Lee Joo-heon reappeared as the designated hitter for the final hit the previous day. Trade slugger to bench for 12.4 billion shortstop left-handed selection
Jul 19, 2025
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In the home game against Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 19th, LG formed the starting lineup of Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Moon Sung-joo (right fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder), Moon Bo-kyung (3rd baseman), Park Dong-won (possession), Lee Joo-heon (designated hitter), Koo Bon-hyuk (fielders), Kim Joo-sung (first baseman), and Park Hae-min (middle fielder).
Koo Bon-hyuk and Kim Joo-sung, who are right-handed hitters, were recently put into left-handed pitchers, excluding Chun Sung-ho and Oh Ji-hwan, who were second batters. Lee Joo-heon, who hit a come-from-behind final double the previous day, will play as a designated hitter and play as a killer for left-handed pitchers.
LG, which used seven left-handed batters despite Lotte's posting of left-handed Alec Gamboa as the starting pitcher the previous day, reduced the number of left-handed batters to five against Lotte left-handed starter Tuber Davidson.
LG's starting player on the day is Elijah Hernandez. Hernandez took six weeks off with a thigh injury and went 4-3 with a 4.24 ERA in 11 games in the first half.
After pitching less than five innings in four consecutive games, he became the winning pitcher with a quality start with five hits (one homer) and seven strikeouts and two runs in six innings against Daegu Samsung on the 6th, the last day of the first half.
In the game against Lotte, he took the mound in Busan on the 1st and recorded two hits, four walks, four strikeouts, and one run in four innings.
Lotte starter Davidson is 7-5 with a 3.61 ERA in 18 games.
He faced Hernandez in Busan on the 1st. He had a quality start with six hits (one home run) and two runs in six innings, but his team lost 2-3 and became a losing pitcher.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
