A man who doesn't get old even at 39 years old! Preemptive two-run shot → Promised 8th final hit...2nd place in 62 days. Captain Junwoo's hand came out

Jul 04, 2025

A man who doesn't get old even at 39 years old! Preemptive two-run shot → Promised 8th final hit...2nd place in 62 days. Captain Junwoo's hand came out
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 2nd. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Lotte Jeon Joon-woo scores during the LG Egigang Bock with 2 outs and runners on the 2nd and 3rd bases. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.02/



A man who doesn't get old even at 39 years old! Preemptive two-run shot → Promised 8th final hit...2nd place in 62 days. Captain Junwoo's hand came out
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd. Lotte Jeon Joon-woo, with the bases loaded with one out, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.03/
A man who doesn't get old even at 39 years old! Preemptive two-run shot → Promised 8th final hit...2nd place in 62 days. Captain Junwoo's hand came out
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd. Lotte Jeon Joon-woo, with the bases loaded with one out, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.03/
"It's not that personal performance is important, but I'm sorry to the fans that I couldn't go to the fall baseball." I'll show you something else next year."

The same is true for a man who leads a team by example on the ground. 39 years old but still at the center of a team win.

Lotte Giants rose to second place in 62 days. Lotte won 2-0 against the LG Twins in Busan on the 3rd with Jeon Jun-woo's two-run final hit in the bottom of the eighth inning.




As a result, Lotte won for the 45th time (three draws and 35 losses) by winning two consecutive games following a 5-2 victory the previous day, matching LG with 45 wins, two draws and 35 losses. It is the second place in 62 days since May 2.

For Jeon Jun-woo, it is the final hit for two consecutive days. Jeon Jun-woo fired a pre-emptive two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth inning in the previous day's match when Gamboa and Lim Chan-kyu faced off as starters, and Lotte won 5-2.

On this day, Lee Min-seok and Son Joo-young faced off. The march of zero continued in the fierce pitching battle.




However, in the bottom of the eighth inning, he did not miss the opportunity obtained by LG Park Dong-won's decisive error. LG put in Jang Hyun-sik, a must-win group, but leadoff hitter Jang Doo-sung got on base with a hit. Then, Park Dong-won's throwing error, who chose second base when Park Seung-wook grounded out in front of the catcher, came out and became the first and second bases with no outs.

Naturally, a sacrifice bunt and four pitches followed. The LG bench chose Jeon Jun-woo instead of Reyes. He then showed his will to win by putting in the finishing pitcher Yoo Young-chan.

A man who doesn't get old even at 39 years old! Preemptive two-run shot → Promised 8th final hit...2nd place in 62 days. Captain Junwoo's hand came out
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd. Lotte Jeon Joon-woo, with the bases loaded with one out, cheers after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.03/
However, Jeon Jun-woo led the team to victory with a two-run final double that fell to the third base line. Following Lee Min-seok, Choi Joon-yong and Kim Won-joong took the mound to prevent LG from chasing and secure the victory.




Jeon Jun-woo has a batting average of 293, seven homers and 52 RBIs this season, and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.806. He also has clutch capabilities that he can do when he needs to.

For Jeon Jun-woo, it is the season with the greatest physical burden in recent years. In general, he is dedicated to designated hitters and has only watched defense at the rotation level. In 2023, he played 309 ⅓ innings as a left fielder and 26 ⅔ as a first baseman, and last year, he played 381 ⅓ innings only as a left fielder.

This year, the first half is not over yet, but he is already playing 346 innings. This is because there were no suitable players to take on the outfield as well as batting holes due to the line injuries of the main outfielders. In particular, as relatively inexperienced center field players such as Kim Dong-hyuk and Han Seung-hyun were deployed, head coach Kim Tae-hyung deployed Jeon Joon-woo and Reyes, who are experienced and the mainstay of the lineup, even if the range is narrow as the corner outfield.

A man who doesn't get old even at 39 years old! Preemptive two-run shot → Promised 8th final hit...2nd place in 62 days. Captain Junwoo's hand came out
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 2nd. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung and Jeon Jun-woo, who won, are delighted. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.02/
There was a burden of physical strength, but as the number of defensive innings increased, the defense also became stable. In addition, as he steadily plays defense, his bat is also on fire. Looking at the results alone, there are no major ups and downs throughout the two FA contracts.

Although the bullseye is just around the corner, Jeon Jun-woo is not old. It just shows off its presence more profoundly.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.