Lotte really changed! "Champion KIA team came from behind to win → did not lose."

Mar 09, 2025

Lotte really changed! 'Champion KIA team came from behind to win → did not lose.'
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte's Han Tae-yang hit a left-handed hit in the third inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/



Will Lotte Giants be really different this year. He finished with one win and one draw in two games against the KIA Tigers.

Lotte and KIA drew 0-0 in an exhibition game held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte had one win and one draw before the exhibition game and KIA had one loss and one draw.

In the game held the previous day (8th), Lotte overturned the game in the bottom of the seventh inning and won.




On this day, Lotte organized the starting lineup in the order of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Reyes (left wing), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Jung-hoon (designated hitter), Choi Hang (second baseman), and Han Tae-yang (striker).

For KIA, Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Na Sung-beom (right fielder), Patril Wisdom (first baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Lee Woo-sung (left fielder), Kim Tae-gun (possession), and Choi Won-jun (middle fielder) started.

Amid the check of the starting pitcher's condition, a tight pitching match took place.




Lotte's Charlie Barnes pitched a perfect pitch with three hits, no four outs, seven strikeouts and no runs in four innings. The maximum speed of the fastball was 146 km/h, and he kept the mound by mixing sliders (28), changeups (8), and two-seam (5).

Lotte really changed! 'Champion KIA team came from behind to win → did not lose.'
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. KIA Yoon Young-chul, who is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/
Lotte really changed! 'Champion KIA team came from behind to win → did not lose.'
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte Barnes is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/
KIA's Hwang Dong-ha, who is competing with fourth starter Yoon Young-chul for fifth starter, took the mound in turn. Yoon Young-chul had a maximum fastball speed of 142 kilometers, and threw changeups (3), sliders (3), and curves (2). He aimed for the season by pitching two hits, four outs and one strikeout in three innings. Hwang Dong-ha finished the day with three hits, four outs and one strikeout in two innings.

Following Barnes' four innings of pitching, Park Jin (two scoreless innings), Song Jae-young (one scoreless inning), Jung Chul-won (one scoreless inning), Koo Seung-min (⅓ scoreless innings), and Lee Min-seok (⅔ scoreless innings) took the mound.




After Yoon Young-chul and Hwang Dong-ha, Kim Dae-yu (⅔ innings scoreless), Jang Jae-hyuk (⅓ innings scoreless), Lee Joon-young (one inning scoreless), Jeon Sang-hyun (one inning scoreless), and Jung Hae-young (one inning scoreless) came up in order.

Lotte created chances on the second and third bases with two outs in the bottom of the third inning with Han Tae-yang's hit and Cho Se-jin's double, but no follow-up hits continued.

KIA immediately made a one-out third base with leadoff batter Kim Do-young's double and Na Sung-bum's ground ball in the top of the fourth inning, but Wisdom's first baseman fly ball and Choi Hyung-woo's strikeout also failed to take advantage of the scoring opportunity.

a tight march of zero. Lotte had a chance to get first and second base with one out in the top of the eighth inning with Jeon Min-jae's hit, Lee In-han's walk, and Park Seung-wook's walk. However, Son failed to score due to Son's double play.

In the top of the ninth inning, KIA's Hong Jong-pyo hit a double, but was checked. Later, Koo Seung-min was hit by a ball hit by Kim Kyu-sung. In the end, Koo Seungmin is replaced. Since then, Lee Min-seok has kept the mound without losing a point. Lotte also had on-base in the bottom of the ninth inning, but it did not lead to a score, and the game ended in a draw.

On the other hand, 17,890 people visited Sajik Stadium on the same day, forming an open seat '10,000 spectator'.

Lotte really changed! 'Champion KIA team came from behind to win → did not lose.'
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Baseball fans who enjoy baseball at Sajik Stadium. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.