Choi Won-joon, Woo-sung, no hit. Successful Trade Case Son Ho-young Three-RBI Lotte, NC, and Pajuk won 6 consecutive games (Busan Review)
Jul 29, 2025
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Lotte won the home game against NC at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 29th with Son Ho-young's two-run shot and a sacrifice fly in the final.
Lotte, which has won six consecutive games, maintained its third place with 54 wins, three draws and 42 losses. It maintains a two-game gap with LG, the second-place team that won against KT on the day. It narrowed the gap to four games with Hanwha, the No. 1 team that lost to Samsung.
NC, which had three consecutive wins against Kiwoom at the weekend and trailed joint fifth-place KIA, Samsung and SSG by half a game, strengthened its offense with a 3-3 trade bringing Choi Won-joon and Lee Woo-sung Hong Jong-pyo, but lost to Lotte unfortunately and remained in eighth place, moving away from the .500 winning rate again with 43 wins, 5 draws and 45 losses. Samsung and SSG, who won, remained tied for fifth place, while KIA, who lost, was seventh.
Lotte, which has won five consecutive games, consisted of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (first baseman), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Reyes (left wing), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), and Park Seung-wook (striker), while NC, which has won three consecutive games, has Kim Joo-won (striker), Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Park Min-woo (second baseman), Oh Young-soo (first baseman) - Park Gun-woo (designated hitter) - Lee Woo-sung (left wing.
Choi Won-joon and Lee Woo-sung, who changed their uniforms from KIA to NC in a 3-3 trade the previous day, were registered in the first division as soon as they came, and it was noticeable that they started as No. 2, center fielder, and No. 6 left fielder.
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In the bottom of the first inning, Lotte created chances for the first and second bases with consecutive hits by Ko Seung-min and Son Ho-young after one out, but Reyes failed to gain an early lead by hitting a double play in front of the shortstop.
NC also created a golden opportunity in the top of the third inning. After the leader Kim Hwi-jip got on base with a hit ball, Kwon Hee-dong got a walk after a nine-pitch match to get the first and second bases with one out, and he even made a double steal during Kim Joo-won's at-bat to create a clear scoring opportunity for the second and third bases. However, Kim Joo-won was struck out swinging by a high fastball of 148km, and Choi Won-joon was also struck out swinging by a low curve in the middle of 127km and ended scoreless.
At the end of the fourth inning, Lotte finally scored the first point. After leading Son Ho-young picked up a walk and stole second base, Reyes' ground ball in front of the first base went to third base, and then homered during Yoon Dong-hee's sacrifice fly to right field. It was a score made with one walk without a single hit.
And in the bottom of the sixth inning, Son Ho-young scored an additional point with his bat. After getting on base with an infield hit in front of the pitcher, Ko Seung-min hit a two-run shot like a clothesline slightly over the left fence. My third home run of the season. In the ball count 1B, the second 135km cutter swung strongly into the high strike zone in the middle, and the ball that flew into the line drive at a 25.9 degree launch angle slightly crossed the left fence. 3-0.
Subsequently, hits by Yoon Dong-hee and Han Tae-yang led to a chance of two outs and runners on first and third bases, but Yoo Kang-nam stepped down with a fly to the first baseman.
NC scored in the top of the seventh inning when Park Se-woong went down from the mound to chase. The lead Park Min-woo took a walk from Hong Min-ki, the second pitcher who changed, and Oh Young-soo's ground ball was caught by pitcher Hong Min-ki, but Hong Min-ki's throw to the second base became a bad pitch and became a chance for the first and third bases with no outs. The pitcher immediately replaced Choi Jun-yong.
Park Gun-woo struck out and became 1st and 3rd base with 1 out, and Lee Woo-sung's sacrifice fly to center field made it 1-3 with 1 out and 2nd and 3rd base stolen by first baseman Choi Jung-won. Lee Woo-sung's first RBI in the transfer. And at this time, second baseman Han Tae-yang, who received the throw from the center fielder, fell to the side, and second baseman Choi Jung-won ran to third base. Kim Hwi-jip succeeded in stealing second base after getting on base with a hit ball, leading to a chance of two outs and second and third bases, and Kim Hyung-joon's at-bat made a wild pitch toward the third base dugout, and both runners on the second and third bases came home and immediately tied 3-3. Without a single hit, three people got on base due to a walk, a hit ball, and an opponent's error, and scored three points with two stolen bases, a sacrifice fly, and a wild pitch.
Lotte starter Park Se-woong pitched 92 pitches in six innings and met the requirements for a winning pitcher with one hit, one walk, seven strikeouts and no runs, but unfortunately failed to win 11 games. He had to settle for lowering his ERA from 5.10 to 4.82.
Logan held out by recording a quality start with eight hits (one home run), one walk, four strikeouts, and three runs in six innings, but was on the verge of losing the game because he was not helped by the batters. If he became a losing pitcher on the day, he would have recorded 5-10 losses this season, becoming the second foreign pitcher to lose 10 games after Cuevas (3-10 losses), but fortunately, he avoided losing.
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Lotte also got three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning without a hit due to three walks, one hit ball, a sacrifice fly and an error.
NC got a chance again thanks to an error in the top of the eighth inning. Kwon Hee-dong's hit made first baseman Ko Seung-min's throw to second base when Choi Won-joon grounded out in front of the first base with one out, making it the first and third bases. Park Min-woo's sacrifice fly to center field led to a chance to load the bases with two outs with Seo Ho-cheol's heavy hit and Park Gun-woo's infield hit in front of the pitcher.
In the end, Lotte's closer Kim Won-joong was put in, and the match against Lee Woo-sung, who came as a trade, took place. The result is a ground ball in front of the shortstop.
Kim Won-joong also blocked NC's batters without losing a point in the top of the ninth inning and ended his six-game winning streak.
Lotte took the lead in winning the team, with Son Ho-young, who was brought in last year's trade, recording two hits in two at-bats (one home run) and three RBIs. Ko Seung-min got on base in front of Son Ho-young with two hits and two points in three at-bats to help him score.
Choi Won-joon and Lee Woo-sung from KIA did not have a good first day in NC. Choi Won-joon was hitless in four at-bats, and Lee Woo-sung was hitless in three at-bats and scored an RBI with a sacrifice fly.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
