A 154km fastball that led Lotte to second place alone. the first starting win of the fourth year's first nomination. a more meaningful and valuable gift

May 22, 2025

A 154km fastball that led Lotte to second place alone. the first starting win of the fourth year's first nomination. a more meaningful and valuable gift
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Lotte's Lee Min-seok, who is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/



A 154km fastball that led Lotte to second place alone. the first starting win of the fourth year's first nomination. a more meaningful and valuable gift
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Lotte's Lee Min-seok, who is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
A 154km fastball that led Lotte to second place alone. the first starting win of the fourth year's first nomination. a more meaningful and valuable gift
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Lotte's Lee Min-seok, who is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
"I think the starting win is a much more meaningful and valuable gift."

Two days ago, the prospect of the first designated fastball in 2017 made a sad performance of nine runs in one inning. Fortunately, two days later, the prospect of the first designated fastball in 2022 won his first start. This is Lee Min-seok from Lotte Giants.

Lee Min-seok started the home game against the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 22nd and allowed six hits (two home runs), two walks, one strikeout and four runs in five innings, leading his team to an 11-4 victory. He won his first game in his fourth appearance this season. It was his second career victory and first start since his previous debut year in 2022 when he won in relief. Lee Min-seok, who had undergone elbow ligament joint surgery and rehabilitated for a year, suffered ups and downs last year, but is gradually growing from the opportunity he gained again this season.




A chance to start five times due to Kim Jin-wook's poor performance. There was only one loss in three appearances. Lee Min-seok, who recorded a quality start of five hits and one run in six innings in the second game of the doubleheader against KT Wiz on the 11th, but failed to secure the victory unfortunately after coming down from a 1-1 tie, was able to enjoy the joy of his first win with the help of the batters this time.

Lee Min-seok showed that he can get an out count without striking out. Lee Min-seok allowed a hit to the right-center to the leadoff Moon Sung-joo in the top of the first inning, but he ended up hitting all three batters later, and he got two runs in the bottom of the first inning and walked the leadoff batter in the top of the second inning with a 2-0 lead, but he later caught all three batters with a mistake.

I was disappointed at the beginning of the third inning. Leading Lee Young-bin and Moon Sung-joo allowed consecutive hits, and Austin hit a come-from-behind three-run shot with one out and runners on the first and third bases. A 141km slider thrown in 2S' advantageous count came to a slightly high outside strike zone that was good to hit and it became a home run.




However, batters turned the tables 5-3 in the bottom of the third inning, and Lee Min-seok did not falter again. He stopped the top of the fourth inning with three outs, and gave up a walk to Austin, who had a home run in the top of the fifth inning, but also finished without a hit.

Lee Min-seok, who also came up in the top of the sixth inning, allowed a solo shot to the leader Oh Ji-hwan. He was replaced by Kim Sang-soo at 7-4.

A 154km fastball that led Lotte to second place alone. the first starting win of the fourth year's first nomination. a more meaningful and valuable gift
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Lotte's Lee Min-seok, who is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
A 154km fastball that led Lotte to second place alone. the first starting win of the fourth year's first nomination. a more meaningful and valuable gift
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Lotte's Lee Min-seok comes down the mound after pitching in the second inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
Lee Min-seok threw 87 pitches on the day, adding 57 fastballs of up to 154km and 29 sliders of up to 143km. There was only one curve. It was a two-pitch, but he effectively handled LG hitters who had good pitching for two days. There was only one strikeout, and he caught LG batters with a head-to-head match.

After the game, Lee Min-seok said, "I've been a winning pitcher, but I haven't won a start. I think a starting win is a much more meaningful and valuable gift"It's been four years since I debuted, delighted with my victory on this day." I had a chance, but I didn't take it. Nevertheless, I would like to thank coach Kim Tae-hyung for the opportunity, and I would also like to thank coach Joo Hyung-kwang and Lee Jae-yul for their courage. He also thanked the coaching staff, saying, "Coaches Kim Sang-jin and Moon Dong-hwan helped me greatly out of sight."

Lee Min-seok also prepared with the idea of re-establishing this season from the beginning"I think I can enjoy the joy of my first win in the starting lineup thanks to what I learned at Chiba Lotte and what I newly strengthened at Futures."

You can't be satisfied with four runs in five innings. "If you look back on today's game with a cool head, there was a lot to be desired. I took some time to look back on the points that gave me, to give feedback"Lee Min-seok vowed, "I will try to contribute to the team with a complementary appearance in the next game."



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.