17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.

May 22, 2025

17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. The bases loaded with two outs in the third inning. Lotte's Jang Doo-sung hit a timely two-run hit. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/



17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
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/
17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. In the fourth inning, when Jeon Min-jae hit an infield ground ball with one out and runners on the first and third bases, third baseman Jeon Joon-woo rushed home and is safe. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
Lotte Giants eventually finished 'Elotrasico' with 1 win, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

In a home game against the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 22nd, Lotte beat the LG mound 11-4 with double-digit hits for three consecutive days. Lotte, which had 17 hits in the first game but failed to recover 10 runs in the beginning and lost 9-17, led 5-4 in the seesaw game the day before, lost 5-7 again, and finished 7-7 with Ko Seung-min's tie-breaking two-run shot. And on the last day, he kept beating the LG mound to take the victory. 11 points on 13 hits.

Lotte, which recorded 29 wins, 3 draws and 19 losses, moved up to second place by a half-game over Hanwha (29 wins and 20 losses), which lost to NC. It's two games behind LG, which is in first place. LG maintained its No. 1 position with 31 wins, 1 draw and 17 losses.




While the starting showdown between Lotte's Lee Min-seok and LG Coen Win is predicted, Lotte is Jang Doo-sung (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Reyes (left fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jeon Min-jae (striker), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Son Ho-young (third baseman), and LG is Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman), Austin (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (catcher), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Koo Bon-hyuk (right wing third baseman), Song Chan.

Lotte only changed its catcher for three days, but LG's Oh Ji-hwan returned as the starting shortstop on the day, but Moon Bo-kyung was absent.

On the first day, the two teams had a fierce slugfest on the 20th, with a total of 29 hits (17 Lotte, 12 LG) and 28 hits (15 Lotte, 13 LG) on the 21st, so I wondered if the batting match would take place on the third day, but the bats of the two teams' batters were still hot.




17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Sajik Stadium, which sold out all three consecutive games during the week. Baseball fans who support Lotte. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
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/
17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Coenwin is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
Lotte burned first in the bottom of the first inning. After the lead Jang Doo-sung drew a straight walk, he succeeded in stealing second base, and Ko Seung-min also drew a walk to get a chance to first and second bases with no outs. Reyes' ground ball in front of second base is one out and runners on first and third. Jeon Joon-woo's grounded ground ball became a hit over the height of third baseman Koo Bon-hyuk, 1-0. Na Seung-yup's hitting pitch was omitted by first baseman Kim Hyun-soo, leading to a bases-loaded walk with one out, and Yoon Dong-hee was caught on a fly to shortstop, but Jeon Min-jae hit a right-handed hit and added one run to make it 2-0. With two outs, Yoo Kang-nam was out on a fly to the second base, ending the bottom of the first inning.

In the bottom of the second inning, Lotte's leadoff Son Ho-young succeeded in stealing second base following a heavy hit and created a chance to steal third base with one out with an infield grounder, but failed to score an additional point with a follow-up batter's error.

LG, which was blocked by Lotte starter Lee Min-seok, turned it over with a single shot, just like the second-ranked team in home runs, although the first batter was on base in the first and second innings. Austin, the runner-up in home runs with one out and runners on first and third base, made by consecutive hits by first-runner Lee Young-bin and Moon Sung-joo and center field fly by Kim Hyun-soo, hit his 13th come-from-behind three-run shot of the season over the left fence. A 141km slider from the unfavorable count of 2S went slightly over the left fence. 3-2 come from behind.




However, Lotte showed a scary concentration in the bottom of the third inning. After the lead Jeon Joon-woo went out due to a shortstop error, he dug into the second base when Na Seung-yeop made a fly to center field and was out with Park Hae-min's accurate throw, and the third inning ended like that. However, Lotte's attack began then. Yoon Dong-hee's right-handed hit, Jeon Min-jae's heavy hit, and Yoo Kang-nam's body hit the bases loaded with two outs. And Son Ho-young brought the third baseman home with another hit ball. 3-3. And Jang Doo-sung hit a two-run upset to turn the game around 5-3.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Lotte also created a chance for runners on the second and third bases with no outs with a hit to the center field by the leader Reyes and a double hitting Jeon Jun-woo's right fence. Na Seung-yeop grounded out in front of the shortstop.

17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. With two outs in the first inning, the bases loaded. Lotte Jeon Min-jae who made a timely RBI hit. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. LG Austin hit a three-run homer in the third inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
17 hits → 15 hits → 13 hits Lotte, which never gets tired, is the only second place. 11-4 Big win, 2G to LG. Lee Minseok's first start win.
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Lotte's hitting Yoon Dong-hee. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
LG couldn't wait any longer and got Coen Win off the mound and put up Baek Seung-hyun. Baek Seung-hyun induced an outfield hit that was missed by Yoon Dong-hee, but it became a short lucky hit, and third baseman Reyes homered and 6-3. And when third baseman Koo Bon-hyuk threw to first base when Jeon Min-jae's ground ball in front of third baseman, third baseman Jeon Joon-woo dug home and was safe, adding another point to lead by 7-3, 4-point.

Coenwin allowed eight hits, two walks, and seven runs (six earned) in three ⅓ innings. He didn't get a single strikeout.

LG narrowed the gap to 4-7 and 3-point with Oh Ji-hwan's superior solo shot in the top of the sixth inning. And against the changed pitcher Kim Sang-soo, Koo Bon-hyuk doubled, Lee Joo-heon walked, and Koo Bon-hyuk even stole third base, giving him an additional scoring opportunity with two outs and runners on first and third bases. Unfortunately, however, Moon Sung-joo failed to catch up with the changed left-handed pitcher Jung Hyun-soo by hitting a fly to left field.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Lotte's lead Jeon Joon-woo hit left-handed and stepped up to second base with wild pitches, but a follow-up hitter did not come out. But it was different at the end of the seventh inning. After leader Yoo Kang-nam went out with a hit ball, pinch runner Kim Dong-hyuk succeeded in stealing second base. With one out and a third base, Jang Doo-sung's sacrifice fly to right field scored one point to make the difference between 8-4 and 4 points again. In the bottom of the eighth inning, he scored three more runs with two outs and a full base.

Lotte starter Lee Min-seok effectively blocked LG's batters with a maximum fastball of 154km and a slider two-pitch of 146km. It was regrettable that Austin had a three-run shot and Oh Ji-hwan had a solo shot, but it was quite impressive to deal with the batting. Lee Min-seok, who allowed six hits (two home runs) with two walks and one strikeout and four runs in five innings, tasted the joy of his first start win with the support of the batters.

Lotte's top hitter Jang Doo-sung had one hit and three RBIs in three at-bats. He hit an upset two-run timely hit in the bottom of the third inning, and scored an RBI when needed with a wedge sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning.

On top of that, veteran Jeon Jun-woo's fighting spirit stood out. Jeon Joon-woo, who had four hits alone on the day, was thrown out in the bottom of the third inning while tagging up too hard to second when Na Seung-yup's fly to center field, but he doubled in the bottom of the fourth inning and burned his fighting spirit to score when he hit an infield grounder at third base.

LG had no choice but to play a difficult game because starter Coen Win showed sluggish performance from the beginning, and there was no timely hit in chances except for two home runs.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.