4-day break Park Se-woong rocking → 10.7 billion Lotte Killers revived! The original monster has another home run...KT returns to fourth place jointly after catching Lotte
Aug 27, 2025
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KT Wiz won 7-2 in Game 14 of the season against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th, avenging the previous day's defeat.
With the victory, KT changed its opponent with Lotte this season to five wins, seven losses and two draws. After the LG Twins, Hanwha Eagles, and Lotte this season, he became the fourth player to win 60 games (4 draws and 58 losses) this season. He returned to the fourth place tied with Lotte.
On the other hand, Lotte won two consecutive games after a long tunnel of 12 consecutive losses, and then immediately beat it. He lost for the 58th time (60 wins and 5 draws), failing to close the gap with the third-place SSG Landers.
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Lotte faced Park Chan-hyung (3rd base), Jang Doo-sung (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (right wing), Reyes (designated hitter), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Son Ho-young (second base), Lee Ho-joon (striker) and Kim Dong-hyuk (left wing). The first choice is Park Se-woong.
KT manager Lee Kang-chul, who met before the game, said of starting pitcher Oh Won-seok who pitched hard the previous day "He became a completely different pitcher this year." Good throw. Now all the weaknesses have been improved."
Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung explained "Lee Min-seok will be taken back once, and Park Se-woong and Gamboa will play the rotation on the 4th." Lee Min-seok is not moving to the bullpen, but he will flexibly go back and forth between the starting pitcher and the bullpen depending on the remaining game schedule.
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Kang Baek-ho, who appeared as a leadoff hitter in the top of the second inning, hit Park Se-woong's outer fork ball on the third base in the ball count 1B1S and crossed the right fence. It was a big home run with a distance of 120 meters.
Lotte had three hits in the bottom of the first inning alone, but failed to score. Jang Doo-sung, who was running to third base when Ko Seung-min had a hit with one out, was thrown out by KT right fielder Ahn Hyun-min's monster throw. Reyes' subsequent hit made him reach first and third base with two outs, but Yoo Kang-nam struck out three pitches. In the bottom of the second inning, leadoff hitter Na Seung-yeop's double and Lee Ho-joon's walk after one out gave him a chance to get first and second bases with one out, but failed to score due to a failed follow-up hit.
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However, KT immediately won the game by scoring three points in the top of the fifth inning. After one out, Hwang Jae-kyun got on base with a double, pinch hitter Kang Hyun-woo's timely hit in the first and third bases with one out made by opponent's wild pitch and Jang Jin-hyuk's walk, Lotte's failure to win a home game when Jang Jun-won made a sacrifice bunt, and Huh Kyung-min's timely hit followed.
Park Se-woong recently suffered four consecutive losses due to the loss. On the 10th, he collapsed with seven runs in five ⅔ innings against SSG Landers, and on the 16th against the Samsung Lions, he lost even after recording three runs in six innings of quality start. On the 22nd, he lost the game against the NC Dinos by allowing six runs (one earned) due to a defensive error in five ⅔ innings.
In the game on the same day, he ended up allowing four runs without completing six innings and recording his 10th loss of the season (11 wins). Although he had a good momentum of winning eight consecutive games at the beginning of the season, he has already faced a double-digit defeat as he suffered a severe slump and has been shaken since then.
Lotte also had Ko Seung-min's triple after one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, but Reyes' well-hit ground ball headed to the front of the third baseman, and Ko Seung-min failed to connect with the score.
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However, KT starter Ko Young-pyo allowed eight hits and four outs until the sixth inning, but allowed only one run due to calm crisis management and strikeouts he added every time he faced a crisis. It revived the pride of Lotte killer, who collapsed with seven runs in two ⅔ innings during the match against Lotte on June 27. Along with achieving 10 wins this season, he also lowered his ERA to 2.85.
KT's batters scored three points in the top of the seventh inning to seal the victory. After one out, Kang Baek-ho and Kim Sang-soo's timely hit, Hwang Jae-gyun's hit, and Jang Jin-hyuk's sacrifice fly followed in the first and second bases with one out made by Stephenson's walk and Ahn Hyun-min's hit. Lotte tried hard to put in Park Jin instead of Yoon Sung-bin, but failed to prevent the score.
Lotte also had a chance to hit first and second bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning with consecutive hits by Park Chan-hyung and Jang Doo-sung, but Reyes' sacrifice fly made up for only one run. Despite the wide gap in points, KT beat Lotte's will to chase by pitching a series of must-win pitchers such as Lee Sang-dong, Son Dong-hyun and Kim Min-soo.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
