bullpen ERA 0.68. Hong Min-ki, who tied LG's left hand tightly for two consecutive days. Get hold and belief index up If I can't block it, it might flip

Jul 20, 2025

bullpen ERA 0.68. Hong Min-ki, who tied LG's left hand tightly for two consecutive days. Get hold and belief index up If I can't block it, it might flip
Lotte Hong Min-ki pitching hard in a game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/



bullpen ERA 0.68. Hong Min-ki, who tied LG's left hand tightly for two consecutive days. Get hold and belief index up If I can't block it, it might flip
Lotte won the game between Lotte and LG 6-1 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Director Kim Tae-hyung and Hong Min-ki share the joy of victory. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/
bullpen ERA 0.68. Hong Min-ki, who tied LG's left hand tightly for two consecutive days. Get hold and belief index up If I can't block it, it might flip
Lotte Hong Min-ki, who finished the game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th, is welcoming first baseman Jung Hoon, who blocked his check ball with his body in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and runners on second base. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/
Lotte Giants' fastball left-hander Hong Min-ki is becoming a clear bullpen card. He took the mound for two consecutive days against the LG Twins, which are full of strong left-handed hitters, and raised the belief index.

Hong Min-ki became the second pitcher after starting pitcher Alec Gamboa in the bottom of the seventh inning, trailing 1-2 against LG in Jamsil on the 18th, the start of the second half. Hong Min-ki needs to block the bottom of the seventh inning to expect a turnaround in the later attack. Hong Min-ki struck out No. 9 Park Hae-min, and Shin Min-jae grounded out in front of the pitcher and Chun Sung-ho struck out, ending with three outs.

On the 19th, he came out with a two-point lead. He took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning with a 3-1 lead. Chung Chul-won gave up a hit to pinch hitter Chun Sung-ho, who came out as the first batter, and when it was his turn to get first base with no outs and left-handed batters came out one after another, head coach Kim Tae-hyung quickly raised Hong Min-ki.




Hong Min-ki, who met with the first batter Park Hae-min, threw a 150km fastball high on the body in the advantageous count of 2S, which was made by fouling the first and second pitches in a row, and ABS reacted to strike out the rookie.

Shin Min-jae also scored two consecutive strikes with a fast fastball of 150km, and eventually led Shin Min-jae, who was persistent with three fouls, to a ground ball in front of shortstop. He failed to double play, but he forced the first baseman out of second base.

When first baseman Shin Min-jae stole second base during Moon Sung-joo's at-bat with two outs and runners on first base, he saw through it and threw the ball to first base to catch Shin Min-jae, but first baseman Jung Hoon's throw fell out and was safe. It was on the verge of losing a point with two outs and second base, but he struck out Moon Sung-joo with a 135km slider.




bullpen ERA 0.68. Hong Min-ki, who tied LG's left hand tightly for two consecutive days. Get hold and belief index up If I can't block it, it might flip
Lotte Hong Min-ki, who finished the game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th, is welcoming first baseman Jung Hoon, who blocked his check ball with his body in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs and runners on second base. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/
bullpen ERA 0.68. Hong Min-ki, who tied LG's left hand tightly for two consecutive days. Get hold and belief index up If I can't block it, it might flip
Lotte Hong Min-ki throwing a first-base check ball at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/
bullpen ERA 0.68. Hong Min-ki, who tied LG's left hand tightly for two consecutive days. Get hold and belief index up If I can't block it, it might flip
Lotte and LG match at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th, Lotte Hong Min-ki is going down the mound in the bottom of the 8th inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/
Hong Min-ki, who also came up in the bottom of the eighth inning, caught the leadoff third Kim Hyun-soo with a ground ball in front of the second base and allowed the fourth Moon Bo-kyung to hit the middle field. When it was right-handed hitter Park Dong-won's turn, he was replaced by Kim Kang-hyun. During one ⅓ inning, he faced five left-handed batters and allowed one hit, one strikeout, and no run.

I threw 25 balls on the day, but I had 21 strikes and only four balls. The strike rate was 84 percent. He pitched aggressively with that fast ball and handled LG's left-handed batters well to win his second hold of the season.

Hong Min-ki, who has taken the mound in 12 games this season, is performing well with a 1.21 ERA with two holds without winning or losing. In particular, in 10 games as a bullpen pitcher, he has a 0.68 ERA, showing special pitching. It can be said that Lotte, who needed a left-handed bullpen to block the opponent's left-handed batter, is a savior-like figure.




After the game, Hong Min-ki said, "It was an important situation to go up to the situation where there was a runner. If I couldn't stop it, the atmosphere could have turned upside down, so I tried to stop it unconditionally"I'll try to continue the same team atmosphere today, " he said.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.