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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. The bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. KT players won with a finishing error when Jang Jin-hyuk hit an infield ground ball. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. One out and one base in the bottom of the ninth inning. KT Huh Kyung-min got on base with a hit. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. KT Jang Sung-woo hit a two-run homer in the 6th inning. Jung Sung-woo, who is being congratulated by director Lee Kang-chul. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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KT Wiz won the match against Lotte Giants and rose to fourth place thanks to a finishing error.
KT won the game again at 9-8 in the home game against the Lotte Giants at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd due to Jang Joon-won's tying solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning and third baseman Park Chan-hyung's home throw falling back when Jang Jin-hyuk grounded out in front of the third base in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Lotte was fifth and KT was sixth by a half-game before the game, but KT won and became 63 wins, 4 draws and 61 losses, jumping to fourth place jointly with Samsung (63 wins, 2 draws and 61 losses), which lost to Kiwoom on the same day. Lotte came in sixth, half a game behind the two teams, with 62 wins, 6 draws and 61 losses.
KT formed the starting lineup of Huh Kyung-min (third baseman), Stevenson (middle fielder), Ahn Hyun-min (right fielder), Jang Sung-woo (designated hitter), Hwang Jae-gyun (second baseman), Moon Sang-cheol (first baseman), Kang Hyun-gu (catcher), Jang Joon-won (striker), and Yoo Jun-kyu (left fielder). Ahn Hyun-min, who tried to catch a jump against KIA on August 31st and was replaced after being shocked by his left knee during the landing process, started in right field again in three days.
For Lotte, Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (right wing), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Reyes (left wing), Kim Min-sung (third baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Son Ho-young (designated hitter), and Lee Ho-joon (striker) started. Lotte lowered Noh Jin-hyuk to the second division and called up Information Geun and Cho Se-jin to the first division.
It's a match between the parties fighting for the semifinals, and it's a match between KT Emmanuel de Heysus and Lotte Alec Gamboa's left-handed foreign pitchers, so it's all the more interesting.
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. KT Heyesus, who is pitching as a starter. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. Lotte's Gamboa, who is pitching as a starter. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. The bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the first inning. KT Hwang Jae-gyun made a timely hit with the first two RBIs. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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We exchanged scores once in the beginning.
In the bottom of the first inning, KT took advantage of Gamboa's poor control to score the first point. Hwang Jae-gyun hit a two-run heavy hit to make it 2-0 with a bases loaded with one out made by Huh Kyung-min's heavy hit and Ahn Hyun-min's consecutive walks. Moon Sang-chul then walked again to load the bases with one out, and Kang Hyun-woo's sacrifice fly to center field allowed even Jang Joon-won to walk to load the bases with two outs, but Yoo Jun-kyu struck out and failed to escape further.
Lotte chased immediately in the top of the second inning. Han Tae-yang drew a walk and loaded the bases with one out on hits by Reyes and Yoo Kang-nam, and Son Ho-young hit a left-center hit to score two runs, making it a one-run gap at once at 2-3. With one out and runners on the first and third bases, however, Lee Ho-joon struck out second baseman fly and Yoon Dong-hee struck out, stopping the chase.
KT made the first and third bases with two outs in the bottom of the second inning with Huh Kyung-min's walk and Jang Sung-woo's hit, but Hwang Jae-kyun only made a fly to right field.
Heysus and Gamboa are in a lull in search of stability.
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. KT manager Lee Kang-chul, who comes to the ground during the second inning of the game and appeals to the referee. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. The bases loaded with one out in the second inning. Lotte's Son Ho-young made a timely two-run hit. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. KT Jang Sung-woo hit a solo home run against Lotte Gamboa in the 5th inning. Jang Sung-woo, who is being congratulated by director Lee Kang-chul. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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Jang Sung-woo came out as the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fifth inning and hit a solo shot over the left-center fence. He hit a high fastball of 154km for the fifth time in 2B2S to make a home run.
KT then scored an additional point of a solid victory in the bottom of the sixth inning. He scored one run with two doubles by Huh Kyung-min and Ahn Hyun-min against the changed pitcher Choi Joon-yong after one death to make it 5-2, and Jang Sung-woo rolled up a fastball in the middle of changed pitcher Yoon Sung-bin's 154km to shoot a two-run shot in the left-center. Jang Sung-woo hit his seventh consecutive homer in his career. 7-2, 5-point difference.
I was leaning to KT like this, but Lotte countered in the top of the seventh inning.
Leading Son Ho-young hit a lucky double from second pitcher Son Dong-hyun. The missed ball fell to a place where the center fielder, second baseman, and shortstop could not catch it, and Son Ho-young ran to second base in the meantime. Pinch-hitter Park Chan-hyung then hit a double to right field to make it 3-7. Yoon Dong-hee stepped down with a fly to shortstop, but Ko Seung-min got a walk, and Na Seung-yeop also drew a walk from Lee Sang-dong, who was changed, creating a chance for a one-out full base. And Reyes hit a two-run left-handed hit to make it 5-7, two-run difference. And Kim Min-sung hit a double to ride above the third base, adding another point to the 6-7, one-run gap.
Yoo Kang-nam struck out swinging and became the second and third base with two outs, but Han Tae-yang finally homered with two runners in the left-center hit, reversing the game 8-7.
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. KT Ahn Hyun-min hit an RBI double in the sixth inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. Second and third bases with two outs in the seventh inning. Lotte's Han Tae-yang hit a two-run double that turned the game around. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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| The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. Lotte's Yoon Sung-bin allowed a tiebreaking solo home run to KT Jang Joon-won in the bottom of the seventh inning. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/ |
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The atmosphere seemed to have shifted to Lotte, but KT also did not stay put. After two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Jang Joon-won fired a surprise tying solo shot from Yoon Sung-bin. Yoon Sung-bin's 155km fastball was almost driven to the center, and Jang Joon-won's hit crossed the left fence. This season's first home run became a dramatic equalizer.
KT continued this trend. Ahn Chi-young hit a heavy hit and Heo Kyung-min hit a heavy hit to create a come-from-behind chance with two outs and runners on first and third bases. And instead of Stevenson, who was sluggish with no hits in four at-bats, Kang Baek-ho came out as a pinch hitter. The match against Lotte's fourth pitcher Jung Cheol-won. After a full count, the sixth fastball of 151 km was declared a ball and walked.
Jang Jin-hyuk, who replaced Ahn Hyun-min in the top of the seventh inning with the bases loaded with two outs, struck out by swinging all three of Jeong Cheol-won's folk balls.
In the ninth inning, the final match between the two teams was held. KT closer Park Young-hyun came out in the top of the ninth inning and got a hit by Park Seung-wook after two outs, but struck out pinch hitter Jang Doo-sung.
At the bottom of the ninth inning, Lotte closer Kim Won-joong came up. Jang Joon-won, who hit a home run, struck out swinging, but An Chi-young got on base with a right-handed hit, followed by Huh Kyung-min's left-handed hit, creating a chance to end the game with one out and runners on first and second bases. Junghoon Lee, who entered the defense on behalf of Kang Baek-ho, picked out the outside ball for the ninth pitch after a persistent full-count game and drew a walk, continuing the golden opportunity to load the bases with one out.
And Jang Jin-hyuk's at-bat. Lotte's infielders as well as outfielders played extreme forward defense. Jang Jin-hyuk swung the fourth pitch in 2B1S and the ball flowed to the left. Third baseman Park Chan-hyung, who caught the ball, sprayed it home, but it was too high and the catcher could not catch it and fell back. KT's victory was 9 to 8.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
