Jeon Minjae's first leadoff appearance! Kim Min-sung's cancellation of the first team → fostering a batting average of 0.347 + rookie Lee Tae-kyung's first first team registration
May 31, 2025
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Lotte removed infielder Kim Min-sung from the first team on the 31st and registered rookie Lee Tae-kyung (23), who joined as a nurturing player this year. On this day, Lotte will play the second game of the Busan weekend series against SSG Landers. Lotte's Na Kyun-an and SSG's Jeon Young-joon will start.
Lee Tae-kyung, from Jangshin University in Korea and Japan, is a 1m75 and 78kg infielder with good fast feet and agile body movements.
He has a batting average of 347 (41 hits in 118 at-bats) and one homer, 11 RBIs, and an OPS (on-base plus slugging) of 0.904 in this year's Futures.
Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung put Kim Min-sung as the starting first baseman instead of Na Seung-yeop, who had recently fallen into a slump, but made the change when he had no hits in three at-bats. This season, Kim Min-sung had a batting average of 221, one home run, 13 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.616 in the first team.
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Lotte also made changes in batting order. The previous day, Jang Doo-sung, who was sluggish with four strikeouts in five at-bats, was excluded from the starting lineup, and instead Jeon Min-jae, who had three hits, was put up as a leadoff.
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On the previous day, when foreign pitchers faced off, White gave eight hits and four runs in five innings, and Davison gave six hits and three runs (two earned runs) in five innings, respectively, which did not meet expectations. Lotte, which was ahead of the bullpen and the back-to-back battle, won the game 6-5 after 3 hours and 27 minutes of bloody battle.
Jung Chul-won performed a cheerful ceremony as always, and Kim Won-joong made his 14th save by showing off his presence again with an iron wall finish.
The previous day's game was sold out without fail. Lotte has been selling out for 14 consecutive home games since the match against NC on April 24 this year. Of the 27 regular-season home games, 18 were sold out. It is likely to be sold out on the 31st as well.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
