Jarrod Young (29) of the Doosan Bears hit a home run in four consecutive games.
Jared started the game against SSG Landers in the “2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League” at SSG Landers in Incheon on the 11th and scored three hits, one homer, one RBI and one run in five at-bats.
Jared, who struck out on left-handed starter Oh Won-seok’s sixth fastball in the top of the first inning, hit Oh’s second fastball of 143 km per hour to hit a solo homer in pursuit of hitting the left pole with one out in the third inning when Doosan was losing 3-5. It was his sixth homer for this season. In the fifth and eighth innings, he added two more hits to play three hits. Doosan lost the game 9-11, as the mound collapsed despite Jared’s performance.
Jared, who came to Doosan as a substitute for Henry Ramos as a foreign hitter, raised many questions at the time of replacement. Ramos was performing well in 80 games with a batting average of .35 (95 hits in 311 times at bat), 10 homers, 48 RBIs, 43 runs and three steals, OPS.842. Although problems were pointed out outside the game, replacing a foreign hitter who has been performing well in the second half of the season also had risks for Doosan.
However, upon his debut in the KBO League, Jared displayed strong batting performance, dispelling concerns. Jared, who adjusted his batting performance by hitting a double in his debut match against KIA on June 30, displayed stellar performance by posting five hits, two homers, eight RBIs and five runs from six times at bat against KIA on July 31.
Jared, who has continued to hit hits since then, has hit home runs in the last four consecutive games, starting with the LG match on the 8th. Tyrone Woods, who is considered one of the best foreign hitters in the KBO league over Doosan, was the only foreign hitter in the history of the Doosan franchise to hit home runs in four consecutive games. Woods hit home runs in as many as three consecutive games (1998, 1999 and 2001).
Jared, who has hit home runs in four consecutive games, will now try to hit home runs in five consecutive games recorded by Andy Marte in 2016 and Jamie Romak in 2018. The record for the longest consecutive home run by a foreign hitter in history is six consecutive home runs recorded by Charles Smith in 1999 and Andy Burns in 2018.
Jared has a batting average of 467 (21 hits in 45 at-bats) in 11 games this season, with six homers, 19 RBIs and 13 runs scored and an OPS of 1.523. With Jared’s monstrous performance, Doosan’s batters have all recovered. Doosan has scored 102 runs in 11 games since Jared joined the team. 먹튀검증
Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop said in an interview before the game, “First of all, I’m good at watching the ball. Due to long strides, I had high fastballs and many swings and misses, but now I think I’ve adapted to it.” Kim Kwang-hyun, a breaking ball, is also a batter with good contact ability given that he hits a home run and a sacrifice fly in the count of unfavorable balls. “I think he will display a stable play as he has posted an on-base percentage of over 40 percent in the Minor League,” in anticipation of Jarrod’s performance.
Fans are increasingly excited about whether Jared, who is on par with Doosan’s best foreign hitter Woods, will lead Doosan to win the fall baseball and even the Korean Series with his performance beyond Woods.
