Wasn't it a special skill? Hwang Sung-bin, who almost became an escape hero for eight consecutive losses, blew the game with excessive drive on base

Aug 17, 2025

Wasn't it a special skill? Hwang Sung-bin, who almost became an escape hero for eight consecutive losses, blew the game with excessive drive on base
Lotte and Samsung at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th. Lotte's Hwang Sung-bin hit a tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.17/



No, wasn't the base running his specialty.

Lotte Giants' Hwang Sung-bin went back and forth between heaven and hell.

Lotte was 8 to 8 in the game against the Samsung Lions at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th after the 11th inning of extra time. He had a great opportunity to escape eight consecutive losses, but lost the opportunity to escape back-to-back losses due to his continued bonhead play and lack of concentration.




There's so much to say, it's a game where it's hard to talk about everything. In a good way, exciting bloodshed, in a bad way 'Makjang' match.

At the center was Lotte Hwang Sung-bin. Lotte was actually in deep defeat. The game, which had been pushed 1-3, was turned over 7-3, and Kim Won-joong, who was put in early with the bases loaded with one out in the eighth inning, was hit by a tiebreaking bases-loaded single by his opponent Kim Young-woong. On top of that, Kim Won-joong even allowed Diaz to hit a come-from-behind hit in the ninth inning, which seemed to be the main cause of nine consecutive losses.

Wasn't it a special skill? Hwang Sung-bin, who almost became an escape hero for eight consecutive losses, blew the game with excessive drive on base
Lotte and Samsung at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th. Lotte's Hwang Sung-bin hit a tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.17/
There was a person who saved this Lotte, so it was Hwang Sung-bin. Hwang Sung-bin, who was originally a pinch runner for the No. 4 Reyes, hit an incredible miracle-tying solo shot against his opponent Kim Tae-hoon in the ninth inning with one out. Lotte's side began to revive when Hwang Sung-bin, who had five career home runs and zero this year, hit a home run directly on the right pole. From Samsung's point of view, I would admit it if I was hit by a suitable batter, but the shock was inevitably several times greater because I was hit by Hwang Sung-bin.




That's how it went in extra time. Hwang created an atmosphere to become the hero of the day. In the bottom of the 11th inning of the final extra inning, Yang Chang-seop, a pitcher who was changed, hit a heavy hit and got on base with one out and no runner in the ninth inning. And he managed to steal second base. Escape eight consecutive losses, a chance to end.

The opponent filtered Yoon Dong-hee, and Lotte Bench sent out Park Chan-hyung, who has good contact ability, as a pinch hitter. Park Chan-hyung pushed Yang Chang-seop's ball well. However, it flew to a position where it was difficult to be sure that it would fall completely between third base and shortstop. In that case, it's standard for the runner on second base to do a back.

However, Hwang Sung-bin's judgment on batting was too fast, and after the ball was sucked into shortstop Lee Jae-hyun's glove, he was leisurely out at second base. If Hwang Sung-bin had lived, he would have another chance, but the chance to end in vain was gone.




It should be acknowledged that Hwang Sung-bin went all the way to extra time and did not lose nine consecutive games, but the last base run became a more regrettable play because Hwang Sung-bin had a good base run.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.