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Lotte and Samsung at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th. Lotte Han Tae-yang hit a timely RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.17/ |
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Was it a genius play that embarrassed everyone or just a bonehead play.
The Lotte Giants and the Samsung Lions could not avoid an 8-8 game after a bloody battle in the 11th inning in the final game of the weekend's three consecutive games at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th. Two busy teams, none of them used up their strength of strength and laughed.
Kim Young-woong's dramatic tie-breaking grand slam in the eighth inning and Hwang Sung-bin's crazier tie-breaking solo shot in the ninth inning had a lot to say. However, it was Samsung infielder Yang Yang-geun's error in the bottom of the seventh inning that completely changed the direction of the game.
The situation was like this. Samsung, which was leading 3-1, began to falter after starting pitcher Lee Seung-hyun and catcher Kang Min-ho were absent in the seventh inning. Lee Ho-sung was hit hard and allowed a 3-3 tie. And the situation with one out and runners on first and second bases.
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Lotte and Samsung at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th. With one out and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the seventh inning. Lotte scored by two runners due to Samsung's throwing error. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.17/ |
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Son Ho-young's ball went strongly toward third baseman Kim Young-woong. a strong grounder. Kim Young-woong caught it well. If it's a ground ball, the first baseman has to push to the second base anyway, so Lotte's second baseman Han Tae-yang has to run to the third base unconditionally. Kim Young-woong chose to throw to second base, so he could live by running to third base.
But from here, things got complicated. Suddenly, Han Tae-yang came back to second base. Perhaps embarrassed by this, Kim Young-woong fumbled the ball once and the throw was late. He threw the ball at second base, but Ko Seung-min's feet are fast and safe. In a hurry, Han Tae-yang started running to third base. Samsung's second baseman Yang Yang-geun, who received the ball, was also in a hurry. I was able to catch Han Tae-yang at third base. But maybe in a hurry, this throw fell out again. It was caught in the Samsung dugout on the third base side. The runner's safety right will be given. Both Han Tae-yang and Ko Seung-min are home-in. The batter Son Ho-young came to third base. Inexplicable in Lotte's words 'nuclear gain'
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Lotte and Samsung at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th. With one out and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the seventh inning. Lotte scored by two runners due to Samsung's throwing error. Yang Yang-geun, who made a mistake in throwing. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.17/ |
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Lotte's batters, who had lost their confidence by winning eight consecutive games, scored this point and caught fire, and pinch hitter Roh Jin-hyuk's two-run timely hit made a 7-3 run. In other words, Lotte could have faced a crisis that could have lost nine consecutive games if Samsung had prevented an additional run from 0 to 2 points in the seventh inning with 3-3 without that error. One scene of this error completely turned the game upside down.
Yang Yang-geun's throwing mistake is the primary problem, but it was Han Tae-yang's ridiculous (?) base that triggered all this situation. If it's a ball that's confused with a straight hit, it can be like that, but it was a ground ball from the beginning. Why did he come back. Was it a 'reverse idea' to shake up the opponent's infield, or was Han Tae-yang's inexperienced bonehead play luckily affecting Lotte.
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Lotte and Samsung at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th. With one out and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the seventh inning. Lotte's Ko Seung-min scored due to Samsung's throwing error. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.17/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.