Look at the rising sun of Busan! KIA's 4th consecutive loss → Lotte's 3rd consecutive win, the end of the slugfest game
Jul 25, 2025
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Lotte won the first game of the weekend series against the KIA Tigers at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 25th after a bloody battle with both must-win teams.
As a result, Lotte recorded its 51st win (3 draws and 42 losses), accelerating its pursuit of the second-place LG Twins and the first-place Hanwha Eagles. He was sluggish from the end of the first half and recorded three consecutive games, but he turned the mood around with a 2-1 win over Kiwoom on the weekend and caught the first game against KIA to take the flow of three consecutive wins.
On the other hand, KIA has suffered a lot of aftereffects after losing three consecutive games against LG during the week after a bloody battle. Until this day, he had won four consecutive games and barely maintained the cliff edge of the top five. As KIA manager Lee Bum-ho expressed, "I feel like I'm pushed and the atmosphere is dampened because I can't do that at the right time to hit it."
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KIA faced off with Park Chan-ho (striker), Oh Sun-woo (left fielder), Wisdom (third base), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Na Sung-beom (right fielder), Byun Woo-hyuk (first base), Kim Ho-ryeong (middle fielder), Kim Tae-gun (possess) and Park Min (second base). The first choice is Kim Geon-guk.
Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, who met before the game, recalled the moment when third baseman Son Ho-young was almost out with Hwang Sung-bin's uncompromising surprise bunt the previous day. If you're going to bunt, make sure you're dealing with him, and make sure you have a clear connection with the third baseman," he stressed.
As for Jeon Mir, who hit a timely hit as a batter in Sangmu, I don't know what he talked about with the 2nd Army. He didn't hide his displeasure, saying, "He seems to be doing what he wants to do."
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Contrary to expectations, a fierce pitching competition unfolded early in the game. Until the third inning, both teams failed to score, leading to a 0 march. Lotte had Han Tae-yang's right-handed hit in the bottom of the second inning with two outs and a runner on the first base, but it was regrettable that Han Tae-yang, who had overrun while the throw was slightly missing, was out.
It was at the beginning of the fourth inning that the tide turned. KIA leadoff hitter Wisdom fired a home run over the left fence.
Davison's 146km fastball, which was driven to the high course in the middle at the ball count 1B1S, was not missed. It was a cool shot that you could tell you had passed the moment you were hit. The distance is 120 meters.It is Wisdom's 22nd home run of the season.
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Lotte's counterattack took place in the bottom of the fourth inning. After one out, Jeon Jun-woo walked out, and Yoon Dong-hee hit a 141km cut fastball in the middle of Kim Geon-guk at the ball count of 1B0S and fired a two-run shot from behind to the left. Season five.
The launch angle was as low as 21.5 degrees, but the batting speed reached 171.4 kilometers. At the moment of grabbing, KIA left fielder Oh Sun-woo had a fierce home run to the point where he stopped.
Lotte also had good luck. The next batter, Son Ho-young, hit a double, followed by Han Tae-yang's deep infield hit to second base. KIA second baseman Park Min succeeded in blocking the ball with a diving catch that threw his whole body, but dropped the ball in the throwing motion. In the meantime, Son Ho-young dug into the groove and widened the gap to 3-1.
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Wisdom Choi Hyung-woo's consecutive hits continued the first and third bases with two outs, but Na Sung-bum stepped down as a mistake and swallowed the disappointment.
KIA started the bullpen in the bottom of the fifth inning with Kim Dae-yu and Lotte starting with Jung Cheol-won in the top of the sixth inning. It was an all-out war in which all the must-win teams led by Sung Young-tak, Choi Ji-min and Cho Sang-woo for KIA, and Choi Jun-yong and Hong Min-ki for Lotte.
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However, Hwang Sung-bin made an error in the top of the seventh inning when Park Chan-ho's straight hit to center field was absent with one out. The inning, which should have been without runners with two outs, quickly became one out and second base. Manager Kim Tae-hyung, who was furious, immediately replaced the center fielder with Kim Dong-hyuk, and Hwang Sung-bin quenched his anger by hitting the elephant air conditioner.
The next batter Oh Sun-woo's ball hit the pitcher and became an infield hit, with one out and runners on the first and third base, followed by Wisdom's walk to load the bases with one out. When Choi Hyung-woo entered the batter's box, Lotte took out Hong Min-ki's card, which it had saved. Hong Min-ki handled Choi Hyung-woo with a sacrifice fly in center field and Na Sung-beom with a strikeout and kept the lead by one point.
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Hong Min-ki also allowed a hit to KIA's first batter Byun Woo-hyuk in the eighth inning, but he heated up the atmosphere on the spot by treating Kim Tae-gun with 643 double plays following Kim Ho-ryeong's strikeout.
Lotte's closing pitcher Kim Won-joong, who took the mound in the top of the ninth inning, blocked KIA's batting line without making a mistake and finished the game.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
