The flower of baseball is home run...Busan's spring, which came a week after the opening, → A major reversal achieved by the 76-year-old table setter.

Mar 30, 2025

The flower of baseball is home run...Busan's spring, which came a week after the opening, → A major reversal achieved by the 76-year-old table setter.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants



The flower of baseball is home run...Busan's spring, which came a week after the opening, → A major reversal achieved by the 76-year-old table setter.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
The flower of baseball is called 'Home Run'. The 'winter' that covered the Lotte Giants in the opening week is finally over.

Lotte won 3-1 against KT Wiz in Busan on the 29th and won after three consecutive losses.

It was even more valuable because it was a victory against KT Cuevas. Starter Park Se-woong pitched well with one run in six innings, and the must-win group from Jung Chul-won to Kim Won-joong, who played three consecutive games, also played its part.




Lotte had a hard time with the poor batting lineup. He also scored three points in the game, and no game has scored more than four points so far this season.

Lotte's table setter was originally scheduled to be Hwang Sung-bin and Ko Seung-min, but both players were missing due to injuries. The next choice was Yoon Dong-hee, but while he has a careful trailblazing and bold hitting, his weakness is that he is too timid when he plays as a leadoff.

On the same day, head coach Kim Tae-hyung excluded Yoon Dong-hee from the starting line-up, and 39-year-old Jeon Joon-woo and 37-year-old Kim Min-sung showed off a rare lineup in which '76 years old' table setters were dispatched, resulting in a desired success.




The flower of baseball is home run...Busan's spring, which came a week after the opening, → A major reversal achieved by the 76-year-old table setter.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
The most meaningful thing about this day's victory is that Lotte's first home run came out this season. The main character was Na Seung-yeop.

Na Seung-yeop, who played as the fifth batter, appeared after one out in the bottom of the second inning and fired a solo shot over the central fence through Cuevas' fighting spirit. He became Lotte's main first baseman and key hitter last year with a batting average of 312, seven homers and 66 RBIs.

Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop said, "(Baseball is a good name, so I'm looking forward to the future."," he said, shaking lightly. Compared to his tall height of 1m90, he did not gain much weight, so he expressed regret about his long-shot power after joining the professional league, but his batting was strengthened after he visited the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu). He was also named in the Premier 12 national team last year.




He recorded a on-base percentage of 411, which is as high as 10% compared to last year's batting average. The sharp pioneering eye that seems to have drawn a line is the biggest advantage. On the other hand, relatively passive hitting is sometimes pointed out as a disadvantage. Still, he seems to have overcome some regret by hitting 35 doubles last year with a slugging percentage of 469 and an on-base plus slugging percentage of 0.880.

The flower of baseball is home run...Busan's spring, which came a week after the opening, → A major reversal achieved by the 76-year-old table setter.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
This year, he is expected to gain more strength by shooting his team's first home run. It was an ideal home run that was precisely matched and pushed through with arms. He also hit a double in the sixth inning, emerging as a ray of light due to the team's long hit drought.

The remaining two RBIs were made by Jeon Joon-woo and Kim Min-sung, who were deployed forward. With Jung Hoon's double and Jang Doo-sung's infield hit, Jeon Joon-woo hit an RBI double on the left-field line, followed by Kim Min-sung's infield ground ball.

In addition to Na Seung-yeop, Son Ho-young and Reyes also scored one hit each to adjust their hitting sense. The batting line of the giant army began to stretch little by little.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.