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King Kang hits home runs in back-to-back at-bats

July 29, 2015
Pittsburgh Pirates' Kang Jung-ho hits a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Friday, July 17, 2015, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Kang Jung-ho hits a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Friday, July 17, 2015, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

By Brian Han

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho is starting to generate some serious power. He blasted a game-winning home run off the facing of the second deck Tuesday night and then another in his next at-bat early on Wednesday.

The solo shot makes it his seventh long ball of his rookie season bumping up his average to .291.

Kang was touted as a rare power hitting middle infielder during his time in South Korea, so his recent performance may come as no surprise to those in the Pirates clubhouse.

“He continues to grow, he’s doing things here he’s probably done before in some sequence or context, just a different place now,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle told the Associated Press after the game Tuesday night.