NC Dinos Yang Eui-ji celebrates his birthday a day early with a grand slam

NC Dinos catcher Yang Eui-ji hit a grand slam in the fourth inning of their 10-0 shutout of the SK Wyverns. Yang, the 2010 KBO Rookie of the Year, swung at the first pitch thrown by relief pitcher Kim Ju-on and sent the ball 125 meters (410 feet) deep into left center field. The grand slam was Yang's fourth home run of the season and comes a day shy of his 33rd birthday.

Earlier to start off the inning, former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Aaron Altherr, who is best remembered for hitting the first grand slam ever given up by Clayton Kershaw, fired his sixth homer for his debut KBO season.

Meanwhile, another former major leaguer Drew Rucinski had another good outing on the mount striking out eight in six innings in the shutout. The former Angels, Twins and Marlins righthander picked up the win and improved to 4-0 for the season.