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| Rookie, who became the winning pitcher on his professional debut. The exhibition game of the KBO League between Lotte and LG took place at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Sunday. Lotte's Park Se-hyun finished the eighth inning without allowing a run. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.11/ |
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| Lotte Park Se-hyun, who is sharing high-fives with his seniors. |
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| Rookie pitcher Park Se-hyun smiling at the celebration of his seniors. |
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Park Se-hyun, not Lotte Park Se-woong, was recorded as the winning pitcher in the exhibition game. Lotte Giants high school rookie Park Se-hyun became a surprise winning pitcher in the exhibition game.
The second of two consecutive exhibition games between Lotte and LG in the KBO League exhibition game held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 11th. Lotte won a thrilling 3-2 victory over LG with Son Ho-young's final hit and Kim Won-joong's second save in the exhibition game. Lotte had two wins, one draw and one loss in the exhibition game, and LG had one win and three losses.
Lotte's starting players were Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jung Hoon (first baseman), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Park Seung-wook (striker), Choi Hang (second baseman), Jeon Min-jae (third baseman), and Lee In-han (left fielder).
For LG, Park Hae-min (center fielder), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (captor), Moon Jung-bin (first baseman), Song Chan-ui (left fielder), Lee Young-bin (striker), Koo Bon-hyuk (third baseman), and Choi Won-young (right fielder) started. On the mound, Lotte's Na Kyun-an and LG's Lim Chan-kyu will face off.
Lotte targeted LG starter Lim Chan-kyu from the first inning. Leading hitter Hwang Sung-bin hit a hit and on-base Yoon Dong-hee hit consecutive hits, with no outs on the first and third bases. Jung Hoon neatly hit a timely RBI and scored the first run. However, the score was no longer scored on the first and second bases with no outs. Jeon Joon-woo, Yoo Kang-nam, and Park Seung-wook all stepped down as Bum-tas. In the top of the third inning, LG launched a counterattack. LG Kim Hyun-soo hit a triple flying to the right fence. Moon Jung-bin then calls in Kim Hyun-soo for an RBI outfield fly.
In the bottom of the third inning, Lotte stole second base after Hwang Sung-bin hit again and got on base. He scored when Yoon Dong-hee made a timely hit and led 2-1 again. LG put the game back to square one in the top of the fifth inning. Lotte's changed pitcher Park Jin-hee hit a timely hit with Song Chan-eui scoring an RBI with two outs and second base due to an error in checking the first base.
Amid the 2-2 tight game, Lotte made it 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and a full base chance, with pinch hitter Son Ho-young hitting a sacrifice fly that scored an RBI. In the top of the ninth inning, Lotte kept its victory by one point by taking the mound even with closer Kim Won-joong.
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| Gojol Rookie Lotte Park Se-hyun. |
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| Rookie Park Se-hyun pitching vigorously. |
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Lotte became a lucky winning pitcher in the top of the eighth inning when high school rookie pitcher Park Se-hyun, who took the mound with one out and one base, pitched ⅔ innings and scored no runs. Park Se-hyun, who took the mound with one out and runners on first base, handled Koo Bon-hyuk with an infield ball in the crisis of allowing a walk to Lee Young-bin, the first batter, with one out and runners on first and second bases.
With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, LG put Oh Ji-hwan as a substitute. Park Se-hyun fought confidently. He put in strikes from the first and second pitches and ended the inning by striking out Oh Ji-hwan with a swing and miss in four pitches.
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| Lotte Park Se-hyun pitching. |
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| Park Se-hyun, who is congratulated by seniors coming down the mound after pitching in the eighth inning. |
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Although it was an exhibition game, it was a bold pitch from a 19-year-old pitcher. Park Se-hyun is a right-handed rookie pitcher wearing a Lotte uniform this year. He was picked by Lotte in the second round. He is one of Lotte's most anticipated rookie pitchers this season along with first-round left-handed pitcher Kim Tae-hyun.
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| Seniors praise the young rookie for his scoreless pitch. |
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| Lotte Park Se-hyun, congratulated by coach Kim Min-ho. |
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Park Se-hyun, who finished pitching scoreless, was congratulated by his seniors after coming down the mound.
He smiled shyly at the seniors' cheers and pleasant high-fives. The young rookie, who even received the winning commemorative ball that his seniors took care of, could not hide his smile even with a puzzled expression.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
