First walk-off HR of KBO season

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In professional baseball, Samsung secured a victory over Kia with Diaz's first walk-off home run of the KBO League season.

In a thrilling match in Daejeon, Hanwha also won against Lotte with a walk-off.

Reporter Jung Chung-hee has the story.

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Kia's Kim Do-young hit a home run right from his first at-bat.

He connected perfectly with Samsung's ace Won Tae-in's fastball, sending it soaring over the fence.

Samsung quickly retaliated in the bottom of the first inning.

Diaz, the league's home run leader, hit his 19th home run of the season, a two-run shot.

Samsung took the lead and held it until the sixth inning thanks to Won Tae-in's strong performance, but in the seventh, the new pitcher Baek Jung-hyun allowed a game-tying home run to Kim Tae-gun.

In the bottom of the ninth, with the score tied at 2-2, Diaz ended the game.

Diaz's 20th home run of the season was the first walk-off home run of the KBO League this year.

In the match between Lotte and Hanwha in Daejeon, there were twists and turns throughout the game.

Hanwha initially scored 6 runs, including a home run by Noh Si-hwan, but Lotte quickly tied it 6-6 by putting pressure on Moon Dong-joo in the fifth inning.

In the ninth inning, trailing 7-6 with two outs, Jeon Jun-woo hit a dramatic game-tying home run.

It was an intense and gripping match, but the ending was somewhat anticlimactic.

In the bottom of the tenth, Moon Hyun-bin's walk-off push gave Hanwha an 8-7 victory.

Lotte protested that Hanwha had issues with their base-running, but the complaint was not upheld.

LG, with home runs from Austin, Moon Bo-kyung, and Lee Joo-heon, achieved a resounding victory over SSG and firmly maintained their position at the top of the standings.

This is KBS News, Jung Chung-hee.