"I will show you a stronger performance next year."
Lotte Giants' high school graduate Ruki Kim Min-seok (19) achieved 100 hits. In the game against the Doosan Bears at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 11th, he played 8th-center field and hit 4 hits. I filled 100 pieces. He impressed 9,940 fans who watched the final home game of the season.
He hit a right-handed hit in his first at-bat in the second inning, and hit a series of heavy hits in the third and fourth innings. In the fourth at-bat in the sixth inning, he got on base with an infield hit to the third baseman.
Kim Min-seok said, "Regardless of the results, it was a very grateful game that many fans visited Sajik Baseball Stadium. "The 100 hits were possible because the coach and coach believed me to the end, rather than because I did well."
It is the eighth time in history that a high school graduate hit 100 hits in the first year. Earlier, Hanwha Eagles Moon Hyun-bin (19) reached 100 hits against the NC Dinos on the 2nd.
Starting with Kim Jae-hyun in 1994, Lee Seung-yeop in 1995, Park Jin-man in 1996, Jung Sung-hoon in 1999, Lee Jung-hoo in 2017, and Kang Baek-ho in 2018 scored 100 hits in their first year after graduating from high school. They succeeded these legends.
Kim Min-seok is a prospect nominated by Lotte in the first round in 2023. However, he plays like a main player, not a potential rookie.
Lotte, whose fall baseball was frustrated, presented a cool victory to home fans. He concentrated on 17 hits and won a great 14-3 victory.
Kim Min-seok and Jung-hoon scored two RBIs with four hits, and Yoo Kang-nam scored three RBIs with two hits, including a home run.
Ace Park Se-woong, who returned from the Asian Games national team, won his ninth victory of the season with three runs in six innings.
Kim Min-seok said, "I found many shortcomings this year. I will be Kim Min-seok in 2024, which is more than Kim Min-seok in 2023.
Lotte players greeted their home fans ahead of placards that said, "I will come to you with a stronger appearance."