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| The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Lotte won the game 5-3. Coach Kim Tae-hyung is welcoming the players. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.27/ |
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| The second of three consecutive games between Kiwoom and Lotte during the week at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 23rd. Lotte Choi Jun-yong pitching. Gocheok=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.23/ |
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| A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 22nd. Lotte Jung Chul-won is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.22/ |
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It was real. Manager Kim Tae-hyung's plan to do 'Secret baseball' actually took place.
Lotte Giants shook off the chase in a big 9-2 lead at home against the NC Dinos at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 31st, won 11-5 and maintained their third place with a 2-1 winning series.
Lotte seemed to have decided the game in the beginning by leading 9-2 with Son Ho-young's first grand slam in the bottom of the third inning after hitting a batter in the bottom of the second inning. In addition, Davison, a foreign pitcher with eight wins, is the starting pitcher. Davison, however, failed to display cool pitching despite his big lead. In the top of the fifth inning, he allowed a right triple to Kim Joo-won with one out and a runner on the first base, followed by two runs to Kwon Hee-dong with a sacrifice fly to right field. He allowed a walk to Park Kun-woo, caught Lee Woo-sung with a fly to center field, finished the fifth inning, and met the requirements for a winning pitcher. When the number of pitches reached 88 by the fifth inning, manager Kim Tae-hyung put up Kim Kang-hyun in the top of the sixth inning.
However, Kim Kang-hyun is in crisis. He allowed the bases loaded with three consecutive hits after one out. When left-handed batter Choi Won-joon came to bat, manager Kim raised left-handed pitcher Chung Hyun-soo, and Chung Hyun-soo caught Choi Won-joon with a sacrifice fly to left field. In the crisis of 9-5. 2 outs and 1st and 2nd bases, coach Kim's choice of card was Choi Jun-yong, a must-winner. Even in a crisis situation, it was thought that it would be a little early to put Choi Joon-yong up by four points in the sixth inning, but manager Kim chose Lotte's best bullpen pitcher, Choi Jun-yong, at the batter's box of Kim Joo-won, who had a double and a triple on the day to break the flow of NC. Choi Jun-yong sent Kim Joo-won out with a hit ball and was on the verge of loading the bases again, but he handled Kwon Hee-dong with a straight hit to the third baseman to prevent additional runs.
In addition, he took the mound in the top of the seventh inning and finished Park Gun-woo, Lee Woo-sung and Seo Ho-cheol after catching Hong Jong-pyo in turn.
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| The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Chung Hyun-soo, who took over the mound in the fifth inning, is pitching. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.26/ |
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| A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Lotte Giants at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 22nd. Lotte's Kim Kang-hyun is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.22/ |
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| Lotte Yoon Sung-bin is pitching hard in the top of the seventh inning against Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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As Lotte failed to score an additional point and the four-point gap was maintained, head coach Kim also made a must-win group in the top of the eighth inning. Jung Chul-won took the mound and finished with three outs in the top of the eighth inning.
An additional point came out in the bottom of the eighth inning. After two outs, he combined three hits and one walk to get two runs. It was out of range with an 11-5, six-point gap.
Coach Kim put Yoon Sung-bin, who can be seen as a chasing team, on the mound at the top of the ninth inning. With six points to spare, Yoon Sung-bin caught Choi Won-joon with a ground ball in front of the first baseman, and Choi Jung-won hit a big hit to center field, but he caught two outs thanks to center fielder Jang Doo-sung's good defense. He struck out pinch hitter Oh Young-soo to end the game.
Coach Kim said he would make an all-out fight in the second half like a short-term game. "Now we have to go short-term until the end of the season."When you win, you have to catch it all in vain. " he said. At the same time, closing Kim Won-joong also said he could come out even when he was not in a save situation. Chung Hyun-soo and Choi Jun-yong got a hold because of the crisis, but Jung Cheol-won took the mound even though it was not a hold situation. It was a scene where we could see head coach Kim's 'Secret Agent Operation' that he would definitely catch the game that he could win. The way he cut off the opponent's flow with the best card was clearly seen by the master's know-how to advance to the Korean Series for seven consecutive years.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
