Elotrasico's essence LG Lotte drew 77 after a three-hour, 56-minute battle in the 11th inning. Lee Young-bin with two home runs and Ko Seung-min tied for two-run shot was thrilling
May 21, 2025
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The fourth game of the season between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins ended in a draw after 3 hours and 56 minutes of bloodshed. There was a great game of turning the tables again and again, but in the end, pitchers from both teams blocked it, so they couldn't decide whether to win or lose.
LG, which had its first draw of the season, had 31 wins, 1 draw and 16 losses, while Lotte, which had its third draw of the season, had 28 wins, 3 draws and 19 losses. The two teams maintain three games. The difference between Hanwha and LG, the second-place team that lost to NC, became 2.5 games, and Lotte and Hanwha became half games.
Lotte formed the starting lineup of Jang Doo-sung (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Reyes (left fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Jeon Min-jae (striker), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Son Ho-young (third baseman), and Information-geun (catcher). Son Ho-young rose one notch to No. 8 with catcher Information Geun starting.
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Lim Chan-kyu seemed to be more advantageous in the starting battle between Lotte's Na Kyun-an, who has only two losses without winning, and LG's Lim Chan-kyu, who has a 7-1 record and a 1.99 ERA, but Lotte's batters did not pick a starter.
LG's pace in the beginning. LG had a chance to load the bases with two hits and a walk from the top of the first inning, and Park Dong-won struck out, but Song Chan-ui scored the first run with an infield hit to the third baseman. Koo Bon-hyuk stepped down with a fly to right field and failed to score additional points.
In the top of the second inning, he scored an extra point with two cannons. Lee Young-bin crossed Na Kyun-an's fork ball to the right fence after one out, and Kim Hyun-soo rolled up Na Kyun-an's 148km fastball after two out and crossed the right fence again. 3-0 at once.
With Lim Chan-kyu on the mound, it seemed that LG could easily win, but for Lotte's batters, it was a pitcher who could also catch Lim Chan-kyu. From the second inning, he started catching Lim Chan-kyu.
Leading Jeon Jun-woo opened the game with a double in the middle. Jeon Min-jae hit a ground ball in front of the pitcher, and Jeon Jun-woo was caught, but Jeon Min-jae ran to second base in the meantime, with one out and runners on second base.
Na Seung-yeop's heavy hit continued the chance of one out and runners on the first and third bases, and Yoon Dong-hee hit a left-handed hit to begin the chase of 1-3. Son Ho-young's fly to right field made it to first and third base with two outs, and Bo Ji-geun hit a double to left field to add one more point to the second-base, 2-3. Jang Doo-sung stepped down with a ground ball in front of the second base in a reversal chance with two outs and second and third bases, ending in the bottom of the second inning.
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However, LG also caught up in the top of the fifth inning. Park Dong-won's sacrifice bunt on the leadoff Moon Bo-kyung's double on the left-field line created a chance for one out and third base. However, Song Chan-eui struck out swinging after a full count match, and Koo Bon-hyuk's hit flowed weakly toward first base. I was wondering if the inning would end like that, but the situation happened.
First baseman Na Seung-yeop came out and tried to catch the ball, but pitcher Na Kyun-an's first base cover speed seemed slower than Koo Bon-hyuk's. Perhaps it was conscious of that, Na Seung-yeop seemed to be trying to catch the ball quickly and return to first base, and at this time, Na Seung-yeop failed to catch the ball properly. Koo Bon-hyuk lived at first base and Moon Bo-kyung homered to tie the game 4-4.
Na Kyun-an's first chance to win seemed to fly away, but Lotte created chances for the first and second bases with Jeon Min-jae's double and Na Seung-yeop's walk after the bottom of the fifth inning, and Yoon Dong-hee hit a clean heavy hit to take the lead again to 5-4.
That's all for LG starter Lim Chan-kyu. Eventually, the pitcher was replaced by Lee Ji-gang.
In four ⅔ innings, Lim Chan-kyu had 11 hits, two walks, one strikeout, and five runs this season with the least innings, the most hits, and the most runs.
Na Kyun-an handed over the mound to Chung Hyeon-su in the top of the sixth inning with eight hits (two homers), two walks, six strikeouts and four runs (three earned) in five innings.
However, the victory flew away from the first batter.
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And in the top of the seventh inning, LG succeeded in turning the tables again against Jung Cheol-won. Lotte first baseman Na Seung-yup threw Song Chan's bunt to third base with no outs and runners on the first and third bases, which was made with the first-right hit by the leadoff Moon Bo-kyung and Park Dong-won's walk, making it 1st and 2nd base with one out, but LG's chance seemed to be eliminated, but Koo Bon-hyuk hit a hit in the left-center to make it 6-5. With one out and runners on the second and third bases, pinch hitter Oh Ji-hwan hit a sacrifice fly to the left field to make it 7-5.
Lotte, which unfortunately missed the chance of two outs and runners on first and third in the bottom of the seventh inning, tied the game again with a big shot in the bottom of the eighth inning. After one out, pinch hitter Yoo Kang-nam got on base with a heavy hit, and after two out, Ko Seung-min hit Kim Jin-sung's 128km fork ball to hit a tiebreaking two-run home run that went well over the right fence.
The ninth inning began with a 7-7 tie.
LG created a chance first. After 1st base, Song Chan-ui hit a heavy hit from Lotte closer Kim Won-joong, followed by Koo Bon-hyuk hit a left-handed hit, resulting in a chance for the first and second bases again. Oh Ji-hwan's ground ball in front of the third baseman has two outs and runners on second and third bases. During Choi Won-young's at-bat, pinch hitter Ham Chang-gun came out and was out with a fly to right field after a full count match.
Lotte got a chance to finish in the bottom of the ninth inning by getting on base with a hit ball from pitcher Park Myung-geun, whose lead Jeon Joon-woo was changed. pinch runner Kim Dong-hyuk stood at first base, and Jeon Min-jae safely succeeded in a sacrifice bunt for the first baseman, making it one out and second base. The left-handed hitter Na Seung-yeop, who had three hits on the day, walked to four pitches on automatic pitches, and had one out and runners on the first and second bases. Right-handed hitter Yoon Dong-hee, who had three hits, had a chance to end the game. He hit hard, but the missed ball was caught by left fielder Moon Sung-joo and went out two. And veteran Kim Min-sung entered. Unfortunately, he was grounded out in front of the first base, and the game flowed to extra time.
In the top of the 10th inning, the lead Moon Sung-joo drew a walk from the changed pitcher Choi Jun-yong. However, Kim Hyun-soo's bunt attempts were all fouled, and he stepped down with a shortstop fly, and Moon Sung-joo's second base steal also failed, resulting in two outs. And Austin also ended with a fly to shortstop.
As Lotte failed to finish against LG Lee Woo-chan in the bottom of the 10th inning, the game moved on to the 11th inning. Choi Jun-yong struck out Moon Bo-kyung, grounded out Park Dong-won, and struck out Song Chan-ui swinging, giving Lotte its last chance to win.
In the bottom of the 11th inning, Sung Dong-hyun, who had been on the previous day, came up for LG. It was a different look. Sung Dong-hyun, who handled the lead Kim Dong-hyuk with a fly to left field, struck out Jeon Min-jae with a swing and miss. Although he showed signs of anxiety by allowing a straight walk to Na Seung-yeop, he caught Yoon Dong-hee with a fly to left field to finish the long and long game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
