a one-man show with four RBIs, including a home run. This was the first time this season that Park Geon-woo achieved four RBIs in a single game.

In the first inning, with Kwon Hee-dong’s single to left field and Matt Davidson’s single to right field, Park Geon-woo came to bat with two outs and runners on first and third. Facing Kiwoom’s starting pitcher Kim Yeon-joo with a ball count of 1B-0S, he hit a fastball (142km) on the second pitch and connected it for a double. Runner Kwon Hee-dong easily scored.

After hitting a timely hit in the first inning, Park Geon-woo smashed a three-run homer to tie the game in the third inning, trailing 1-4. In a situation with runners on first and third from a hit by pitch on Park Min-woo and Davidson’s single to right, Park Geon-woo came to bat and hit a slider on the fourth pitch from the opposing starter Kim Yeon-joo, sending it into the left-field stands. The score was tied at 4-4.

Striking out in the fifth inning and flying out to the right fielder in the seventh, Park Geon-woo faced a missed opportunity in the ninth inning with two outs and a runner on second, flying out to the infield with the score tied at 6-6. The NC Dinos, fueled by Kim Hwi-jip’s winning two-run homer in the 10th inning, defeated Kiwoom 8-6. Although the hero of the winning hit was Kim Hwi-jip, without Park Geon-woo’s contributions, victory would not have been assured.

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