The devil is running again. Playing in the second division in two months. 1 hit, 1 walk, and 1 point in 2 at-bats. When will the first team come?

Jul 03, 2025

Lotte Hwang Sung-bin is running after hitting a ball in a game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.08/

3rd baseman Hwang Sung-bin penetrates home and is safe when KIA and Lotte play at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 10th and Lotte Reyes' sacrifice fly with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the bottom of the second inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.10/

A game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 10th, and Lotte Hwang Sung-bin, with one out and third base, runs with a timely RBI in the bottom of the eighth inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.10/

Lotte Giants' Hwang Sung-bin has started his return.

Hwang Sung-bin made his first appearance since his injury in the Futures League against the LG Twins in Sangdong on the 3rd.

Hwang Sung-bin had a headfirst sliding at first base after a surprise bunt in the bottom of the first inning in a home game against SSG Landers in Busan on May 5. And he was replaced when defending in the top of the second inning. And he was cross-examined at two hospitals and was diagnosed with a fourth metacarpal fracture.

He was active as Lotte's top hitter with a batting average of 324 (36 hits in 111 at-bats) with 12 RBIs, 18 runs and 10 steals in 28 games this season.

After Hwang Sung-bin's departure, Jang Doo-sung performed well to fill the gap, but it was different from Hwang Sung-bin's dominance, who played base running to the point where he changed the flow of the game when he got on base.

After nearly two months of treatment and rehabilitation, Hwang Sung-bin started as the first-center fielder and scored one hit and one point in two at-bats.

In his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning, he drew a walk and got on base after a close game of full count against opposing starter Kim Woong. He scored with Lee Tae-kyung's superior two-run shot.

In the bottom of the second inning, with two outs and a runner on the first base, he hit a right-handed hit after a close game that went up to 10 pitches with four consecutive fouls, leading to a chance of first and third base. The follow-up batter failed to score a point with a blunder.

Hwang Sung-bin, who met LG's third pitcher, Conditional Hee, at first base with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, struck out swinging for the fifth time in 2B2S. The game was no longer held at the end of the fifth inning because the cold game was declared due to the heat wave.

It is not known when Hwang Sung-bin will return to the first team. He needs time to recover his sense of the game, including hitting, because he has not played in real games for about two months, but he is likely to return in the second half as he has only six games left in the first half.

First of all, it is clearly positive that Hwang Sung-bin played a healthy Futures League game. Lotte's offense is likely to be better because he can play with Hwang Sung-bin from the beginning of the second half.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.