"Unofficial first home run is a grand slam." It already smells like Hanwha...The main character of history, "The new stadium is shorter than before but far away."

"Unofficial first home run is a grand slam." It already smells like Hanwha...The main character of history, "The new stadium is shorter than before but far away."

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Hanwha Eagles predicted a hot performance this year. Kwon Kwang-min became the batter who hit his first unofficial home run at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon.

The Eagles played a blue-and-white match at Hanwha Life Insurance Ballpark in Daejeon on Sunday. Prior to the exhibition game, the Eagles team, which consists of the main players, defeated the Futures team 11-3.토토사이트

Kwon Kwang-min, the hero of the grand slam, was the most noticeable. Playing as Chae's pinch hitter, Kwon made one hit, one homer, four RBIs, one run, and one walk from two at-bats. He marked his first historic home run with a "Grand Slam."

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Kwon hit a grand slam to right-center against Won Jong-hyuk. Thanks to Kwon's homer, the Eagles overwhelmed the Futures team with 14 hits. The Futures team only scored three runs on six sporadic hits. Other than Kwon, Lee Jin-young (two hits and two runs scored), Hwang Young-mook (two hits and one RBI and two runs from three times at bat), and Lim Jong-chan (two hits and two RBIs from three times at bat) were also hitting hard.

Eagles starting pitcher Ryan Weiss allowed four hits, one walk, six strikeouts and two runs in three innings. Kwon Min-gyu (one scoreless inning), Park Bu-seong (one run in one inning), Cho Dong-wook (one scoreless inning), Jung Woo-ju (one scoreless inning), Kim Do-bin (one scoreless inning) and Bae Dong-hyun (one scoreless inning) threw the ball in succession.

Hwang Joon-seo, starting pitcher of the Futures League, allowed six hits, two strikeouts and five runs in two innings. Jang Min-jae (one scoreless inning), Lee Ki-chang (two scoreless innings), Won Jong-hyuk (five runs in ⅔ innings), Kim Jong-soo (one run in one ⅓ inning), Lee Min-woo (one scoreless inning) and Jang Si-hwan (one scoreless inning) threw the ball.

After the game, Kwon Kwang-min said through the club, "I feel good about leaving my home run and being in good batting condition."

When asked about the situation of the grand slam, he said, "I was timing the direct ball, but the direct ball came and I turned it boldly, and I think it paid off," adding, "Because the batting condition was not good in Japan, it was not a situation to intentionally hit Monster Wall at all. I thought (homerun) was ambiguous, but I think the new stadium is shorter than before, but it seems far away."

I went between infield and outfield until last season, but I'm trying to settle down at first base this season. Kwon Kwang-min said, "I've been training on first base since the end camp, and I think I'm adapting faster than I thought because the coach helped me a lot."

He gained a lot of expectations as an overseas player. Kwon signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, and lived in the Minor League until 2019. After being released by the Cubs, he served in the military service and was selected by the Hanwha Eagles with the 41st overall pick in the second and fifth rounds of the 2022 Rookie Draft. Last season, he played in 19 games and recorded 13 hits, four homers, nine RBIs, and a batting average of 0.271 OPS of 0.897.