Lee Dae-ho

South Korean slugger Lotte Giants' Lee Dae-ho celebrates
after hitting a three-run home run as a world record
 with 9 consecutive-game home runs
in the second inning of a professional baseball game
 against the Kia Tigers in Gwangju, south of Seoul, South Korea,
 Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo)

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South Korean sets home run record
Associated Press/AP Online


SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean slugger Lee Dae-ho has set a Korean major league record by hitting home runs in nine consecutive games.
Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly and Dale Long share Major League Baseball's mark by hitting home runs in eight straight games.

J.K. Moon, an official with the Korea Baseball Organization, said the Lotte Giants infielder hit a three-run homer Saturday in a game against the Kia Tigers in Gwangju, about 210 miles southwest of Seoul.

(This version CORRECTS to Korean league in first paragraph, extended headline)

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