I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight

May 24, 2025

I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. In the top of the 10th inning, Lotte Son Ho-young is cheering after hitting a timely hit with one out and runners on the second and third bases. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/



I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Yoo Kang-nam is scoring. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
Lotte Giants won after extra-time blood fight.

Lotte won the away game against the Hanwha Eagles 8-6 at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte avenged its defeat the previous day and brought back the second place in a day with 30 wins, 3 draws and 20 losses. The Hanwha Eagles recorded 30 wins and 21 losses in the season.

Lotte's starting players were Jang Doo-sung (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Victor Reyes (designated hitter), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Jeon Min-jae (striker), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), and Son Ho-young (third baseman). Son Ho-young played a perfect game. Son Ho-young led the game to victory on the day by playing a five-hit game, his personal record.




Hanwha formed the starting lineup in the order of Esteban Floral (middle fielder), Ha Joo-seok (striker), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Kim Tae-yeon (right fielder), Choi In-ho (designated hitter), Choi Jae-hoon (fosu), and Lee Do-yoon (second baseman).

For Hanwha, Moon Hyun-bin had three hits, and Floral and Chae Eun-sung hit home runs, but they had to swallow their disappointment in the loss.

I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Hanwha Ryu Hyun-jin is catching his breath. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Davidson is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
Hanwha was ahead in the selection fight. Hanwha played its part as a starting pitcher by blocking Ryu Hyun-jin with three runs in five innings. Lotte allowed six runs (four earned runs), including two homers in five innings.

Lotte's starting pitcher Davison was followed by Kim Sang-soo (⅓ scoreless), Song Jae-young (⅔ scoreless), Jung Hyun-soo (⅓ scoreless), Choi Joon-yong (one inning scoreless), Jung Chul-won (⅔ scoreless), and Kim Won-joong (two innings scoreless).

After Ryu Hyun-jin, Joo Hyun-sang (one scoreless inning), Park Sang-won (two runs in 0 innings), Kim Bum-soo (⅓ innings scoreless), Han Seung-hyuk (one ⅔ scoreless inning), Kim Seo-hyun (one inning scoreless), Kim Jong-soo (two runs in ⅓ innings) and Cho Dong-wook (⅔ innings scoreless) took the mound in turn.

I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Kim Won-joong is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
The first place was at Lotte. In the top of the second inning, Jeon Joon-woo and Yoon Dong-hee had consecutive hits to get the first and third bases with no outs, and Na Seung-yeop hit a double play, but the third baseman came home and scored one run.




Lotte's score continued in the top of the third inning. Yoo Kang-nam's walk, Son Ho-young's hit, and Jang Doo-sung's ground ball made it 1 out and 1st and 2nd base. Back-to-back timely hits by Ko Seung-min and Reyes led to a 3-0 run.

Hanwha tied the score at once with one chance in the bottom of the third inning. Hanwha, which made the first and second bases with no outs with a walk by leadoff hitter Choi Jae-hoon and a hit by Lee Do-yoon, struck out Floral, but followed 2-3 due to the opponent's defensive errors during Ha Joo-seok's timely hit. He then balanced 3-3 with Moon Hyun-bin's timely hit.

I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Hanwha Floral is cheering after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the fifth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
Hanwha took the lead with a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Leading hitter Floral's home run led 4-3. Ha Joo-seok and Moon Hyun-bin later struck out and hit a fly ball to center field, but Roh Si-hwan's hit and Chae Eun-sung's home run made it 6-3.

The game was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning due to rain with one out, but it resumed 39 minutes later.

I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte's Son Ho-young is cheering after hitting a hit with no outs and first base in the top of the seventh inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Lotte brought the game back to square one. After leadoff hitter Yoo Kang-nam went out with a hit ball, Son Ho-young's double followed. Jang Doo-sung's two-run timely hit in the second and third bases with no outs led to 5-6. Lotte, which later made the first and third bases with Ko Seung-min's hit, balanced 6-6 when third baseman Jang Doo-sung homered when Jeon Jun-woo grounded out.

Hanwha put closer Kim Seo-hyun in the top of the ninth inning. Lotte faced Kim Seo-hyun with two outs and Jeon Jun-woo went out with a hit ball, and pinch runner Kim Dong-hyuk stole second base and put the runner in the scoring position. However, Yoon Dong-hee failed to score as he turned to a ground ball.

Lotte also posted closer Kim Won-joong in the bottom of the ninth inning. In Hanwha, Moon Hyun-bin hit with two outs, but the follow-up hit did not continue.

I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. In the top of the 10th inning, Lotte Son Ho-young is cheering after hitting a timely hit with one out and runners on the second and third bases. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
I can't give up...Son Ho-young's personal maximum of 5 hits and final hits is crazy! Lotte avenges its defeat the previous day by Hanwha after an extended blood fight
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Kim Won-joong is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
In the end, the game ended in overtime. Lotte immediately created a chance at the top of the 10th inning. The leadoff hitter Na Seung-yeop drew a hit to the changed pitcher Kim Jong-soo. After that, Jeon Min-jae drew a walk following pitcher Bork. Lotte, who took the chance, made the second and third bases with one out with Yoo Kang-nam's sacrifice bunt, and Son Ho-young's two-run timely hit widened the score to 8-6.

Lotte's Kim Won-joong hit after one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, but rose back to second place as he blocked Hanwha's batters with no runs.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.