Also, 52 pitches in the 5th inning of the must-win team → What's wrong with the 6th inning, 12 games without a win

Jun 07, 2025

Also, 52 pitches in the 5th inning of the must-win team → What's wrong with the 6th inning, 12 games without a win
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. Lotte's Na Kyun-an is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.06/



Repeated pattern again. The result is a winless 12 games.

Lotte Giants Na Kyun-an's first win of the season was canceled again. Na Kyun-an started in an away game against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 6th, but suffered a setback with seven hits (three homers) and one strikeout and four runs in five ⅓ innings.

There was no walk, but the pattern of crumbling was repeated again. Na Kyun-an allowed the first run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases against Doosan's batters, and hit a solo home run by Kim Dae-han in the bottom of the second inning. However, other than that, he continued to pitch in compliance by winning in a fast count.




52 pitches with two runs until the fifth inning. There was a loss in the beginning, but since he has stabilized since the third inning, he is expected to be able to pull out a little longer innings.

Also, 52 pitches in the 5th inning of the must-win team → What's wrong with the 6th inning, 12 games without a win
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. Lotte's Na Kyun-an is struggling. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.06/
However, he collapsed again in the bottom of the sixth inning due to a long shot. Na Kyun-an, who handled the inning's leadoff hitter Cave with a ground ball in front of the first baseman, allowed Kim Dong-joon and Yang Eui-ji to hit consecutive batter home runs. Kim Dong-joon was hit with a fork ball and Yang Eui-ji's fastball, and he lost two runs in an instant. It was a sudden turbulence before the quality start.

It wasn't the end here. He faced one more batter, but another runner advanced to the scoring position when Doosan's No. 4 hitter Kim Jae-hwan allowed a triple. Na Kyun-an pitched only 60 pitches, but the Lotte bench moved. Na Kyun-an came down the mound leaving the runner on third base after consecutive home runs. Lotte Bench chose Jung Hyun-soo as the second pitcher, but Jung Hyun-soo also allowed the first batter Kim Min-seok to hit the ball and came down again, and even Park Jin was put in to prevent the sixth inning with difficulty.




Also, 52 pitches in the 5th inning of the must-win team → What's wrong with the 6th inning, 12 games without a win
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. Lotte's Jung Hyun-soo is coming down from the mound right after dune. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.06/
Lotte failed to regain the flow it handed over in the sixth inning and lost the final score 2-5. Recently, the batting line, which has a lot of injuries and is losing pace, recovered two runs with Reyes' two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning, but that was it. On the other hand, the bullpen failed to prevent the loss even after pouring out Chung Hyun-soo, Park Jin-wook, and Jung Cheol-won.

Above all, Na Kyun-an took only his fourth loss without winning for 12 games this season. Lotte, which lost its third place in a row and fell to fourth place, is also in crisis. Concerns are growing not only in batters with many injuries, such as Na Seung-yeop, Yoon Dong-hee and Hwang Sung-bin, but also in the mound.

Also, 52 pitches in the 5th inning of the must-win team → What's wrong with the 6th inning, 12 games without a win
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. Lotte players who lost are disappointed. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.06/
As Park Se-woong, who served as a strong ace at the beginning of the season, was shaken, Lotte's recent victory was only in games in which foreign starting pitchers (Davidson, Gamboa) took the mound. In particular, Na Kyun-an's ambiguous role, which leads to defeat in each game, is also not playing a role in breaking the losing streak. The power of the fork ball, the main weapon, remains, but it is not easy to make a breakthrough on the day when even that fork ball is beaten.




In the end, in order to maintain the top performance, not only foreigners' one-two punches but also domestic starting pitchers who will support them are essential. Na Kyun-an, who continues to receive opportunities, must now prove his value with results.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.