Who's gonna lose the trade? Strike out two and clench your fist! No. 1 Iron (Busan site) who took the mound for the first time in Lotte's uniform

Mar 10, 2025

The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte Jung Cheol-won clenching his fist after pitching in the eighth inning. Busan = Reporters Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com

Jung Chul-won, wearing Lotte's uniform, making his first appearance at Sajik Stadium.

Jung Cheol-won pitching hard.

Lotte Giants Jung Cheol-won pitched his first pitch at Sajik Stadium in a Lotte uniform.

The second game of two consecutive weekend games between Lotte and KIA in the KBO League exhibition game was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th.

Lotte's starting players were 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-bum (right fielder), Wizdum (first baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Lee Woo-sung (left fielder), Kim Tae-gun (catcher), and Choi Won-jun (midfielder) were the starters.

Lotte had a chance at 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 hit occurred.

KIA also had a chance in the fourth inning Leading hitter Kim Do-young hit a double and Na Sung-bum's on-base hit created a scoring chance with one out and third base. However, Wisdom is out with a fly ball to the first base. Choi Hyung-woo struck out and failed to call in Kim Do-young. In the eighth inning, there was a chance to score with one out and second base, but the follow-up hit did not hit.

Lotte's starter Barnes pitched four scoreless innings perfectly. Since then, he has pitched two scoreless innings of Park Jin, one inning of Song Jae-young, one inning of Jung Chul-won, two ⅓ innings of Koo Seung-min, and two ⅔ innings of Lee Min-seok.

KIA's starter Yoon Young-chul pitched two scoreless innings, followed by Hwang Dong-ha, a candidate for the fifth starter with three scoreless innings. Kim Dae-yu's ⅔ innings, Jang Jae-hyuk's ⅓ innings, Lee Joon-young's one inning, Jeon Sang-hyun's one inning, and Jung Hae-young, the closer, kept the mound scoreless.

In the end, the two teams were unable to decide the 0-0 match until the ninth inning.

Lotte Jung Cheol-won pitching on the mound in the eighth inning.

maximum speed 147 km. Lotte Jung Cheol-won pitching vigorously.

Jung Cheol-won, who took his first appearance at Sajik Stadium in a Lotte Giants uniform, took the mound in the eighth inning with a 0-0 situation. Jeong Chul-won, who started nervously by giving up a walk to KIA leadoff hitter Park Jae-hyun, faced a crisis of losing points with one out and second base due to Han Seung-taek's sacrifice bunt.

He struck out swinging with a fork ball falling for the fourth time against KIA Choi Won-joon with one out and second base. With two outs and runners on second base, Yoon Do-hyun again caught two strikes with two folk balls and struck out swinging with a slider to overcome the crisis.

In the crisis of losing points, he struck out two and succeeded in escaping the crisis on his own. After striking out Yoon Do-hyun, Jung Cheol-won pumped his fist. Lotte fans, who filled Sajik Stadium, cheered for Jung Cheol-won's good pitching.

Jung Cheol-won had a maximum fastball speed of 147 kilometers on the day. The timing of the opposing batters was taken out with a fork ball and a slider.

Jung Cheol-won was traded from Doosan to Lotte after last season. Jung Chul-won and infielder Jeon Min-jae moved to Lotte, while Kim Min-seok, Choo Jae-hyun and pitcher Choi Woo-in moved to Doosan.

Lotte Jung Cheol-won, who threw his first pitch in front of Busan fans wearing a Lotte uniform.

Jung Cheol-won, who joined the Doosan Bears in the second round of the rookie draft in 2018, made his first-team debut in 2022 after completing his military service. He overpowered the opponent with a fast ball of more than 150km and recorded 23 holds to win the Rookie of the Year award.

Choo Jae-hyun and Kim Min-seok, who moved from Lotte to Doosan, showed excellent skills to win the camp MVP in this year's spring camp. Already, Lotte fans have shown outstanding performance of the players who have transferred to the point where they wonder if the trade has failed.

Doosan's Kim Min-seok contributed to Doosan's second consecutive win in the exhibition game against Hanwha on the 9th with two hits and two RBIs from five times at bat.

Jung Cheol-won, who finished his first pitch at Sajik Stadium in Lotte's uniform, said "It was my first appearance in Sajik, so I was very nervous on the mound. I was nervous, but I think I threw it well though."

Transfer students often wear uniforms and compare their performances. There will be many comparisons between Kim Min-seok and Jung Cheol-won depending on their performances this season.

Lotte has closer Kim Won-joong and Koo Seung-min, who will be in charge of the eighth inning. If Jung Chul-won can help the bullpen, Lotte's back door will be stronger. Jung Chul-won, who joined the giant army, did a good job of getting the first step together.

The Doosan-Hanwha exhibition game held at Cheongju Baseball Stadium on the 9th. In the top of the second inning, Kim Min-seok is hitting a two-run timely hit with one out and runners on the second and third bases. Cheongju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.9/