Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K + Na Seung-yeop's final hit run

May 01, 2025

Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K Na Seung-yeop's final hit run
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 1st. Starting pitcher Davison is smiling broadly at third baseman Son Ho-young's good defense in the bottom of the fifth inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.1/



Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K Na Seung-yeop's final hit run
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 1st. Na Seung-yeop is happy after hitting a two-run timely hit with no outs in the top of the first inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.1/
Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K Na Seung-yeop's final hit run
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 1st. Jeon Jun-woo is smiling broadly at baseball officials in the stands. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.1/
Lotte Giants' momentum in the spring breeze is unusual.

Lotte won 5-0 in Game 3 of the Weekday Series against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 1st, sweeping the three consecutive games. The loss against the Doosan Bears on the 27th of last month will lead to three consecutive wins again.

Davison, a foreign pitcher who pitched seven scoreless innings, shone. He tied Kiwoom's batters tightly with just three hits and one walk. On top of that, Na Seung-yeop, who brought the flow with the final hit in the early stages, and Jeon Joon-woo, a veteran with a good batting sense recently, were also impressive.




Lotte recorded 16 wins and 8 losses in April and tied for first place in the monthly with Hanwha Eagles. It is a 180-degree change from March, when it was only 2 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, or April last year, when it walked in a dark tunnel with 7 wins, 15 losses and 1 draw.

Lotte recorded its 19th win (13 losses and 1 draw) with the victory, and what about the Hanwha Eagles (19 wins and 13 losses), who did not have a match on the day?We did it side by side. On the other hand, Kiwoom, the lowest, recorded its 23rd loss (11 wins) and could not easily escape the bottom of the ranking table.

Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K Na Seung-yeop's final hit run
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 1st. Lotte fans are cheering enthusiastically in the packed crowd. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.1/
As of 7:17 p.m., 47 minutes after the game, 16,000 seats were sold out. It is the first sellout of the year for Kiwoom, the home team. This is the result of the away fans' momentum boiling as hot as Lotte, which has been on the rise of 7 wins and 3 losses in the last 10 games.




Lotte is the fifth away team to visit Gocheok this season. Prior to Lotte, LG Twins, KT Wiz, NC Dinos and Doosan Bears visited the site, but there was never a sell-out case. Lotte made a sellout that even Seoul team LG could not afford to make it to the first round.

Kiwoom registered as many as five players in the first team at once, including pitcher Son Him-chan, a former rookie, and Lee Hyung-jong, Yoon Seok-won, Kim Dong-heon, and Song Ji-hoo. As many as seven players have changed in three games, including Won Sung-joon on the first day of the series and Lee Yong-kyu, the playing coach on the previous day.

Among them, five were listed in the starting lineup. In other words, the entire team has changed completely. Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki said "It's for finance. The fact that the batting order keeps changing means that the cycle of our batters is sagging."




Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K Na Seung-yeop's final hit run
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 1st. Hwang Sung-bin is happy after hitting an RBI infield hit with two outs and third base in the top of the fourth inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.1/
Regarding Na Seung-yeop, who has a good home run pace recently, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `I hope the balance will not collapse after being too conscious of home runs. If the score gap widens, you can see that you are greedy. Right now, I need to focus on raising my batting average a little more," he stressed.

He then scored three runs in five innings the previous day, but toward Park Se-woong, who is running first in multiple wins with six wins. Still, it is also important that he is in good spirits these days."

Lotte played in the lineup of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Reyes (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Son Ho-young (third base), Jeon Joon-woo (left wing), Lee Ho-joon (striker), and Information-geun (catcher). The first choice is Davison.

Kiwoom faced Lee Yong-kyu (center fielder), Song Sung-moon (third base), Cardinez (first base), Choi Joo-hwan (designated hitter), Oh Sun-jin (striker), Won Sung-joon (left fielder), Kim Dong-heon (catcher), Song Ji-hoo (second base), and Lee Hyung-jong (right fielder). Cho Young-gun, a substitute starter, came forward.

Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K Na Seung-yeop's final hit run
A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 30th. Lotte Reyes is catching his breath. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.30/
Lotte took the lead. In the top of the first inning, leadoff hitter Hwang Sung-bin got on base with a hit ball, and Ko Seung-min hit a double and took a chance. Reyes drew a walk and loaded the bases with no outs at the start.

Here, Na Seung-yeop scored the first point by hitting a timely two-run hit to the left. Son Ho-young's hit in the first and second bases with one out allowed the bases to be loaded with one out, but it was regrettable that he could not score an additional point due to the failure of a follow-up hit. In the third inning, Reyes' hit and opponent's error were combined to get a chance on the second and third bases with one out, but Son Ho-young's straight hit led to a double out, swallowing regret.

However, in the fourth inning, leadoff hitter Jeon Joon-woo got on base with a double, and Hwang Sung-bin hit an RBI infield hit and added one more run with two outs and third base. Kiwoom replaced the pitcher with Yoon Seok-won, who was called up on the day, instead of Cho Young-gun.

Lotte's hit, which remained silent due to a series of three-way errors in the fifth and seventh innings, broke out again in the eighth inning. Leading hitter Yoon Dong-hee walked, and pinch runner Jang Doo-sung stole second base. Jeon Joon-woo added one more point by bringing in a timely hit.

Lotte, the No. 1 player in April, won on the first day of May → Kiwoom sweeps three consecutive games! Davison's 7 scoreless innings 6K Na Seung-yeop's final hit run
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 1st. Davison, who continued his scoreless streak in the sixth inning, is welcomed by his teammates. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.1/
In the ninth inning, Hwang Sung-bin, who got on base with a walk, stole second base, and added one more point with Reyes' timely hit in the third base with one out to seal the victory.

Meanwhile, starter Davison pitched a scoreless pitch until the seventh inning without any significant risk to lead the team to victory. Lotte finished the game by putting in Jung Cheol-won in the eighth inning and Song Jae-young in the ninth inning.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.