A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games

Apr 03, 2025

A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Lotte Reyes hit an RBI double in the eighth inning. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/



A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. First base with no outs in the fourth inning. Lotte's Lee Ho-joon made a double that continued the chance. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Lotte's Na Kyun-an, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
The Lotte Giants beat the Hanwha Eagles for two consecutive days, winning three consecutive games.

Lotte won the second game of this season against Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park on the 3rd with the performance of Lee Ho-joon, Information Geun, and Reyes.

As a result, Lotte has won for the fourth time this season (5 losses and 1 draw), and has recently won three consecutive games (three wins and 1 draw in four games). On the other hand, Hanwha remained at the bottom, falling into a quagmire for three consecutive losses.




For Lotte, it was a dark cloud day as two main fielders left due to injuries. Son Ho-young, the main third baseman and clean-up trio, was canceled from the first team due to pain in his right inner abdominal muscles, and his wife Yoo Kang-nam was unable to play on the day due to the influence of a finger dune the previous day. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung raised catcher Park Jae-yeop in the second division to prepare for a possible situation.

A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA will be held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th. Manager Kim Tae-hyung is watching the players' training. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.08/
Regarding Kim Jin-wook's good pitching of two runs (one earned run) in five ⅓ innings the previous day, "I gave him a too useless walk yesterday, but his control was very good." It is important to have the mind to fight against the other person." As for shortstop Lee Ho-joon's recent rise, "You just have to keep the defense steady, and the defense is the best in our team. It is good to have the spirit to raise the mood like a young player."

On the other hand, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon could not hide his frustration because Moon Dong-ju was sluggish the previous day and the team batting average in the 10% range did not improve. He "It's going to explode one day, and I hope it's going to be today. It's time to burst," he said, dreaming of hope.




A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Manager Kim Kyung-moon is watching the players' training. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
Lotte played in the lineup of Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Reyes (right fielder), Kim Min-sung (second base), Yoon Dong-hee (middle fielder), Lee Ho-joon (striker), Jeon Min-jae (third base), and Information-geun (catcher). The starter is Na Kyun-an.

Hanwha faced off with Hwang Young-mook (2nd base), An Chi-hong (2nd base), Floral (3rd base), Roh Si-hwan (3rd base), Chae Eun-sung (1st base), Kim Tae-yeon (1st base), Lim Jong-chan (right wing), Choi Jae-hoon (captor), and Shim Woo-joon (striker). The first choice is Ponce.

Hanwha, whose ace stepped up, was more desperate. However, Na Kyun's stability was also outstanding.




Na Kyun-an never recorded a three-way withdrawal in the first to sixth times, but he passed it well without a major crisis. He was not swayed by the error of rookie shortstop Lee Ho-joon in the fourth inning. The maximum speed of the fastball was 149km, so it was in good condition.

Ponce also pressed Lotte's batters with a fastball of up to 155km. Of a total of 96 pitches, Lotte hitters were in a difficult position to include two three-way errors.

A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Hanwha starter Ponce roars over the crisis of losing points in the seventh inning. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
However, Lotte scored the first point. In the top of the sixth inning, when the 0 march continued, following a hit by leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee, Lee Ho-joon hit a double on the right-field line and took a chance on the second and third bases with no outs. After one out, Information Keun's RBI timely hit, which has recently emerged as a hope for Lotte's batters, and Jeon Jun-woo's sacrifice fly took a 2-0 lead.

Hanwha fought back in the bottom of the sixth inning. Na Kyun-an, who had been throwing well, shook over 90 pitches, and Roh Si-hwan and Kim Tae-yeon's hit gave him a chance to get first and second bases with one out.

Lotte twice? Pitcher Song Jae-young was put in, but pinch hitter Lee Jin-young's RBI double broke out. Choi Jae-hoon's grounder to first base?? The third baseman stepped home and tied the game 2-2.

Lotte did not hide its desire to win by operating the must-win group Park Jin and Jung Cheol-won at full capacity.

Ponce, who showed off his overwhelming pitching, aimed for the eighth inning when he went down. After one out against Hanwha's second pitcher Park Sang-won, Na Seung-yeop's hit broke out, and Reyes hit an RBI double to left-center to bring in pinch runner Jang Doo-sung. It was the final hit of the day. The next batter, Kim Min-sung, also hit a hit on the third base, but was blocked by Hanwha's Noh Si-hwan's good defense.

A batting average of 0.167 outside the record, breaking silence and three hits including the final hit in the eighth inning → tears despite Ponce's 10K hard pitching...Lotte, Hanwha, and Pajuk won three consecutive games
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Lotte's Kim Won-joong pitching. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
He also added one run against Han Seung-hyuk, who took the mound in the ninth inning. Leadoff hitter Lee Ho-joon got on base with a triple that hit Media Glass, and he homered when Information Geun grounded out to shortstop to lead 4-2.

Hanwha fired up its last hope against Lotte closer Kim Won-joong. Lee Jae-won's hit and Shim Woo-joon's walk gave him a chance to load the bases with two outs.

However, Kim Won-joong finished the game by turning the last batter, Floral, and made his second save of the season.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.