Not like Kim Tae-hyung, hesitating about the outcome? There was a reason...As it turns out, you can't finish it.

Jul 09, 2025

Not like Kim Tae-hyung, hesitating about the outcome? There was a reason...As it turns out, you can't finish it.
The game between Doosan and Lotte at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium on the 8th, and Kim Jin-wook leaves the mound after being hit by a tiebreaking two-run shot by Cave in the top of the 8th inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.08/



Not like Kim Tae-hyung, hesitating about the outcome? There was a reason...As it turns out, you can't finish it.
The game between Doosan and Lotte at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium on the 8th, and Kim Jin-wook, first base with no outs, allowed a tiebreaking two-run home run to the Cave in the top of the 8th inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.08/
A young starter's first win in six years, and an opportunity to accelerate his pursuit of No. 1 for the team.

In the eighth inning with a 5-3 lead, there was a hesitation that was not like head coach Kim Tae-hyung. The hesitation was directly linked to defeat.

Lotte lost the game 5-8 in the first game of the final series of the first half against the Doosan Bears at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 8th.




Jang Doo-sung (infield hit), Han Tae-yang (double), Park Chan-hyung (triple) and Reyes (home run) pushed against Choi Min-seok in the bottom of the fifth inning, showing their concentration by winning four points at once. It was also impressive that Hong Min-ki, a surprise starter, pitched well with one run in five innings with a maximum 153km fastball.

Doosan continued to chase with Oh Myung-jin's home run, but Lotte added one more run due to the opponent's error in the bottom of the seventh inning, leading 5-3 and on the verge of victory.

However, the bullpen was shaken. Chung Hyun-soo and Kim Kang-hyun barely finished the seventh inning by spending even Chung Chul-won as they failed to fill one inning.




Therefore, I had a concern ahead of the eighth inning. It was too much to entrust Jeong Cheol-won, who pitched one ⅔ inning two days ago, to multi-inning again.

Not like Kim Tae-hyung, hesitating about the outcome? There was a reason...As it turns out, you can't finish it.
The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd. Lotte Kim Won-joong is catching his breath. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.03/
Lotte would normally have finished with Choi Jun-yong in the eighth inning and Kim Won-joong in the ninth inning. But there was a problem on this day. Kim Won-joong was unable to take the mound.

A Lotte official said "Kim Won-joong was examined for shoulder pain and discomfort. Fortunately, there was nothing wrong, but today he was out of the rest group not taking the mound", he explained.




In the end, at least two outs in the eighth inning were needed to put in Choi Joon-yong. But there was no pitcher to hold the two outs. It was the moment when it was revealed how close Lotte's top three runs were this season.

Koo Seung-min, who took the mound in the eighth inning, walked to Doosan's Jung Soo-bin, and Kim Jin-wook, who followed, was hit by Doosan Cave with a superior two-run shot. It was also a moment when the flow of the game fluctuated and Hong Min-ki's first victory was erased.

Not like Kim Tae-hyung, hesitating about the outcome? There was a reason...As it turns out, you can't finish it.
Lotte starter Hong Min-ki is pitching hard in a game between Doosan and Lotte at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium on the 8th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.08/
Kim Jin-wook allowed a home run to Cave on the fourth pitch with a ball count of 2B1S, which was 123km. It was a well-controlled ball that was full on a low course on the body.

However, left-handed hitters who hit clean-up trios, especially foreign players, tend to prefer lower-body balls than far-flung strike zones outside. This is because they know how to swing when they need a long shot. Earlier, Reyes' home run also hit Choi Min-seok's 132km sweeper slightly off the strike zone, which landed on the low course of the body.

After the tie, the flow of the game rapidly leaned toward Doosan. Lotte put in veteran Kim Sang-soo, but Doosan turned the game around with Park Gye-beom hitting a two-run timely hit with one out and the bases loaded with Kim Jae-hwan's hit, Park Joon-soon's double and Oh Myung-jin's intentional four pitches. Cave hit a wedge in the top of the ninth inning with consecutive home runs, and Lotte failed to regain its lead and fell to third place.

Not like Kim Tae-hyung, hesitating about the outcome? There was a reason...As it turns out, you can't finish it.
Dusan and Lotte games at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium on the 8th, Doosan Cave hitting a tie-breaking two-run home run with no outs in the top of the 8th inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.08/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.