The second Lee Jung-hoo resurrection! 3 hits and 3 RBIs including home runs → Sajik forced silence...Lotte, which lost to Kiwoom in a row, has been loosing for four consecutive times

Jun 05, 2025

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Kiwoom Lee Ju-hyung is cheering after hitting a solo shot with two outs in the bottom of the third inning. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.09/

A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 15th. Kiwoom Ha Young-min is checking his fingernails that were broken while pitching. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.15/

The second Lee Jung-hoo is back. Kiwoom Heroes Lee Jung-hoo devastated the Sajik mound, humiliating the Lotte Giants for the fourth consecutive looting.

Kiwoom won 10-5 in Game 3 of the Weekday Series against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 5th with Lee Ju-hyung, who drove in three hits and three RBIs, including a home run, and Ha Young-min, who pitched well with three runs in seven innings. Baseball fans in Busan, who sold out in 19 consecutive games (23 out of 32 regular season games) at Sajik Stadium on the day, fell into a state of silence.

In addition to Lee Joo-hyung, Kim Dong-yup, Song Ji-hoo (three hits and two RBIs) and Song Sung-moon (two hits and one RBI) were also outstanding. With the victory, Kiwoom achieved two consecutive wins following a 9-6 victory the previous day and two consecutive wins following the weekend game against the Doosan Bears. He has won for the 18th time this season (1 draw 45 losses), and has overcome the pain of losing 10 consecutive games, and is on the rise with 4 wins and 1 loss in the last five games.

On the other hand, Lotte has been mired in loosing four consecutive series since the three consecutive games against the Hanwha Eagles on May 23-25. As the imbalance between the batting lineup and the mound has increased and the starting lineup has been shaken every day, even the third place is now threatened. He lost for the 27th time (32 wins and 3 draws).

이주형. Photo courtesy = Kium Heroes

Kiwoom is the lowest team among the 10 clubs. Unlike last year, foreign pitchers were not overwhelming, and the plan for two foreign hitters, which was prepared enthusiastically, ended in failure. Puig was forced out and Alcantara was recruited, with the remaining Cadines also missing due to injury. New foreign hitter Garrett is scheduled to discuss his participation around next week.

In this season, when the all-time ranking battle is underway, there is even a public saying that "a team that drops fewer points against Kiwoom is advantageous"."

In addition, Kiwoom already consumed foreign pitchers Rosenberg and Alcantara in the Doosan Bears game on the weekend ahead of the Lotte game. In the game against Lotte, only native starters led by Kim Yeon-ju, Kim Yoon-ha and Ha Young-min appeared.

On the other hand, Lotte formed this season's '3 strongest' with the LG Twins and Hanwha Eagles, and the first to third starters led by Gamboa, Park Se-woong, and Davison participated in this series. It was the best chance to break the series luge, but again faced the reality of 1 win and 2 losses.

On this day, Kiwoom set up a lineup with Song Sung-moon (3rd base), Choi Joo-hwan (1st base), Lee Ju-hyung (1st base), Kim Dong-yup (middle fielder), Kim Ji-yeol (left fielder), Song Ji-hoo (2nd base), Kim Gun-hee (catcher), Eo Jun-seo (striker), and Park Soo-jong (right fielder). The starter is veteran Ha Young-min.

Lotte faced off with Jang Doo-sung (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Reyes (designated hitter), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Jung Hoon (first baseman) and Son Sung-bin (catcher). The starter is Davison, a foreign pitcher.

Song Sung-moon, who homered to Kiwoom and Hanwha's first RBI timely hit at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th, is sharing his joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.13/

From the start of the game, Kiwoom hit Davison and took the victory. At the start of the game, leadoff Song Sung-moon's walk and Lee Ju-hyung's RBI double followed by Choi Joo-hwan's hit scored the first run.

Kim Dong-yeop's two-run timely hit to left-center left led to Lim Ji-yeol's hit and Kim Gun-hee's timely hit after one out, winning four runs from the first inning. Davison managed to wrap up the first inning with 463 double play on Eo Jun-seo.

In Kiwoom, which gained momentum, Song Sung-moon hit a double in the second inning, and Lee Ju-hyung called in Song Sung-moon with an RBI timely hit with two outs and second base, adding one run. With the bases loaded with two outs, the follow-up hit failed. Still, it's already 5-0.

photo courtesy of Lotte Giants

Davison seemed to have regained the momentum by ending the third inning with a three-way error. However, Lee Ju-hyung's solo shot exploded after two outs in the fourth inning, and Lotte left fielder Jeon Joon-woo made a double when Kim Dong-yeop made a mistake in the judgment of the drop point. After Lim Ji-yeol's walk, Song Ji-hoo made his debut home run with a three-run shot, making it 9-0 at once.

Davison, who allowed 10 hits (homer) and nine runs in three ⅔ innings, threw a whopping 96. In the end, he was replaced by Park Jin without completing the fourth inning.

On the other hand, Lotte had a chance to make up for the second and third bases with two outs in the bottom of the first inning and two outs in the bottom of the second inning, but all failed to score due to the failure of follow-up hits and missed the flow.

The counterattack began late in the bottom of the fifth inning. Leading hitter Jang Doo-sung hit a single, and Reyes, who played despite ankle pain after one out, scored his first comeback with an RBI double. Jeon Jun-woo then fired a two-run shot to the left to make up for the previous mistake. Jeon Jun-woo is also a living legend who achieved 2,000 hits (20th in all time) the previous day. It is the ninth time for a one-club man to have 2,000 hits.

photo courtesy of Lotte Giants

Lotte stopped Kiwoom's flow with Park Jin (1 ⅓ inning), Kim Kang-hyun (2 innings), and Song Jae-young (2 innings, 1 run).

However, Kiwoom did not allow Ha Young-min to chase after quality start plus (more than 7 innings and less than 3 earned runs) without additional runs until the 7th inning, and Kim Sun-ki, who took the mound in the 8th inning, handled Lee Ho-joon with a 3-6 double play in the crisis of first and second bases with no outs, and struck out Jung Hoon with a swing and miss in the following two outs and first and third bases. In the top of the ninth inning, Song Sung-moon's RBI double added one more run to widen the gap to 10-3.

For Lotte fans, Han Tae-yang's two-run timely hit against Kiwoom Kim Sung-min with the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning was comforting. Kiwoom put in Lee Joon-woo to wrap up the game.