50% win rate is complete! Ma Huang Home Steel + 4 hits in 295 days → Barnes 7 innings 11K...Lotte, which is in charge of spring scent, has won 2 consecutive games after catching the last place Kiwoom

Apr 16, 2025

50% win rate is complete! Ma Huang Home Steel 4 hits in 295 days → Barnes 7 innings 11K...Lotte, which is in charge of spring scent, has won 2 consecutive games after catching the last place Kiwoom
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants



50% win rate is complete! Ma Huang Home Steel 4 hits in 295 days → Barnes 7 innings 11K...Lotte, which is in charge of spring scent, has won 2 consecutive games after catching the last place Kiwoom
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
50% win rate is complete! Ma Huang Home Steel 4 hits in 295 days → Barnes 7 innings 11K...Lotte, which is in charge of spring scent, has won 2 consecutive games after catching the last place Kiwoom
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
The ace's great pitching, the explosive run of the charge leader, and the batting line that hits you when you need it.

The Lotte Giants completed their ideal victory and won two consecutive games. Lotte won the second game of the Weekday Series against the Kiwoom Heroes 6-4 at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 16th.

With this victory, Lotte achieved its 10th win (10 losses and 1 draw) this season and succeeded in matching the winning rate of 50%. On the other hand, Kiwoom, which was pushed to the bottom of the ranking table amid repeated slumps on the mound, became frustrating as the only foreign pitcher and native ace collapsed one after another this series.




"It was a good game," Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyung, who met before the game, said of the previous day's victory with Jeon Jun-woo's come-from-behind shot. It was a bit chaotic in the beginning, but I blocked it well in the middle and followed it well and turned it over", expressing satisfaction. "Like Jeon Jun-woo, if the seniors do it one by one, they do their part. Na Seung-yeop and Ko Seung-min did well last year, so their goal this year would have been higher, but the professional stage is not easy."

50% win rate is complete! Ma Huang Home Steel 4 hits in 295 days → Barnes 7 innings 11K...Lotte, which is in charge of spring scent, has won 2 consecutive games after catching the last place Kiwoom
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However, regarding the situation of failure to narrow down again, "I got caught, but why throw it first. If you caught it, you have to drive it from the middle," he said, slamming the lack of basic skills. Regarding No. 2 batting order, which Jeon Min-jae is doing well, he also said the inside saying, "In the end, Ko Seung-min should come in."

Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki said "I didn't think Rosenberg was running out of strength…", he said with regret. The reversal in the second half of the game can't be helped, but Rosenberg, who had a good fight with a three-way exit in the first and second innings, had a lot of thoughts in his head from the third inning, not like the only foreign pitcher in the team and the first starter ace.




On Choi Joo-hwan's four-hitter, "I'm glad I gave him a break from the war."`.

On this day, Kiwoom started the lineup of Song Sung-moon (2nd base), Lee Ju-hyung (2nd base), Choi Joo-hwan (1st base), Cardines (1st base), Park Joo-hong (right wing), Puig (left wing), Eo Jun-seo (3rd base), Kim Gun-hee (catcher) and Oh Sun-jin (striker). Ha Young-min will be chosen.

Lotte faced off with Hwang Sung-bin (middle fielder), Jeon Min-jae (striker), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Reyes (designated hitter), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Yoo Kang-nam (fosu), Kim Min-sung (third base), and Jang Doo-sung (right fielder). The starter is Barnes.




50% win rate is complete! Ma Huang Home Steel 4 hits in 295 days → Barnes 7 innings 11K...Lotte, which is in charge of spring scent, has won 2 consecutive games after catching the last place Kiwoom
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Lotte took the lead by scoring the first run from the bottom of the first inning. Hwang Sung-bin's wit shone in the danger of losing the initial chance scoreless. He changed Lotte's approach, which was once famous for the "slow team".

Hwang Sung-bin and Jeon Min-jae's consecutive hits gave him a chance to hit first and second bases with no outs, but his follow-up hit was sluggish and two outs piled up.

Here, Hwang Sung-bin stole third base while the catcher asked if he was a check swing during the fifth batter Jeon Joon-woo's at-bat, and he dug home when the pitcher checked the first base and completed the first run at once. Kiwoom's first baseman Cardinez also utilized 100% of the unfamiliar day as a first baseman since his KBO League debut.

Lotte added one more run in the second inning with Kim Min-sung's double and Jang Doo-sung's timely hit after two outs. In the fourth inning, Jeon Joon-woo, Ko Seung-min, Yoo Kang-nam built the bases with no outs, and then he piled up three runs with a timely hit by Kim Min-sung, a groundout by Jang Doo-sung, and a groundout by Hwang Sung-bin. In the fifth inning, leadoff hitter Na Seung-yeop hit a double, and Jeon Joon-woo's ground ball to shortstop added one more run.

50% win rate is complete! Ma Huang Home Steel 4 hits in 295 days → Barnes 7 innings 11K...Lotte, which is in charge of spring scent, has won 2 consecutive games after catching the last place Kiwoom
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Kiwoom's counterattack started in the seventh inning. Lotte starter Barnes pitched well with just two hits and nine strikeouts until the sixth inning, but allowed leadoff hitter Cardinez to hit a triple at the top of the right fence in the seventh inning. Park Joo-hong's infield grounder, Eo Jun-seo's hit, and Kim Gun-hee's double followed, allowing two runs.

Kiwoom also added two more runs against Lotte's Jung Cheol-won in the eighth inning, eager to catch up. However, Lotte ended the game with Kim Won-joong, who took the mound with two outs in the eighth inning, cutting off the follow-up hit well.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.