An emotional reunion → A hot roar... Jeong Cheol-won, who returned to Jamsil, is desperate and his team is no exception

Apr 27, 2025

An emotional reunion → A hot roar... Jeong Cheol-won, who returned to Jamsil, is desperate and his team is no exception
Lotte Jung Cheol-won, who took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning, greets Doosan fans at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 26th. Reporter Huh Sang-wook @sportschosun.com/2025.04.26/



An emotional reunion → A hot roar... Jeong Cheol-won, who returned to Jamsil, is desperate and his team is no exception
Lotte Jung Chul-won, who took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 26th, greets Doosan fans in the first base stands. Reporter Huh Sang-wook @sportschosun.com/2025.04.26/
An emotional reunion → A hot roar... Jeong Cheol-won, who returned to Jamsil, is desperate and his team is no exception
Lotte and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 26th, and Jung Cheol-won of Lotte is cheering as he struck out Kim Ki-yeon of Doosan in the bottom of the eighth inning. Reporter Huh Sang-wook @sportschosun.com/2025.04.26/
Jung Cheol-won, who returned, stood in front of Jamsil fans. He took off his hat and bowed deeply to convey his feelings.

However, in professional sports, the game is a game. After the greeting, Chung paid back to his team with perfect pitching and contributed to his team's victory with his signature powerful ceremony.

Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. Lotte Giants took the mound in the eighth inning with a 4-3 lead.




It is the second meeting between Lotte and Doosan Bears, but the first meeting was held in Busan on the 4th and 6th.

Jung Cheol-won has been active for seven years since he wore the Doosan uniform in the second round of the 2018 rookie draft. In 2022, his debut season in the first division, he played 72 ⅔ innings in 58 games, winning the Rookie of the Year award with 4 wins, 3 losses, 3 saves, 23 holds, and an ERA of 3.10.

An emotional reunion → A hot roar... Jeong Cheol-won, who returned to Jamsil, is desperate and his team is no exception
Lotte Jung Cheol-won, who took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning, greets Doosan fans at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 26th. Reporter Huh Sang-wook @sportschosun.com/2025.04.26/
However, after two years of fiery performances, the slump came. Jung Chul-won, who finished before the opening of the 2024 season, gave way to rookie Kim Taek-yeon due to sluggishness during the season, and left a humble record of 2-1 with 6 saves and 1 hold with an ERA of 6.40.




After the season, Doosan, which was looking for a young outfielder, made a trade with Lotte, which wanted to reinforce the bullpen and infield. Kim Min-seok, Choo Jae-hyun and Choi Woo-in went to Doosan, and Jeong Cheol-won changed his uniform to Lotte with Jeon Min-jae, who was the same age.

And it is leading Lotte's sensation, which has risen to second place this year. He pitched in 16 games (joint third in the most games) and played 14 ⅓ innings, recording 2 wins, 1 loss and 9 holds. There were six consecutive throws and one three consecutive throws. Given the weight of the team's only must-win group at this point, the 5.65 ERA is not a particular flaw.

An emotional reunion → A hot roar... Jeong Cheol-won, who returned to Jamsil, is desperate and his team is no exception
Lotte and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 26th, and Jung Cheol-won of Lotte is cheering as he struck out Kim Ki-yeon of Doosan in the bottom of the eighth inning. Reporter Huh Sang-wook @sportschosun.com/2025.04.26/
In the game, Jung Chul-won also took the mound as a must-win group. Like Jeon Min-jae in his first at-bat the previous day, Jung Cheol-won also greeted Doosan fans who loved him. He took off his hat, bowed deeply, and politely expressed his gratitude. There was also an emotional expression on his face.




The game was too cold and pitiful. Jung Chul-won finished the inning with a clean three-way exit by grounding Oh Myung-jin and Cho Soo-haeng to second base and striking out Kim Ki-yeon.

When asked if Jung Cheol-won was this kind of personality even during the Doosan period, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "That's why Jung Cheol-won himself is so desperate. What I want to show you now that the opportunity has come." Now his trademark ceremony and roars followed.

Lotte, which was in the midst of a reversal, boiled even more with Chung Chul-won's ceremony, and scored three more points in the top of the ninth inning to widen the gap. As a result, he won 7-4 and won three consecutive games.

An emotional reunion → A hot roar... Jeong Cheol-won, who returned to Jamsil, is desperate and his team is no exception
Lotte and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 26th, Jung Chul-won of Lotte struck out Kim Ki-yeon of Doosan in the bottom of the eighth inning and is making a high five with Jeon Min-jae after the inning. Reporter Huh Sang-wook @sportschosun.com/2025.04.26/
Chung Chul-won said, `Thanks to the concentration of the pitching, the difference is one point, and I have to take the mound. I didn't want to miss this kind of game, so I prepared to take the mound in advance from the moment I turned the tables"I looked back.

Then "Continuing the pitch aggressively led to good results. I'm happy to play a role in continuing my winning streak with a come-from-behind victory. I won't stay in the game, but I'll focus more and prepare well to win until tomorrow's game," he stressed.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.