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| Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Son Ho-young is celebrating after hitting a hit with two outs in the top of the first inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/ |
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'Original lucky charm' Son Ho-young is perfectly revived.
He has a batting average of 378 (14 hits in 37 times at bat) in the second half. In the game against the Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes on the 3rd, he also scored 3 hits and 2 RBIs in 5 at-bats to lead his team Lotte Giants to victory. It is the third time for three hits in the second half of the season.
Last year, he hit the most home runs in the team (18), and even revived his slugging power, which was responsible for the Lotte Giants' shot. The slugging ratio in the second half of the year was a whopping 622, and the on-base plus slugging ratio (OPS) reached 1.064.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `The third hitter is a position where you have to definitely solve your chances. He once said, "Players who play without hesitation are better than snow baseball under the premise that they play well.'
Son Ho-young is the perfect player for the head coach's theory. Last year, he played 204 at-bats, nearly half of the total 428 at-bats, as a third hitter, and when he was confirmed to have a special hitting sense after returning, he took the third batter again.
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He hit a batting average of 318 with 18 home runs and an OPS of 0.896, completely regaining his presence last year when he instantly secured a clean-up of the giant corps. Even then, the gap between the batting average and the on-base percentage (35.56 percent) was not large. Rather than picking it out, it's a type of badball heater that hits it. Instead, he has excellent ability to hit and has a long shot.
What is the secret to getting rid of the heartache that he suffered from this season's sluggishness and repeated injuries. This is the result of regaining his fearless activism from the beginning.
The match on the 3rd was typical of Son Ho-young. On this day, Lotte scored three consecutive points in three innings in the first to third innings, and Son Ho-young led the team's offense by hitting three consecutive innings.
Looking at this process, the first at-bat in the first inning hit the first pitch, the second inning hit the second pitch, and the third inning hit the first pitch again. The first inning was the team's first hit with two outs, and it was an RBI timely hit in the second and third innings, respectively. The directions of the three hits are also different, with hits in left-center, right-center, and left-center.
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He stepped down as a mistake, but he also hit the first pitch in the fourth at-bat and recorded an infield fly ball and a fly ball to right field for three pitches in the last at-bat.
Son Ho-young's batting tendency is evident in the records by count. When hitting (first pitch, 0B1S, 1B0S) within two pitches, Son Ho-young's batting average is as high as 402 (37 hits in 97 at-bats). The longer the at-bat, the more he seems to forget the record. This tendency was also evident last year.
It is a pioneer that seems to be measured with a ruler, and is clearly different from the general meaning of 'good hitter' who picks out bad balls and aims for good balls. In other words, he is a batter who strikes in order to catch the count with a good batting sense.
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Lotte is aiming for a chance by watching the Hanwha Eagles and LG Twins, who are competing for the lead, as well as solidly maintaining their third place by achieving four consecutive wins in the last series. This is thanks to the revival of Son Ho-young and other batters.
After the game, Son Ho-young said, "Since returning, the timing of the hit has been consistently good. I played comfortably today because I had a hit in the scoring position at the beginning of the game"I looked back.
"I think we should review what we lacked in defense (the fifth inning error) rather than hitting." I want to help pitchers with defense when they have to finish the inning. It didn't help me at all today"I was lucky to have enough points today, but at times like this, I want to show you that I'm more focused on the basics."," he stressed.
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| Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Son Ho-young, who scored on Yoon Dong-hee's hit with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the first inning, is being congratulated by head coach Kim Tae-hyung. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
