Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.

Jun 26, 2025

Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants



Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
The returning genius hitter reported a splendid return. It heated the hearts of 16,335 baseball fans who filled the scene.

The Lotte Giants came from behind to win 7-6 with Na Seung-yeop's three-run home run in the fifth inning against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 26th.

In many ways, it was the opposite of the previous day. Despite the difference in the weight of the starting pitcher, he was dragged by allowing three runs from the first inning, but he succeeded in turning it over by showing the difference in strength after the middle. It is also notable that Lotte, which collapsed on Davison and Kim Hyung-joon's home run the previous day, succeeded in revenge with Reyes and Na Seung-yeop's home run.




With the victory, Lotte recorded its 42nd win (three draws and 32 losses) and accelerated its pursuit of the second-place LG Twins. On the other hand, NC lost for the 35th time (33 wins and 4 draws), missing the opportunity to leap to the middle.

Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
Lotte-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 11th. Lotte came from behind to win 4-3. Director Kim Tae-hyung is smiling at the cheers of the fans. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.11/
On the same day, Lotte will play in the lineup of Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Ko Seung-min (first base), Reyes (right fielder), Kim Min-sung (third base), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Jeon Min-jae (striker), Han Seung-hyun (middle fielder), and Han Tae-yang (second base). The first choice is A.C.E. Gamboa. Na Seung-yeop, who made a decisive mistake the previous day, was excluded from the lineup.

NC faced off with Kim Joo-won (striker), Kwon Hee-dong (left wing), Park Gun-woo (right wing), Davison (first base), Seo Ho-cheol (second base), Kim Hwi-jip (third base), Kim Hyung-joon (captor), Song Seung-hwan (designated hitter), and Chun Jae-hwan (midfielder). Choi Sung-young will be selected. Park Min-woo, who felt back pain due to a collision in the defense process, was missing.




Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `We need to give Jeon Min-jae a break, but it's not easy at the moment. You must be very tired." As for Na Seung-yeop, who returned to the first team, "The defense was a little disappointing, and the batting was also lucky." Maybe because it's been a long time since I played in the first team, I was nervous and I felt like I put too much energy into my body", he commented.

Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
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NC manager Lee Ho-joon said, `Park Min-woo's fatigue is at his highest, so it's time to take a break.' The pitcher is being prepared by Mok Ji-hoon after (starter) Choi Sung-young. Kim Jin-ho can also play. One pitcher who can't go out today is Kim Young-kyu, he said, signaling an all-out bullpen day.

It was a fierce exchange of blood. Unlike this season's game time, which averaged around 3 hours, it easily exceeded 3 hours and 40 minutes.




NC gained momentum first in the bottom of the first inning. Seo Ho-chul's grounder to shortstop with two outs and runners on the first and third bases with two outs made by Kwon Hee-dong's double and Park Gun-woo's walk after one out?? Lotte Jeon Min-jae's throwing error came out. NC's two-run lead as the missing throw enters the dugout at first base. Kim Hwi-jip's subsequent timely hit scored the third point.

Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Lotte launched a counterattack in the top of the third inning. The leadoff hitter Han Tae-yang hit a double, and Jeon Joon-woo's walk and Jeong Hoon's ground ball gave him a chance to get first and third bases with one out. Here, Ko Seung-min's consecutive timely hit was made.

NC immediately put in Mok Ji-hoon to evolve, but Kim Min-sung's sacrifice fly continued to tie the game 3-3. Lotte advanced with a walk after a foul fight that went up to 11 pitches by Yoo Kang-nam, but failed to come from behind as Jeon Min-jae's sharp hit was caught as a straight hit to third base.

Lotte had a chance with one out and runners on first and second bases with a hit by Han Seung-hyun and Jeon Joon-woo in the top of the fourth inning, but failed to turn the tables due to a failed follow-up hit. NC expressed its will to win by putting in the third pitcher Lim Jung-ho early.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Kim Hyung-joon's RBI double and Song Seung-hwan's infield hit followed after Kim Hwi-jip's hit after one out, and NC won two runs again. Lotte changed the atmosphere by double-dealing Chun Jae-hwan.

Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
The top of the fifth inning became a big inning that decided the game. NC's fourth pitcher Lee Joon-hyuk stepped up, but he was hit by a solo shot by leadoff hitter Reyes. Reyes hit Lee Joon-hyuk's 148km fastball properly and crossed the right fence.

Kim Min-sung's double and Yoo Kang-nam's hit ball were followed, and Na Seung-yeop was used as a pinch hitter at the batter's box of rookie Han Seung-hyun after one out. Manager Kim Tae-hyung showed faith in Na Seung-yeop in the match despite his first hit in his debut at the previous at-bat.

And Na Seung-yup perfectly met that expectation. Lee Joon-hyuk's 132-kilometer slider in the middle hit the right fence of NC Park. It was a shot that blew away the disappointment of the decisive error the day before, with a distance of 115m. It was also his eighth home run that broke his 57-day silence since his seventh hit on April 30.

Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Lotte Gamboa was replaced with 101 pitches in the sixth inning with two outs. He recorded six hits and five runs, but he had only two earned runs due to many runs due to errors.

The second half of the game turned into a bullpen fight. NC dreamed of a turnaround, with Jeon Sa-min and Kim Tae-hoon pitching two scoreless innings each.

However, Lotte finished the sixth inning with Choi Jun-yong and took over the multi-inning until the seventh inning. Jung Chul-won then neatly blocked the eighth inning, and he operated an iron wall trio until Kim Won-joong, who finished the ninth inning.

After two outs, Kim Won-joong allowed a hit-by-hit ball-ball-ball-ball-ball-pushing walk and gave up one run without a hit, but he held Davison with two outs and kept the victory.

Forget yesterday's mistake! Na Seung-yeop reports his return as a genius hitter, 3 points from behind → 57 days later, the taste of his hands...Lotte and NC are chasing second place.
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.