Park Chan hyung skipped and went Seungmin? That's what I did, too. The first end of my life! The pride of a 25-year-old giant hero, I'm Lotte's main hitter

Aug 28, 2025

Park Chan hyung skipped and went Seungmin? That's what I did, too. The first end of my life! The pride of a 25-year-old giant hero, I'm Lotte's main hitter
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. The bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning. Ko Seung-min is cheering after hitting a walk-off hit. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.28/



Park Chan hyung skipped and went Seungmin? That's what I did, too. The first end of my life! The pride of a 25-year-old giant hero, I'm Lotte's main hitter
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. The bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning. Ko Seung-min is cheering after hitting a walk-off hit. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.28/
Park Chan hyung skipped and went Seungmin? That's what I did, too. The first end of my life! The pride of a 25-year-old giant hero, I'm Lotte's main hitter
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. The bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning. Ko Seung-min is cheering after hitting a walk-off hit. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.28/
"(Park) Chan-hyung skipped and expected to come to me. Even if I were the head coach of the opposing team, I would have done that."

He chose himself instead of a three-month-old rookie from the independent league. He repaid his wounded pride with a shot of ending it.

Lotte Giants succeeded in a 3-2 upset victory with Park Chan-hyung's equalizer in the bottom of the 10th inning and Ko Seung-min's walk-off hit in the bottom of the 11th inning in Game 15 of the season against KT Wiz at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th.




It was literally a miraculous reversal. Hwang Sung-bin's superb steal in the bottom of the sixth inning scored the first point with an opponent's error, but Park Chan-hyung's ambiguous defense allowed the tie. In the top of the 10th inning of extra time, Kang Baek-ho hit a come-from-behind shot.

Lotte's baseball started there. In the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time, Park Chan-hyung finished KT and fired an equalizer from Park Young-hyun, the No. 1 relief pitcher.

In the bottom of the 11th inning, Roh Jin-hyuk and Jang Doo-sung made consecutive hits with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, and the KT bench automatically chose four pitches against Park Chan-hyung, who hit a home run earlier. That's how 'Park Chan-hyung skipped and Ko Seung-min' was made.




Park Chan hyung skipped and went Seungmin? That's what I did, too. The first end of my life! The pride of a 25-year-old giant hero, I'm Lotte's main hitter
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. The bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning. Ko Seung-min is cheering after hitting a walk-off hit. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.28/
From Ko Seung-min's point of view, his pride could have been hurt. And he paid back the hurt with a walk-off hit. It is the first end in seven years since his professional debut.

Ko Seung-min, who met after the game, smiled broadly, saying, "(It was a really important series, but I'm so glad I won."

"I thought only Doo-sung should go out. (Park) Chan-hyung skipped and expected it to come to me. He's weak in scoring, and Chan-hyung is so good at it these days. I just thought, 'Let's spin it without regret, let's not get it right. It was a hit because I turned it confidently."




Ko Seung-min said "It was a battle of concentration, but our concentration was better. Chan-hyung, Doo-sung, and (Roh) Jin-hyuk did so well. Thank you..." he clenched his fist.

This season, he is moving around in various positions in left field, left field, and right field. He is Lotte's No. 3 voice hero. Ko Seung-min said "If the team wins, nothing is hard. If I can walk around like that and win more, I'll do as much as I want. Nothing" raised his voice. Then "When Chan-hyung hit a home run, I thought I could win today. Thanks to you, I got a good chance. I want to tell you that I did a great job," he stressed.

Park Chan hyung skipped and went Seungmin? That's what I did, too. The first end of my life! The pride of a 25-year-old giant hero, I'm Lotte's main hitter
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. The bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning. Ko Seung-min is cheering under water washing after hitting a walk-off hit. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.28/
It's the first end since our debut. Ko Seungmin said, "I wanted to hit it at least once," he said with a chuckle. He then stressed that even if I were the KT coach or coach, Chan-hyung would have skipped and played against me.

He also revealed a sense of responsibility for the incredible reality of 12 consecutive losses and the first long-term losing streak since the 2002-2003 Baek In-cheon era.

"I'm the main player and the main player of this team, and I think the losing streak has been prolonged because of me. My mindset was so complacent. Already, there are more players younger than me in the lineup. Still, I ate probab for a year or two more, but I couldn't lead it. There's still a long way to go. I want to win more than half of the remaining games. I will try to play more exemplary and responsible."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.