Koo Seung-min, who was hit by a vicious class ball, voluntarily took the plate after hitting his ankle for the first time in an exhibition game (Busan site)

Mar 09, 2025

The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte's Koo Seung-min, who was hit by KIA's Kim Kyu-sung's hard hit in the 9th inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/

Lotte's Koo Seung-min, who was hit by KIA's Kim Kyu-sung's hitting ball in the ninth inning.

'Absolutely' The Lotte Giants, who were hit hard by the ankle, were able to take a breather as pitcher Koo Seung-min was found to be fortunately not to be a major injury.

The second of two exhibition games between Lotte and KIA held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte and KIA drew 0-0. Lotte had one win and one draw in the exhibition game against KIA. Defending champion KIA has one loss and one draw.

Both team starters Barnes and Yoon Young-chul played well. Lotte Barnes pitched four innings, striking out seven with three hits and no four outs, showing a perfect pitch without allowing a run.

KIA's starting candidates Yoon Young-chul and Hwang Dong-ha took the mound one after another to check their condition. Starting with a fastball speed of 142 kilometers, Yoon threw a combination of change-up, slider and curveball. He pitched three innings and pitched two hits, four outs and one strikeout, allowing no runs. Hwang Dong-ha, who took the mound afterwards, pitched two innings, allowing three hits, one four outs, and one strikeout and no run.

After Barnes, Lotte continued to pitch two scoreless innings of Park Jin, one inning of Song Jae-young, one inning of Jung Chul-won, two ⅓ innings of Koo Seung-min, and two ⅔ innings of Lee Min-seok.

KIA's Kim Dae-yu's ⅔ innings, Jang Jae-hyuk's ⅓ innings, Lee Joon-young's one inning, Jeon Sang-hyun's one inning, and closer Jung Hae-young pitched a scoreless streak, following Yoon Young-chul and Hwang Dong-ha.

0-0. Lotte's Koo Seung-min took the mound in the top of the ninth inning, but a dizzying situation occurred.

He allowed a big double to the first batter Hong Jong-pyo, but he caught it as a check, and KIA Kim Kyu-sung's class ball hit Koo Seung-min's left ankle. Koo Seung-min sat down in front of the mound and screamed 'Argh' and was in pain.

Trainers and colleagues approached and checked the condition. Koo Seung-min voluntarily went down the mound after checking his idea for a while. Afterwards, Lee Min-seok, who took the mound, caught two outs and finished the inning scoreless.

'evil sound'I'm in pain. Lotte's Koo Seung-min, who was hit by KIA's Kim Kyu-sung's hard hit in the ninth inning.

결국 자진 강판.

After the game, a Lotte official said Koo Seung-min's injury was not serious. It was revealed that he voluntarily stepped down to protect the player. It was a dizzying moment. On the previous day, Kim Won-joong made a save without losing a point in one inning. Koo Seung-min is an essential winning bullpen official pitcher who blocks the eighth inning in front of Kim Won-joong.

After the end of last season, Lotte signed an FA contract with Koo Seung-min with a maximum of 2.1 billion won (down payment of 300 million won, annual salary of 1.2 billion won, incentive of 600 million won) for 2+2 years.

Lotte's Koo Seung-min, who answers Kim Kyu-sung's sorry as he goes down the mound.

Koo Seung-min, who joined Lotte as the 52nd overall pick in the sixth round in 2013, played 448 games in nine seasons with Lotte. It is the second time in the KBO League that he has recorded 20 holds for four consecutive seasons, the most holds held by a club.

Koo Seung-min has been sold out in his first appearance in the exhibition game. It's a relief that it's not a major injury. Lotte can look higher only when Koo Seung-min can pitch healthy this season.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.