Sweep the series in 329 days! Park Se-woong 12K → Players' concentration was good

Apr 17, 2025

Sweep the series in 329 days! Park Se-woong 12K → Players' concentration was good
The KBO League game between Lotte and Doosan held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 5th. Lotte won Doosan. Coach Kim Tae-hyung and Park Se-woong are sharing high fives after the game. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.05/



"Starting player Park Se-woong threw it so well. The players' concentration was good."

The Lotte Giants achieved their first series sweep in about a year. It is the first time in 329 days since the match against the KIA Tigers on May 21-23 last year.

Lotte won the Kiwoom Heroes 7-1 at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th, sweeping all three consecutive series against Kiwoom.




As a result, Lotte recorded 11 wins, 10 losses, and 1 draw this season, tying for third with the Samsung Lions (11 wins, 10 losses), following the second-place KT Wiz (10 wins, 9 losses, 1 draw), while LG (16 wins, 4 losses) dominated. He is also in third place with no difference with KT. The upward trend of 6 wins and 4 losses in the last 10 games is also outstanding.

Park Se-woong achieved his fourth win of the season with six ⅔ scoreless innings and 12 strikeouts. For Park Se-woong, it is the most strikeouts in one game, exceeding 10 recorded when he recorded eight scoreless innings against the Busan NC Dinos (7-0 victory) on May 10, 2022. In particular, he caught KKK in the 2nd and 5th innings, making Busan baseball fans enthusiastic. Unfortunately, he did not finish the seventh inning, but Song Jae-young followed and finished without losing a point. Park Se-woong, who was coming down the mound, was followed by a standing ovation and a hot Yeon-ho.

Sweep the series in 329 days! Park Se-woong 12K → Players' concentration was good
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
He scored the first run in the second inning due to his opponent's error, and later won a relatively comfortable victory thanks to his four-point big innings by driving Kiwoom starter Kim Yoon-ha. The following chasing teams also added one point each in the fifth to seventh innings, adding to the sense of stability. Thanks to this, he finished the game without consumption of must-win teams such as Jeong Cheol-won. Starting with Hwang Sung-bin, players who have emerged as the leader of the team, including Jang Doo-sung, Jeon Min-jae, and Na Seung-yeop, stood out.




In particular, in the top of the ninth inning, Park Jin-hyung took the mound for the first time in a long time and pitched well with a maximum of 147km of fastballs without losing a point in one inning, giving the team special joy.

After the game, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung "Park Se-woong threw so well, and the batters also scored at the beginning of the game, so he played well." In the ninth inning, Park Jin-hyung was able to keep the victory by blocking the inning neatly even though it was his first team appearance in a long time"I looked back.

Then "All the players concentrate and do their best." I was able to finish the game well during the week. Thank you to the fans who came to the baseball stadium and cheered for us" didn't forget.




Sweep the series in 329 days! Park Se-woong 12K → Players' concentration was good
The KBO League game between Lotte and Doosan at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 5th. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung watches the players train. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.05/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.