Park Byong-ho blasted his fifth homer of the season

Park Byung-ho of the Minnesota Twins has blasted his fifth home run of the season.

At a match against the Cleveland Indians held at Target Field located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday local time, Park came out as the second batter in the bottom of the 6th inning, driving a 134 meter (441 feet) home run that flew over the middle wall.

Of the five homes that Park has recorded up to the date, the three homers have a driving distance of over 440 feet (some 134 meters). The 30-year-old has the 3rd longest driving distance for home run at 428.8 feet following Mike Trout (431.8 feet) from the Los Angeles Angels and Chris Davis (430.7 feet) from the Baltimore Orioles. Coming out as the fifth designated hitter, Park scored with a sacrifice fly by hitting a fly ball of right fielder, one out and men at second and third, at his first at bat in the bottom of the first inning.

St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Oh Seung-hwan took the mound as the second pitcher at a match against the Arizona Coyotes in Chase Field, Arizona and save the team from serious crisis. Oh took the mound in the bottom sixth with one out and men at first and second and tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out two batters and losing no points.

Lee Dae-ho (aged 34) of the Seattle Mariners and Choi Ji-man (aged 25) of the Los Angeles Angels at matches against Houston and Kansas City made one hit in four and no hit it three,respectively. For the first time since the debut in the major league, Lee made his first start against right-handed starting pitcher.

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