I got enough rest! The blade of a four-way race between Lotte and the cliff edge...A pitcher with four wins and 14 wins out of four. He's going to shoot for the first time in 9 days.

Sep 08, 2025

I got enough rest! The blade of a four-way race between Lotte and the cliff edge...A pitcher with four wins and 14 wins out of four. He's going to shoot for the first time in 9 days.
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung is greeting the opponent's bench. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.28/



I got enough rest! The blade of a four-way race between Lotte and the cliff edge...A pitcher with four wins and 14 wins out of four. He's going to shoot for the first time in 9 days.
Coach Kim Kyung-moon of Hanwha. Daegu= Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.07/
Lotte Giants are on the edge of the cliff. I met the worst natural enemy of the year here.

Lotte will face Hanwha at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 9th.

Until the 8th, he will have 62 wins, 6 draws, and 62 losses, exactly 50% of his win rate. It is literally the psychological Maginot Line.




The team also seemed to be agitated as it gave up the third place, which had not collapsed even after 12 consecutive losses. If the 50% winning rate collapses, it is literally a crisis that may fall out of control. This season's biggest destination that can determine farming in a year.

I met Hanwha here. There is a five-game gap between the third and seventh and the first. In fact, it's the atmosphere that's solidified the second place.

So it's even more burdensome. Hanwha announced Weiss as its starting pitcher on the 9th.




Ponce (163 ⅔ innings) and Weiss (155 ⅓ innings) are the one-two punches responsible for the second place in Hanwha this year.

As such, he worked diligently in one season's rotation without injury. After NC Dinos Logan (28 games) and KT Wiz Heysus (27 games), the number of games is tied for third with 26 games. In addition, he has steel stamina to play seven to eight innings. Both players have appeared in 26 games and recorded 18 quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs, tied for fourth)

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon is focusing on the future postseason as the difference between the first and third places widens a little. Therefore, he has expressed his intention to give Ponce and Weiss enough rest for the rest of the season.




I got enough rest! The blade of a four-way race between Lotte and the cliff edge...A pitcher with four wins and 14 wins out of four. He's going to shoot for the first time in 9 days.
The game between KT and Hanwha at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 19th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/
On the 9th, it is the turn of Lotte's match, 'Half Weiss'. It is the first appearance in nine days. He has not taken the mound since the match against the Samsung Lions (two runs in six innings) on August 30.

He was the Grim Reaper itself against Lotte this year. His 14-4 record and 2.95 ERA this season is also excellent, but it is even more special against Lotte.

He took the mound in four games and played a total of 28 innings, all of them winning. The results of each game are also spectacular, including two runs in six innings, two runs in eight innings, eight scoreless innings and six scoreless innings. The ERA against Lotte is 1.29 and the lowest after Kiwoom (2 games ERA 0) among 9 teams.

Lotte is struggling with the injury of Jeon Joon-woo, the core of the lineup, and the collapsed pitching balance. Despite the rotation of the four-man selection, there is no significant breakthrough. Ace Gamboa has not won in the last seven consecutive games, and new foreign Velazquez is suffering from extreme sluggishness with 0 quality starts in five games and an 8.87 ERA.

Manager Kim Kyung-moon and Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung have been working together for a long time during Doosan. Coincidentally, the teacher pointed a blade at the disciple's neck.

Lotte's starting pitcher for the day is Park Se-woong. He has also been a losing pitcher in the last five consecutive games, so Lotte cannot erase the anxiety.

Still, the game is not bad compared to the result. He has a 3.75 ERA in the last four games, and has also had two quality starts. The pitch was not bad, but the luck of victory did not follow, with errors pouring out in defense.

I got enough rest! The blade of a four-way race between Lotte and the cliff edge...A pitcher with four wins and 14 wins out of four. He's going to shoot for the first time in 9 days.
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/
He also shook off the deep-rooted jinx against Hanwha. Since his debut in 2014, Park Se-woong has not been able to use his strength when he meets Hanwha. During the 10 seasons until last year, some even said that they intentionally avoided Hanwha in 19 games (18 starts) with 1 win and 10 losses and an ERA of 7.56. It was a wall that Park Se-woong must overcome in order to leap into a true 'Glasses Ace'.

This year is different. He recorded one win and one loss in two games, all of which had quality starts. On April 24, he pitched six innings of three runs to lead his team to a 5-3 victory in the Busan game, and even though the game on May 23 was a dead away game in Daejeon, he also allowed four runs (three earned runs) in six ⅓ innings, playing a role as a starter even though the team lost.

Lotte has never been named on the fall stage since 2017 when Park Se-woong took off as a native ace. First of all, the first priority is to go to autumn baseball.

Will Park Se-woong be able to answer Lotte's desperate call. If we save a team in desperate crisis, it could be an opportunity to take a step closer to Choi Dong-won and Yeom Jong-seok.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.