What's wrong with Sajik? Elotrasico who scored 55 points in a bloody battle for 10 hours and 47 minutes

May 23, 2025

What's wrong with Sajik? Elotrasico who scored 55 points in a bloody battle for 10 hours and 47 minutes
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. In the fourth inning, when Jeon Min-jae hit an infield ground ball with one out and runners on the first and third bases, third baseman Jeon Joon-woo rushed home and is safe. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/



What's wrong with Sajik? Elotrasico who scored 55 points in a bloody battle for 10 hours and 47 minutes
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop watching the game. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
Traditional popularity face-to-face. 'Elotrasico' was once again a masterpiece. Both teams fought hard.

The LG Twins played three consecutive away games against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan during the week and arrived in Incheon on the 23rd. On the weekend, they will play a three-game series against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon. The face-off between LG and Lotte has long been called by baseball fans 'Elotrasico'. It borrows a pronunciation similar to 'El Clasico', which means a showdown between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the best derby in Spanish soccer, and in fact, the two teams have played great games whenever they meet.

This three-game series was also very intense. For LG, Song Seung-ki, In Chan-gyu, and Coen Win will take the mound, and for Lotte, Yoon Sung-binNa Kyun-an and Lee Min-seok came out in turn. In terms of the starting matchup alone, LG is ahead. But every time the game went in a completely unpredictable direction.




What's wrong with Sajik? Elotrasico who scored 55 points in a bloody battle for 10 hours and 47 minutes
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. LG starter Koenwin allowed a run from the first inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
On the first day of the series, Lotte's Yoon Sung-bin allowed nine runs in one inning and went down, which was actually LG's one-sided flow, but Lotte also did not easily step down, scoring as many as nine points. The game ended with LG's 17-9 victory.

The next day, LG won 3-0, allowed a 3-4 turnaround, then tied the game, and repeated the turnaround again to take a 7-5 lead, and Kim Jin-sung allowed Ko Seung-min a tiebreaking two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and went to extra time, but ended up with a 7-7 draw. On the last day of the series, LG, with Coen Win at the forefront, suffered a 4-11 defeat as it was scolded by Lotte's batters with Lee Min-seok at the forefront.

The combined time of the three-day match between the two teams was 10 hours and 47 minutes. 55 points were scored in all three games.




What's wrong with Sajik? Elotrasico who scored 55 points in a bloody battle for 10 hours and 47 minutes
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Sajik Stadium, which sold out all three consecutive games during the week. Baseball fans who support Lotte. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, who met with reporters ahead of the SSG match on the 23rd, said, `It's too hard. If you go to Sajik, there are many games you exchange with Lotte. Baseball is going to be strange."

Manager Yeom said "(Lee)Ji-Kang blocked two innings, so I thought 'It's done', but Jin-Sung hit a home run there." The second game was supposed to be held, but (it didn't work out as I thought)" he said bitterly.

The result of the blood fight is one win, one draw, and one loss. The two teams ended fairly in this series without being able to dominate. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said, `It seems like it's time to make choices and focus. You can hit it without thinking and then fall into the hole completely. We need to focus on winning games, and we need to quickly take out key players in other games and manage them," he stressed.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.