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| Lotte and KIA match held at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 15th, and Lotte Na Seung-yeop is happy after hitting a hit in the top of the seventh inning. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.05.15/ |
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The Lotte Giants of professional baseball will face their fateful six-game series this week. A series of big matches will be held to gauge the top ranks in the early and mid-term.
Lotte will play three consecutive games during the week against the LG Twins at its home Busan from the 20th to the 22nd. Starting from the 23rd, the Daejeon Hanwha Eagles will play three consecutive away weekends. Lotte's gust of wind has been put to the test.
As of the 19th, when the KBO League played about 32% of the regular season in the 2025 season, the ranking table was far beyond public expectations. Lotte Hanwha, which was far from the favorite, won the top of the ranking table. LG ranks first with 30 wins and 16 losses, and Lotte Hanwha is tied for second by two games. KIA and SSG, which are tied for fourth place, are relatively far apart by five games. It is the third-tier system of LG, Lotte, and Hanwha.
LG's dominance is not surprising. It's been a long time since I've been a regular customer of fall baseball and I'm the winning team in 2023. Since there are no special weaknesses in hitting the starting bullpen, he is managing even if there are many injuries.
Hanwha was also classified as the top of the mound. Foreign pitchers Ponce and Weiss became super-strong one-two punch that far exceeded predictions. In the bullpen, Han Seung-hyuk and Kim Seo-hyun exploded their potential at the same time. The 7.8 billion won FA Um Sang-baek does not show sluggishness. He is No. 1 in team ERA and No. 1 in starting ERA. After 12 consecutive wins were cut off, he slowed down to 1 win and 5 losses, but the pitching power is so strong. It is unlikely that it will fall apart.
Lotte was expected to stage a difficult five-way battle due to its objective power. There was a question mark on the 4th and 5th starters. Yoon Dong-hee, Na Seung-yup, Ko Seung-min, and Hwang Sung-bin, the four promising players called 'Yoon-Na-Go-Hwang', were looking forward to and worried about how well they would do this year. In addition to Kim Won-joong, Koo Seung-min and Kim Sang-soo, the bullpen also urgently needed to foster a must-win card.
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| Lotte and KIA match held at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 14th, and Lotte Jung Chul-won, with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, strikes out KIA Oh Sun-woo in the bottom of the seventh inning. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.05.14/ |
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| Lotte starter Na Kyun-an is pitching hard in a game between Lotte and KIA at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 15th. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.05.15/ |
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| Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung preparing for the match between Lotte and KIA at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 15th. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.05.15/ |
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However, Lotte gradually changed several question marks into exclamation marks. Korea's first starter Park Se-woong was active with 8 wins, 1 loss and a 2.80 ERA. Park Se-woong is tied for first place with multiple wins. Na Kyun-an did not win, but he did his part without skipping the rotation. In the bullpen, Jung Chul-won, who was acquired through a trade from Doosan, was a hit. Jung Cheol-won gave Lotte a fighting spirit by performing a dynamic uppercut ceremony. Chung Chul-won is third in the league with 11 holds.
Lotte took the opportunity to prove that this uptrend was never 'Twinkle'. He faced the 'biggest crisis' of meeting the No. 1 LG and the joint No. 2 Hanwha in turn. Even if it passes at least 3 wins and 3 losses, it can maintain the third-place finish. However, if he slips here, he can catch up with KIA, which is fiercely chasing in the fourth place. Attention is focusing on how Lotte will break through its first test in the first half of the year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
