His anger against him made him a home run. Na Seung-yeop (22), the "genius hitter" of the Lotte Giants, has become the star of his team's first home run of this season.바카라사이트

Na Seung-yeop started as the fifth batter and first baseman in the home game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season against the KT Wiz at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 29th.

From his first at-bat, Na's bat turned lightly. Appearing after one out in the bottom of the second inning, he had a showdown with KT starter William Cuevas. With the ball count 1-1, Cuevas threw a fastball of 145 kilometers per hour on the outside, and Na Seung-yeop hit it as a decision. The hit, which was heading to left-center, was eventually inserted into the stands. With a flying distance of 130 meters and a shooting angle of 25 degrees, he crossed the fence of Sajik Stadium, which was lowered ahead of this season.

It was Na's matriarch's homer of the season. It was also Lotte's first team home run of the season. In the 2025 season, Lotte struggled with a batting average of 0.188 in its first six games, and was the only team among the 10 teams that had no homers. It exploded a cannon that broke the silence.

Na Seung-yeop, who retired in the fourth inning due to a foul fly to the left field, reported a long shot again in the next at-bat. In the bottom of the sixth inning, he hit a two-seam fastball outside Cuevas, and made a hit to the middle left, heading to the second base. He advanced to the third base when Cho Sang-geun was on infield ground, but failed to score a point because his follow-up hit did not hit.

Nonetheless, Na had two hits, one RBI and one run from four times at bat on the day, becoming the only multi-hit batter in his team. Starting pitcher Park Se-woong pitched well by allowing one run in six innings, and Lotte won the game 3-1 as its batters scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning when the score was 1-1. With the win, Lotte escaped three consecutive losses and secured its first home win.

"I'm glad (homerun) came out faster than I thought," Na told reporters after the game. "I've been in a bad condition. I almost screamed. I couldn't scream, but I almost did."

As for the home run situation, he said, "I thought I wouldn't get caught. I told him not to get caught because it's been so bad these days, but he did." When asked about the fence at Sajik Stadium, which was lowered this season, Na Seung-yeop said, "That's right. "If it was a previous fence, it wouldn't have crossed," he said with a smile. "I didn't know it would have crossed the fence when (Bae) Jung-dae was turning his back and said, "I thought he had crossed it."

Prior to the game, Na had a batting average of 0.174, zero homers and an OPS of 0.425. With a batting average of 0.312 with seven homers and an on-base percentage of 0.411, he failed to continue his performance in the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier 12.

His path was broken by an unexpected situation. On the previous day, Na had a hit to left-center by Park Young-hyun, the opponent team's closing pitcher, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. "I was so angry at my last at-bat yesterday. I was so angry at the previous at-bat. I thought to myself, 'Wow, let's not do it too much.' I came in then, but the timing was right," he said. "I had to quit the at-bat hopelessly at the previous timing, but the at-bat was really bad," he said.

On the day, Lotte attempted drastic changes by setting up a table setter for Jeon Joon-woo and Kim Min-sung to help ease their slump. "I think it was a message for sure," Na said. It's not common to change like this, he said. "I think he thought that this unconventional thing would bring the team closer to winning."