Lotte as a whole from the opening game. But lucky Son Ho-young is No.7? Na Seung-yeop, Reyes, Yoon Dong-hee, centerline
Mar 22, 2025
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Lotte formed the starting lineup with Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Reyes (left fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (captor), and Park Seung-wook (striker) in the opening match against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd.
All the main players will be able to play in the opening game as even Ko Seung-min, who was unable to come out early in the exhibition game due to an ankle injury, entered the lineup.
The change in the lineup was noticeable as the whole group was completed. Son Ho-young, who has played a tremendous role with a batting average of 317 and 126 hits, 18 home runs and 78 RBIs since last year's trade, went down to No. 7. Last year, he mainly played as the third batter, but it seems that he hit the batting order when he showed a severe slump with a batting average of only 91 runs (2 hits in 22 at-bats) in the exhibition game.
It is also notable that Yoon Dong-hee, who came out as the No. 1 hitter last year, and who came out as the No. 2 hitter in the exhibition game, was placed in No. 5 and came out as the center hitter.
Considering that LG starter Yoni Chirinos is a right-handed pitcher, all from No. 1 Hwang Sung-bin to No. 4 Reyes are left-handed batters. Starting with No. 9 Park Seung-wook, five consecutive left-handed hitters.
LG made the starting lineup with Hong Chang-ki (right wing), Kim Hyun-soo (left wing), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Song Chan-ui (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (captor), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Koo Bon-hyuk (second baseman).
Barnes, Lotte's starting pitcher for the opening game, is a long-term foreign pitcher who has been throwing for four years this year. In the three years until last year, he recorded 32 wins and 28 losses with a 3.42 ERA.
He is a left-handed pitcher, but his performance against LG was not good except for the first year. Barnes, who had 2 wins, 2 losses and a 3.09 ERA in four games in 2022, was sluggish with three losses and a 7.64 ERA without winning four games in 2023, and last year, he took the mound only once in the Ulsan game on August 3 and recorded a quality start with six hits (two home runs), no four outs, five strikeouts, and three runs in six ⅓ innings. At that time, he was replaced with a 3-3 tie, but Lotte won 8-3. His overall performance against LG was 2-5 with a 4.94 ERA.
It was good in the exhibition game. In the match against KIA on the 9th, he recorded three hits and seven strikeouts in four innings, and in the match against KT on the 16th, he allowed two runs in the fifth inning after allowing no runs until the fourth inning, and a no-game was declared due to rain.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
