What a waste! Cycling Heat! Jeon Min-jae's vacancy perfect cover Lee Ho-joon 3 hits → Reyes 4 hits with fire...Lotte and Kiwoom shook off the chase and confirmed a one-point difference between winning and winning.

Apr 30, 2025

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. Lotte's Na Seung-yeop is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with no outs in the top of the fourth inning. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.30/

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. Lotte Lee Ho-joon is cheering. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.30/

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. Lotte Reyes is cheering after hitting a hit. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.30/

Lotte Giants continued their upward trend by showing off their changed depth and weight.

Second-year Lee Ho-joon completely filled the spot where Jeon Min-jae was left due to an unexpected injury. Even on weekdays, he properly impressed 14,367 baseball fans who visited Gocheok Dome.

Lotte won the second game of the week series against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 30th, 10-9 with Lee Ho-joon and Reyes, who combined Na Seung-yeop's come-from-behind two-run shot and seven hits and four RBIs.

The batting line exploded for two consecutive days with 16 hits following 17 hits the previous day. In particular, Lee Ho-joon hit a hit, a double, and a triple in turn on the day, raising expectations for his first natural cycling hit since Kim Do-young of the KIA Tigers in July last year, but unfortunately he couldn't hit a home run. Reyes also shot four hits in five at-bats to raise his batting average to 311, and Na Seung-yup shot his seventh shot of the season, catching up with the number of home runs last year, which was a career high, in 32 games.

With the victory, Lotte accelerated its pursuit of the leading LG Twins along with the Samsung Lions and Hanwha Eagles, who have been on the rise together with their 18th win of the season (13 losses and 1 draw).

On the other hand, Kiwoom showed the power to chase until the end following the previous day, but lacked the last shot. Still, he showed off his powerful firepower around Song Sung-moon, leaving hope.

Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 29th. Jeon Min-jae is happy after hitting a hit with one out and second base in the top of the second inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.29/

The head coaches of both teams, who met before the game, shared their unfortunate feelings toward Jeon Min-jae, who was injured in an unexpected dune the previous day.

Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki said, `Jeon Min-jae's injury is really heartbreaking. It's during the game, but it's too bad. I wish you a speedy recovery." After the accident yesterday (Jeon Min-jae's headshot), the player is having a hard time. I don't think I'll be able to throw the ball for a whileHe reported pitcher Yang Ji-yul's exclusion from the first team. Outfielder Lim Ji-yeol, whose batting balance collapsed, was also excluded from the first team. Under the judgment that an experienced player was needed, playing coach Lee Yong-kyu was registered in the first team for the first time this season.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung found it difficult to tell the story of his injured student. "There should be no trauma, but it's a big deal."

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. Lotte Lee Ho-joon is running toward third base. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.30/

Fortunately, Jeon Min-jae does not have much surgical abnormalities. Only minor abrasions were found without skull fractures, and ophthalmic examinations showed no abnormalities in both corneas and retinas. However, there is an intraocular hemorrhage, so it will be stabilized for the time being.

Lee Ho-joon, a second-year shortstop without Jeon Min-jae, stepped up. Head coach Kim Tae-hyung praised him saying, `I'm a little disappointed with the batting, but the defense is the best.'

On this day, Lotte played in the lineup of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Reyes (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Jeon Joon-woo (left wing), Son Ho-young (third base), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher) and Lee Ho-jun (striker). The starter is Park Se-woong.

Kiwoom faced off with Lee Yong-kyu (designated hitter), Choi Joo-hwan (first base), Cardines (right wing), Song Sung-moon (third base), Oh Sun-jin (striker), Bae Sang-kwon (left wing), Kim Tae-jin (second base), Park Joo-hong (center fielder), and Kim Jae-hyun (catcher). The starting pitcher is Kim Sun-ki.

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. Lotte's Park Se-woong is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.30/

Kiwoom scored the first point first. In the bottom of the second inning, leadoff hitter Song Sung-moon got on base with a hit, followed by Oh Sun-jin's sacrifice bunt and Bae Sang-kwon's double.

Lotte, which is on the rise, immediately launched a counterattack. Yoo Kang-nam's walk and Lee Ho-joon and Hwang Sung-bin's consecutive hits in the top of the third inning gave them a chance to load the bases with one out. However, Yoo Kang-nam was tagged out of the home when Ko Seung-min hit an outfield fly ball.

However, Lotte turned the game around by scoring seven points in the attack in the top of the fourth inning. In the top of the fourth inning, leadoff hitter Reyes hit a hit, and Na Seung-yeop fired his seventh come-from-behind two-run shot of the season. He beat last year's record of seven home runs, which was his personal record, in 32 games.

After two outs, Son Ho-young and Yoo Kang-nam's consecutive hit followed by Lee Ho-joon's RBI double, and he added one more run with a wild pitch. Kiwoom replaced the pitcher with Lee Kang-joon instead of Kim Sun-ki, but it quickly became 7-1 following Ko Seung-min's timely hit and Reyes' two-run double.

Veteran Lee Yong-gyu bullied Park Se-woong throughout the game. Lee Yong-kyu, who succeeded in stealing second base following an infield hit in the bottom of the third inning, also stole second base again after getting on base with a surprise bunt hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. In the bottom of the ninth inning, he drew a walk and proved his class with a third base. Kiwoom followed up with two runs in the fifth inning with third baseman Son Ho-young's error and Song Sung-moon's timely hit.

After the fifth inning, Park Se-woong's pitch was replaced with 93. The next pitcher, Chung Hyun-soo, combined two strikeouts and blocked the sixth inning perfectly.

The trend led by Lotte has not changed. In the top of the sixth inning, Yoo Kang-nam's double, Lee Ho-joon's triple, and Hwang Sung-bin's ground ball added the ninth. In the top of the seventh inning, Yoo Kang-nam's sacrifice fly added one more point to lead the game to 10-3.

Kiwoom followed two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning when Won Sung-joon fired his first home run of the season against Lotte's third pitcher Kim Kang-hyun. Still, Kim Kang-hyun was in charge of two innings until the eighth inning.

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. Lotte's Lee Ho-joon is hitting. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.30/

Kiwoom also kept Park Joo-sung on the mound from the sixth to the ninth inning. Lotte put in veteran Park Si-young in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Kiwoom followed by Won Sung-joon's timely hit with one out and runners on the second and third bases with one out made by Lee Yong-kyu's walk and Choi Joo-hwan's double.

Lotte's closing pitcher Kim Won-joong immediately joined the team. Kim Won-joong allowed a three-run home run to Kiwoom Song Sung-moon, chasing the gap between 10-9 and 1 point. However, he cut off his follow-up hit well and recorded his ninth save, becoming the joint lead in relief with Park Young-hyun (KT Wiz).

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.