Heaven helped! Headshot Lee Ho-joon, Fine Examination Results...Lotte will continue to check the condition of its chest.

May 11, 2025

Heaven helped! Headshot Lee Ho-joon, Fine Examination Results...Lotte will continue to check the condition of its chest.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants



Heaven helped! Headshot Lee Ho-joon, Fine Examination Results...Lotte will continue to check the condition of its chest.
쓰러진 이호준. Photo =SBS Sports Image Capture
Heaven helped! Headshot Lee Ho-joon, Fine Examination Results...Lotte will continue to check the condition of its chest.
Son Sung-bin, who is struggling even though he just woke up. Photo =SBS Sports Image Capture
It's literally 'Thank God '. He was hit with a 130-kilometer slider in the larynx, but there was no major problem after a detailed examination.

Lotte Giants club said on the 11th that `Lee Ho-joon was diagnosed as having received hospital treatment as a result of `. We had both X-ray and CT scans, but there was nothing unusual about it."

"We will continue to check the condition of Ho-Jun Lee in the future," he added.




Lee Ho-joon was taken to the hospital after being hit by KT Oh Won-seok's head shot dune in the top of the fourth inning of Game 2 of the doubleheader at KT Wiz Park in Suwon.

A situation in which the head hit by the ball would have sounded strongly. In particular, it was a left-handed pitcher's slider that flew from the back of the left-handed batter's head, so it was an intense shock that flew from an unexpected angle from the batter's point of view.

Lotte has no choice but to get goosebumps by recalling Jeon Min-jae's case on the 29th of last month. Like Jeon Min-jae, Lee Ho-joon is also the main shortstop, a car that has filled the gap brilliantly.




Like Jeon Min-jae, Lee Ho-joon also threw himself on the ground immediately after being hit by the ball, and he couldn't get up afterwards. The ambulance entered the ground and went through first aid from the on-site medical staff. Still, I couldn't move and managed to board the ambulance only after being loaded onto a stretcher.

Heaven helped! Headshot Lee Ho-joon, Fine Examination Results...Lotte will continue to check the condition of its chest.
Photo=SBS Sports Broadcast Capture
He was then immediately transferred to Hwahong Hospital near the stadium for a detailed examination. It is a fortunate result that everyone can sweep off their chests that there is no abnormality.

However, Lee Ho-joon's case is a little different from Jeon Min-jae's. Jeon Min-jae was hit in front of the helmet by Kiwoom pitcher Yang Ji-yul's 140km fastball. Yang Ji-yul was immediately sent off in accordance with the rule 'Direct Headshot'.




However, although Oh Won-seok's speed reached 130km, it was a clear breaking ball to anyone. Therefore, Oh Won-seok stayed on the mound until the sixth inning with one out without leaving.

It's literally a relief for Lotte. The injury was avoided.

However, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung has no choice but to worry that Lee Ho-joon will suffer from trauma in the future. Lee Ho-joon is already an inexperienced high school graduate in his second year. He stayed in the early 20% range even in the second division, but rather improved contact and skills by gaining experience in the first division.

Heaven helped! Headshot Lee Ho-joon, Fine Examination Results...Lotte will continue to check the condition of its chest.
Photo=SBS Sports Broadcast Capture
In the top of the eighth inning, Lotte's rookie catcher Son Sung-bin was hit by KT Son Dong-hyun's fork ball once again. Son Seong-bin collapsed on the spot at the moment, and an ambulance came into the ground again.

Fortunately, Son Sung-bin woke up without much shock after a while. I had a head-turning shock, but I didn't suffer any major injuries. Lotte swept his chest again.

The broadcast camera also captured Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung's somewhat excited face with a red-hot face. KT manager Lee Kang-chul also rushed to the home plate both times to express his sorry and mixed feelings.

Meanwhile, Lotte's Lee Min-seok pitched hard with one run in six innings and played the most innings in one individual game since his debut in 2022.

Lotte won the first game of the doubleheader 6-1, and the second game was a 1-1 draw.

Heaven helped! Headshot Lee Ho-joon, Fine Examination Results...Lotte will continue to check the condition of its chest.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.