Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young + Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom

Aug 03, 2025

Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
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/



Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Park Se-woong, who pitched well with three runs until the seventh inning, is welcoming the fielders. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/
Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Reyes is celebrating after hitting a hit with two outs and a runner on first base in the top of the first inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/
Lotte Giants won once again over Kiwoom Heroes with overwhelming force.

Lotte won 9-3 in Game 3 of the weekend series against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 3rd, showing off the strength of its hot lineup for the first time in a long time.

With the victory, Lotte recorded its 57th win (three draws and 44 losses) this season, continuing to trail the first-place Hanwha Eagles and the second-place LG Twins. Lotte in 3rd place and SSG in 4th place have some room because they have a five-game difference (based on the game), while SSG to Samsung Lions in 8th place are intertwined by only two and a half games.




However, Lotte has recently won four consecutive series and is on the rise again. The foundation of the must-win group, which leads to Hong Min-ki, Jung Chul-won, and Choi Jun-yong, was established, and the starters, including Park Se-woong, Na Kyun-an, and Lee Min-seok, stabilized with Gamboa as the center. In the batting lineup, the main hitters except Na Seung-yeop seem to be improving overall.

Kiwoom recorded its 71st loss (29 wins and 4 draws) due to the loss on the day. There is no significant rebound after falling to the bottom of the ranking table early in the season. After Alcantara, another foreign pitcher Mercedes has been recruited, but 40 games are still frustrating.

Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Jeong Se-young, who allowed three runs due to poor control in the top of the first inning, is being replaced. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/
Lotte played in the lineup of Jang Doo-sung (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (first base), Son Ho-young (third base), Reyes (left wing), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Han Tae-yang (second base), and Park Seung-wook (striker). Na Seung-yeop uses Ko Seung-min on the first base without Na Seung-yeop, and Han Tae-yang, who has a good hitting sense, continues to play second base. Jeon Joon-woo, who was excluded from the starting lineup due to pain, also returned. The first choice is Park Se-woong.




Kiwoom faced Song Sung-moon (3rd base), Lim Ji-yeol (1st base), Lee Ju-hyung (designated hitter), Cardinez (right wing), Kim Tae-jin (2nd base), Kim Gun-hee (catcher), Joo Sung-won (left wing), Kwon Hyuk-bin (center fielder) and Oh Sun-jin (striker). Lee Ju-hyung fell out as a designated hitter during defense the previous day, and Kwon Hyuk-bin, who was watching shortstop, went out to center field. Instead, veteran Oh Sun-jin took over as shortstop. The first choice is rookie Jeong Se-young.

Before the game, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said of Na Seung-yeop's cancellation of the first team, `I can't even hit the ball in the middle. He was upset that he couldn't get the timing right. He explained that he will decide to return to the first team after watching his performance at Futures.

Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Lotte Manager Kim Tae-hyung. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/
Kiwoom's acting head coach Seol Jong-jin said of Kim Yoon-ha, whose first win of the season was canceled the previous day, `I will continue to give Kim Yoon-ha and Jung Hyun-woo a chance to start even after Mercedes joins the rotation.'




The victory or defeat was actually decided in the beginning. Lotte hit Kiwoom's mound with three consecutive points in the first to third innings. It seemed to relieve the sadness of losing eight scoreless innings to Alcantara in the first game of the series and two outs in the top of the ninth inning in the previous day's game.

After two outs in the top of the first inning, Son Ho-young, Reyes, Yoon Dong-hee scored the first run with three consecutive hits. Jeon Jun-woo's walk was followed by a bases loaded with two outs.

Here, Yoo Kang-nam walked straight and Han Tae-yang walked again after a full count to the 9th pitch, 3-0 as two consecutive pushes came out.

Kiwoom quickly replaced the starter here. Another rookie, Im Jin-mook, took the mound and put out the lights.

Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. In the top of the third inning, Yoon Dong-hee, with one out and runners on second base, smiles at Kim Sun-ki, saying he is okay after being hit with consecutive at-bats. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/
However, Im Jin-mook also gave up two additional runs in an instant with a triple to leadoff hitter Jang Doo-sung in the second inning, a walk to Ko Seung-min, and a successive timely hit to Son Ho-young and Reyes. Left fielder Joo Sung-won's error also overlapped. Yoon Dong-hee went out with a hit ball, and Jeon Jun-woo's sacrifice fly widened the score to 6-0.

Im Jin-mook was replaced by Kim Sun-ki after allowing another run with three consecutive hits to Park Seung-wook, Jang Doo-sung and Ko Seung-min in the third inning. However, it was not enough to stop Lotte's heated lineup. Son Ho-young's timely hit and Reyes' RBI double followed to make it 9-0.

Here again, Yoon Dong-hee was hit by a ball that hit her body, and the atmosphere subsided for a while. Kim Sun-ki struck out Jeon Joon-woo and caught Yoo Kang-nam with a fly ball to left field before finishing the third inning.

Until the third inning, Kiwoom's batters failed to make a clear point against Park Se-woong except for hits by Lim Ji-yeol and Kim Gun-hee. In the fourth inning, Cardinez got on base with a walk, but Kim Tae-jin's straight hit to the first base led to a double play. Yoon Dong-hee, who was hit by consecutive at-bats, was replaced by Hwang Sung-bin after the top of the fifth inning.

Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
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/
Still, Kiwoom also fought back while veteran Kim Sun-ki stopped three innings well with two hits and no runs. The first batter, Kim Gun-hee, survived with a not-out wild pitch, and made up one run with consecutive ground balls following Joo Sung-won's hit. He then scored a second point thanks to Song Seong-moon's timely hit. Unfortunately, however, Lee struck out at a chance with two outs and runners on the first and second bases that he seized due to a third baseman's error.

Kiwoom recovered one run at the bottom of the seventh inning with Song Sung-moon, Lim Ji-yeol and Lee Ju-hyung's consecutive hits after two outs, but the chase ended there. Following Kim Sun-ki, Yoon Seok-won (3 innings) and Oh Seok-joo (1 inning) continued their scoreless pitching.

Lotte's batters failed to score additional points after Burning in the beginning, but they did not miss the flow thanks to starter Park Se-woong's hard-fought effort with eight hits, four outs, and three runs until the seventh inning. The 92 well-managed pitches also stood out. Lotte finished the game without additional runs by posting Kim Kang-hyun in the eighth inning and Park Jin in the ninth inning.

Is it the grounding? The giant of advance scored a stormy nine points through the third inning...Son Ho-young Reyes 6 hits and 4 RBIs → Park Se-woong's 7 innings of hard work. Winning for 4 consecutive innings after catching Kiwoom
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Lotte fans, who filled the third-base stands, are cheering hotly. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.