Son Ho-young's final hit Kim Won-joong's save. Kim Kang-hyun and Park Se-hyun threw well in a 3-2 victory.
Mar 11, 2025
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Lotte won the game 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and pinch hitter Son Ho-young's sacrifice fly to left field with a 2-2 tie against the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 11th.
With the victory, Lotte recorded two wins, one draw and one loss in the exhibition game, and LG won and lost one win and three losses.
With Na Kyun-an starting on the day, Lotte formed the starting lineup with Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jung Hoon (first baseman), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Yoo Kang-nam (possession), Park Seung-wook (striker), Choi Hang (second baseman), Jeon Min-jae (third baseman), and Lee In-han (left fielder).
He scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning by targeting opponent starter Lim Chan-kyu.
Lotte, which created a chance for runners on first and third bases with no outs with leader Hwang Sung-bin's infield hit to shortstop and Yoon Dong-hee's hit to the right, made it 1-0 with No. 3 Jeong-hoon's left-handed hit. However, Jeon Joon-woo, Yoo Kang-nam, Park Seung-wook, all stepped down as a bum in the chance of the first and second bases with no outs and failed to score additional points. In the top of the third inning, Kim Hyun-soo's superior triple and Moon Jung-bin's sacrifice fly to left field allowed a 1-1 tie, but they took the lead again in the bottom of the third inning. Hwang Sung-bin's right-handed hit followed by a stolen second base and Yoon Dong-hee's left-handed hit again 2-1.
A disappointing error in the top of the fifth inning was used as an excuse to allow another tie. Following Park Dong-won's hit to the right-center of the fourth, pitcher Park Jin's error to check the first base made it to second base with two outs, and Song Chan-eui allowed a hit to the left.
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In the top of the ninth inning, Hyun Do-hoon came out, but when he reached first base with one out, he immediately put in Kim Won-joong. Kim Won-joong struck out Austin and hit Ham Chang-gun with a ground ball in front of the shortstop to end the game.
Lotte starter Na Kyun-an threw 69 pitches in three ⅔ innings, allowing four hits, four walks, and one run with four strikeouts. Chung Hyun-soo (no hit in ⅔ innings, one walk, two strikeouts, no strikeouts), Park Jin (two hits and one strikeout in ⅔ innings), Kim Sang-soo (one hit and one strikeout in 0 innings), Kim Kang-hyun (one hit and one strikeout in 2 ⅓ innings), Park Se-hyun (no hit and one walk in ⅔ innings), Hyun Do-hoon (one walk in ⅓ innings), and Kim Won-joong (no hit and one strikeout in ⅔ innings) followed to block LG's lineup.
In the at-bat, Hwang Sung-bin recorded 2 hits, 2 runs and 1 stolen base in 3 at-bats, Yoon Dong-hee made 2 hits and 1 RBI in 3 at-bats, and Jeong Hoon made 1 hit and 1 RBI in 3 at-bats.
After the game, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "In the second half of the game, Kim Kang-hyun threw well and Kim Won-joong blocked well, so we were able to keep the victory." "The fielders also played without losing their concentration, leading to Son Ho-young's winning RBI in the bottom of the eighth inning."," he praised the players.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
