The first start for a high school graduate with a pinch-hit home run that destroyed a pitcher with 20 wins. Will we take revenge on the prospect of starting the 152km Lotte 1st nomination?
Jul 20, 2025
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The LG Twins intensively deployed left-handed batters to avenge Lotte's Lee Min-seok.
In the home game against the Lotte Giants in Jamsil on the 20th, LG's starting lineup was composed of Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Moon Sung-joo (right fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Moon Bo-kyung (3rd baseman), Park Dong-won (captor), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Chun Sung-ho (1st baseman), Park Kwan-woo (left fielder), and Park Hae-min (middle fielder). In order to target Lotte right-hander Lee Min-seok, all but Park Dong-won consisted of left-handed batters.
Park Kwan-woo, a high school graduate rookie who came out as a pinch hitter against Kiwoom on the 10th and hit a tying two-run shot from Alcantara, will make his debut.
LG has to take revenge on Lee Min-seok.
I was beaten by Lee Min-seok in Busan on the 3rd. Lee Min-seok became a starter at the time and tied the LG lineup with four hits, two walks, and four strikeouts in six ⅔ innings. LG starter Son Joo-young also had a great starting showdown with five hits, one walk, eight strikeouts and no runs in six innings, and Lotte eventually scored two runs with Jeon Jun-woo's double in the bottom of the eighth inning to win 2-0.
Lee Min-seok, who joined the team with the first nomination in 2022 and continued to get opportunities as a promising player, pitched his most innings on the day. At that time, he threw 47 fastballs of up to 152km, 20 changeups of up to 142km, 27 sliders of up to 139km, and two curves. He deceived LG batters by throwing a lot of changeups that he didn't throw well. Lee Min-seok said, `Now little by little, how to play against hitters and how to solve the game, I still can't do well, but I feel like I have my own know-how.'
Lee Min-seok also had a lot of walks with six hits, five walks, five strikeouts and one run in five innings against Doosan Bears in Busan on the 9th, his next appearance, but showed stability by minimizing runs.
LG, which only scored two points on the 18th and one point on the 19th, has to increase its hitting sense against Lee Min-seok. In particular, he failed to make a single hit in the scoring position for two days. He had no hits in 12 at-bats for 14 at-bats.
LG, which has to drop Lotte, which was chased by a one-game difference, should take revenge on Lee Min-seok, increase the sense of hitting and produce the effect of 3 birds with 1 stone chasing Hanwha.
If Lee Min-seok plays well again against LG, he can gain more confidence and establish himself as a starter in the second half of the year.
Meanwhile, LG canceled Bulpe pitcher Park Myung-geun, who had been sluggish the previous day.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
