Star-born 23-year-old Young Gun, 4 ⅓ in the rain, no-hit fire fighting! It was more precious because everyone in the must-win group took a rest...SSG, Lotte, and Winning.
Mar 27, 2025
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SSG Landers came from behind to win 5-2 in Game 3 of the Weekday Series against the Lotte Giants at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 27th, with rookie Kim Gun-woo's scoreless four Jihoon Choi and Lee Jihoon Choi's final hit.
With the victory, SSG achieved winning for two consecutive series following the opening series against the Doosan Bears. He is as strong as the leading LG Twins (5 wins) with 4 wins and 1 loss in five games this season.
On the other hand, the Lotte Giants again failed to cross the barriers of the regular innings standards of '2 points' and 'all losses'. Lotte's only one win out of five games this season was the first game of the series against SSG, which narrowly won 3-2 after 11 extra innings. In the remaining four games, he scored two points, two points, one point and two points, respectively.
In particular, the game was a day when SSG coach Lee Sung-yong declared early 'All must-win rest'. Closer Cho Byung-hyun planned to use Kim Gun-woo and Jung Dong-yoon, who competed with Park Jong-hoon for the fifth starting pitcher, as bullpen in a situation where he could take the mound.
On the other hand, Lotte eliminated veteran bullpen Koo Seung-min from the first division before the game. Manager Kim Tae-hyung expressed deep disappointment, saying, `It's not a pitcher with good control, it's a pitcher who pushes with power and drops folk balls, but the ball doesn't come up too fast.'
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Lotte faced off with Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Reyes (right wing), Jeon Joon-woo (left wing), Son Ho-young (third base), Park Seung-wook (striker), Jeon Min-jae (second base), and Information-geun (catcher). The starter is Na Kyun-an.
Lotte took the lead. Na Kyun-an pitched well with three strikeouts until the third inning.
On the other hand, SSG starter Park Jong-hoon was shaken. I didn't even follow my luck. In the first inning, when the body was not fully warmed, there was a happening in which the referee declared a balk and canceled it.
As a result, he allowed consecutive walks to Yoon Dong-hee and Jung-hoon from the first inning, causing a crisis. However, when Na Seung-yeop grounded out to first base, SSG first baseman Ko Myung-joon's quick response changed the flow by catching an out at second base. Reyes struck out, and Jeon Jun-woo's well-hit ball was caught by center fielder Jihoon Choi to end the first inning.
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However, he gave up consecutive walks to Yoon Dong-hee and Jung Hoon in the third inning. This time, Na Seung-yeop's ground ball made it to the second and third bases with one out, and Reyes' sacrifice fly to center field gave up the first run. In the fourth inning, he threw a hit ball to Park Seung-wook after one out, and even allowed a steal. With two outs and a runner on the second base, the SSG bench decided to replace him by allowing a timely hit to Information Keun, who has a good batting sense recently.
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And Kim Gun-woo's good pitching began. On the contrary, Lotte began to falter.
SSG broke the perfect score with a hit by leadoff hitter Jihoon Choi in the bottom of the fourth inning. With one out and runners on the first and second bases, Herredia and Han Yu-sum's consecutive hits quickly tied the game 2-2.
However, Jihoon Choi's RBI double following Cho Hyung-woo's hit in the bottom of the seventh inning turned the game around, and Jung Joon-jae and Park Sung-han's consecutive hits quickly lined up to 5-2.
Kim Gun-woo became a winning pitcher by giving up only two four outs without a hit until the eighth inning, allowing no runs in four ⅓ innings. Cho Byung-hyun, who finished the ninth inning, had two hits, but ended the game without losing a point.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
