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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Moon Sung-joo is cheering after hitting a solo shot with one out in the bottom of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Koo Bon-hyuk is buntting. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Moon Bo-kyung is cheering after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and third base. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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It was Moon Sungjoo's day. Moon Sung-joo, who hit a home run for the first time in two years for Home Bodhisattva, made another chance with a double in the bottom of the eighth inning on a come-from-behind RBI infield hit and scored the winning run.
The LG Twins, where Moon Sung-joo beat the Lotte Giants to keep their second place.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, when the game was tied 2-2 at home against Lotte in Jamsil on the 20th, LG won the game 3-2 with a double by Moon Sung-joo and a double by Moon Bo-kyung on the left-field line with one out and third base, which was made with a sacrifice bunt by pinch hitter Koo Bon-hyuk who entered instead of Kim Hyun-soo. LG, which rose to the 50th win for the second time, recorded 50 wins, 2 draws, and 39 losses, leading Lotte, which had 48 wins, 3 draws, and 41 losses, by two games to secure its second place.
LG had eight left-handed hitters except for Park Dong-won as Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Moon Sung-joo (right wing), 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 wing) and Park Hae-min (center fielder), while Lotte had Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Reyes (left wing) - Jeon Joon-woo (center fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Yoo Gangnam (captor), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman).
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Lim Chan-kyu is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Lotte's Lee Min-seok is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Reyes, who was aiming for home during Lotte's Yoon Dong-hee hit with two outs and a third base in the top of the first inning, is being tagged. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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Lotte scored the first point. After one out in the top of the first inning, Han Tae-yang hit a left-handed double and Reyes hit a left-handed double to make it 1-0. When Reyes hit, LG high school rookie left fielder Park Kwan-woo, who made his first start on the day, turned a little forward due to a misjudgment of the ball and ran back, making a double.
In Lotte, where Jeon Joon-woo grounded out in front of the third base with one out and second base, Yoon Dong-hee hit a hit to the right. However, Reyes, who came home from third base, was tagged out by right fielder Moon Sung-joo's home pitch and failed to score additional points.
LG immediately tied the game. In the top of the first inning, Moon Sung-joo, who had a wonderful home bodhisattva, hit a home run for the first time in two years. After one out, he pushed the opponent's starting pitcher Lee Min-seok's 152km fastball and crossed the left fence. It was his ninth and most recent home run in Daegu on Aug. 6, 2023, and his 10th in two years. In Jamsil, it was the second time since hitting from Yoon Myung-joon of Doosan Bears on May 5, 2022.
Lotte got a chance to get a second base with one out due to Hwang Sung-bin's infield hit and Lim Chan-kyu's check error in the top of the third inning. However, Han Tae-yang's center fielder fly and Reyes' ground ball in front of the first base failed.
Then, in the bottom of the third inning, LG had a big opportunity. Lee Min-seok's control shook. After the first base, Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae drew consecutive walks, and Moon Sung-joo stepped down on a fly to left field, but Kim Hyun-soo also walked and loaded the bases with two outs. However, Moon Bo-kyung failed to break the 1-1 balance as he only grounded out in front of the first baseman.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Moon Sung-joo is cheering after hitting a solo shot with one out in the bottom of the first inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Shin Min-jae is digging into the third base after hitting a hit with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Lotte Kim Min-sung is cheering after hitting a timely hit in the top of the sixth inning with two outs and runners on the first and third bases. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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Lotte got a chance again in the top of the fourth inning. Second baseman Shin Min-jae caught Yoon Dong-hee's heavy hit and Na Seung-yeop's ordinary ground ball and missed it, making a mistake with two outs and runners on first and second base, and Kim Min-sung walked and continued to the bases. However, Jeon Min-jae's hit was unfortunately caught by left field and did not lead to the score.
The team that finally broke the balance was LG. After two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, Shin Min-jae hit a triple on the right field line, and Moon Sung-joo hit an infield single to make it 2-1.
Lotte also succeeded in tying the game in the top of the sixth inning immediately. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung gave a pinch-hitter at No. 7 Park Chan-hyung's at-bat, but the chance seemed to be eliminated as Jung Hoon only made a fly to shortstop. However, veteran Kim Min-sung, who returned to the first division, tied the game 2-2 with a clean heavy hit.
Jeon Min-jae then drew a straight walk and took a chance to load the bases with two outs. That's all for Lim Chan-gyu. LG quickly raised Kim Jin-sung.
Hwang Sung-bin struck out swinging by Kim Jin-sung's fork ball and stopped again at a 2-2 tie.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Lotte center fielder Hwang Sung-bin catches a hit ball by LG Park Dong-won with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Starter Lee Min-seok is grateful when Lotte center fielder Hwang Sung-bin caught a hit by LG Park Dong-won in the bottom of the sixth inning with one out. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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LG's Lim Chan-kyu threw 89 pitches in five ⅔ innings, allowing eight hits, two walks, one strikeout, and two runs, but failed to meet the winning requirements. Since winning his eighth game against Hanwha on May 27, he has not won in seven games.
Lotte's Lee Min-seok also took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning. After catching Chun Sung-ho with a fly to center field, he was replaced by Choi Jun-yong as he sent Choi Won-young with a hit ball after a full count match. Lee Min-seok, who threw 96 pitches in six ⅓ innings, recorded a quality start with four hits (one home run), three walks, one strikeout, and two runs. Unfortunately, however, he withdrew from the tie and failed to win.
In the bottom of the 8th inning 'Players of the Day 'Moon Sung-joo opened LG's attack. Moon Sung-joo, who came out as the first batter, hit a double on the right-field line after a full count match with Choi Jun-yong. Lotte quickly replaced it with Jeong Cheol-won.
At this time, LG launched a winning move. He put Koo Bon-hyuk as a pinch hitter for Kim Hyun-soo's at-bat. He clearly expressed his intention to send Moon Sung-joo to third base safely with a sacrifice bunt. As manager Yeom Kyung-yeop expected, Koo Bon-hyuk succeeded in sending Moon Sung-joo to third base with a perfect sacrifice bunt that went slowly toward the third base line from 1B.
Now all that remains is for Moon Bo-kyung to bring Moon Sung-joo home. Lotte's infield team is forward defense. At the ball count of 2B1S, a 149km fastball that dug into the body was cut and hit, and it became an amazing double that fell inside the left line. Moon Sung-joo homered and 3-2. LG then got an additional scoring opportunity with two outs but couldn't run away.
Lee Jung-yong, who blocked the top of the eighth inning with three outs, became the winning pitcher, and Yoo Young-chan, who blocked the top of the ninth inning, made a save. Lee Jung-yong, who was discharged from the military on June 17, has already recorded his third relief win, and Yoo Young-chan made his eighth save.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Kim Jin-sung is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.20/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
