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| KBO League SSG and Lotte match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 25th. Lotte Giants' Son Ho-young hit a timely RBI single in the top of the 11th inning with one out and runners on third base. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.25/ |
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| 1 out in the 5th inning. Information-geun hit an RBI double. Son Ho-young scored a goal. |
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| Lotte Son Ho-young, who hit a timely RBI single in the top of the 11th inning. |
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The Lotte Giants, who lost two consecutive games since the opening, won a dramatic victory against SSG after 11 extra innings.
SSG Landers and Lotte Giants played the first of three consecutive games during the week at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 25th. Lotte won 3-2 against SSG in the 11th inning of extra time, securing its first win of the season after two consecutive losses.
Lotte's foreign pitcher Tucker Davidson, who made his KBO League debut, showed impressive pitching with one run in seven innings. Lotte showed its concentration until the end and won 3-2 by overpowering SSG for two consecutive wins.
Lotte scored the first run in the top of the first inning. After one out, Ko Seung-min walked and Na Seung-yeop doubled, with one out and runners on second and third bases. Reyes called in third baseman Ko Seung-min with an RBI infield grounder.
Lotte starter Davison continued the game so fast that he had only about 60 pitches until the sixth inning. After one out in the bottom of the third inning, SSG No. 9 hitter Ha Jae-hoon launched his first home run of the season against Davison. Ha Jae-hoon kicked a 148km fastball against Davison and hit a tiebreaking solo home run over the left fence.
Both team starters Davison and Moon Seung-won were followed by good pitching. Lotte ran away again in the fifth inning. Leading hitter Son Ho-young walked to get on base after a persistent game. Jeon Min-jae's sacrifice bunt led to one out and second base. Information-geun hit an RBI double against SSG starter Moon Seung-won. The strong ball bounced off SSG right fielder Ha Jae-hoon's glove and became an RBI double.
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| KBO League SSG and Lotte match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 25th. Lotte Davidson is pitching as a starter. |
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| Lotte Son Ho-young hitting. |
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| One out and second base in the fifth inning. Son Ho-young, who scored on an RBI double by Information Geun. |
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Lotte was able to score extra points in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, but there was no troubleshooter. The leadoff hitter got on base and created a chance, but the follow-up hit did not happen in the end. It was regrettable that Yoon Dong-hee stepped down with a double play after a foul home run in the eighth inning with the bases loaded with one out.
Lotte's crisis came when it failed to take advantage of the opportunity to score additional points. Lotte's closer Kim Won-joong took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning. Kim Won-joong, who handled leadoff hitter Park Sung-han with a fly to center field, allowed a tiebreaking solo home run to SSG's No. 4 hitter Herredia after one out. With three balls and one strike, a fastball hit in the middle of the 148 kilometers on five pitches. After that, he finished the inning by striking out Oh Tae-gon and Lee Ji-young with a foul fly, but Kim Won-joong recorded a blon save in his first appearance this season.
The game led to extra time. SSG took the mound in the top of the 10th inning with closer Cho Byung-hyun on the mound. In the top of the 10th inning, leadoff hitter Yoo Kang-nam got on base with a walk, but he also failed to score a point as his follow-up hit did not hit.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, Young Gun pitcher Park Joon-woo pitched a scoreless pitch. The leadoff hitter got on base again in the top of the 11th inning. Lotte's Yoon Dong-hee succeeded in getting on base against SSG closer Cho Byung-hyun, who also took the mound in the 11th inning. Yoon Dong-hee hit a hit to third base. SSG third baseman Park Ji-hwan caught it well, but he made a bad pitch to first base and became second base with no outs.
Jang Doo-sung's sacrifice bunt hit a timely RBI single against Cho Byung-hyun. He followed Cho Byung-hyun's falling 133km folk ball well and hit an RBI timely hit that flew in front of center field. Son Ho-young, who was sluggish in the exhibition game and his batting order fell to seven times, hit a valuable timely hit to announce the revival.
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| Lotte Son Ho-young, who trains defense with teammates. |
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| The final hit that led to the team's victory. Son Ho-young hit a timely RBI single in the top of the 11th inning with one out and runners on third base
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In the bottom of the 11th inning, left-handed pitcher Chung Hyun-soo took the mound, but allowed a walk to leadoff hitter Jihoon Choi. Park Jin-jin then took the mound and was on the verge of losing points with one out and runners on the first and second bases, but he finally secured the victory by catching Herredia and Oh Tae-gon.
Lotte won its first victory of the season in the 11th inning with Son Ho-young's timely hit and Park Jin's save. Son Ho-young, who became Lotte's lucky hitter after being traded from LG to Lotte last year, showed his strong performance this season with two hits, one RBI, one walk, and one run from four times at bat.
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| After 11 extra innings, Lotte won SSG. Park Jin cheers after achieving the save. |
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| Lotte won its first win of the season. Lotte players are sharing the joy of victory after the game. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
