The mega Giants' explosion of the home run king surprise pitcher debut white flag...Lotte's 12th consecutive loss is finally over
Aug 24, 2025
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Lotte won 17-5 in an away game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 24th. Lotte came out of its 12th consecutive loss, bringing its season record to 59 wins, 5 draws and 57 losses. At the same time, he beat out the NC Dinos (54 wins, 6 draws and 54 losses) to rise to fourth place with the KT Wiz (59 wins, 5 draws and 57 losses), who won against Doosan on the day.
Lotte starter Vince Velazquez allowed four runs in six innings, but he was able to become a winning pitcher for the team's batting lineup. He won his first game in three games since coming to the KBO League.
On this day, Lotte organized the starting lineup in the order of Park Chan-hyung (second baseman), Noh Jin-hyuk (third baseman), Ko Seung-min (right fielder), Victor Reyes (designated hitter), Yoo Kang-nam (possession), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Lee Ho-joon (striker), Jang Doo-sung (midfielder), and Hwang Sung-bin (right fielder).
NC's Kim Joo-won (striker), Choi Won-joon (middle fielder), Park Min-woo (designated hitter), Matt Davison (first baseman), Park Gun-woo (right fielder), Lee Woo-sung (left fielder), Kim Hwi-jip (third baseman), Kim Hyung-joon (possession) and Seo Ho-cheol (second baseman) started.
Lotte scored points from the beginning of the first inning and strongly showed its willingness to escape the losing streak. With leadoff hitter Park Chan-hyung's double and Roh Jin-hyuk's walk, he got a chance at first and second bases with no outs. Ko Seung-min's groundout caught the runner on second base at third base, but Reyes' home run took a 3-0 lead.
In the top of the second inning, Lotte added one more point with Jang Doo-sung's walk, Hwang Sung-bin's sacrifice bunt, and Park Chan-hyung's triple. However, NC again made the gap a three-run difference with Park Gun-woo's walk and Lee Woo-sung Kim Hyung-joon's hit in the bottom of the second inning.
In the top of the third inning, Lotte added one more run with a walk by Reyes and a hit by Na Seung-yeop and Lee Ho-joon, and later a walk by Jang Doo-sung made the bases loaded. Then, Hwang Sung-bin's sacrifice fly made it 6-1.
NC showed its willingness to chase with a solo home run by leadoff hitter Kim Joo-won in the bottom of the third inning.
The first half of the fourth inning was the match. Lotte created an atmosphere of escaping consecutive losses early by making a big inning. Leading hitter Ko Seung-min hit a double, and Reyes's true hit came out. Lotte, which added one run with Yoo Kang-nam's infield hit, had a full base chance again with Na Seung-yeop's walk and Lee Ho-joon's hit, and two runners homered as defensive errors continued when Jang Doo-sung grounded out. Later, Hwang Sung-bin's ground ball in front of the pitcher became a defensive error and loaded the bases, followed by Park Chan-hyung's two-run timely hit and Noh Jin-hyuk, Ko Seung-min, and Reyes' timely hit march. He scored eight points in the top of the fourth inning alone, widening the score to 14-2.
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NC gained strength once again with Davison's two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Lee Woo-sung's walk in the bottom of the ninth inning, Kim Hwi-jip's hit ball, and a grounder from Park Se-hyuk's at-bat?? The defensive errors overlapped and added one more point, but it was not enough to fill the gap.
Following Velazquez, Jung Hyun-soo (1 scoreless inning), Choi Jun-yong (1 scoreless inning), Kim Jin-wook (0 scoreless inning), and Park Jin-jin (1 scoreless inning) came up in order to keep the victory.
While Lee Joon-hyuk was shaken by four runs in one ⅓ inning, Jeon Sa-min (two in the first ⅓ inning), Son Joo-hwan (five runs and one earned run in the first ⅓ inning), Kim Tae-hoon (five runs and four earned runs in the first ⅓ inning), Choi Woo-seok (one run in two innings) and Kim Min-gyu (one scoreless in the first ⅔ inning) came up in order. After leaving the last out count in the top of the ninth inning, Davidson, the home run king, took a surprise mound last year and handled Hwang Sung-bin out.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
