It was a disaster, not a game-winner…Velazquez → Lotte's 6th place in a row for 3 consecutive losses! Incheon-colored cannon war Go Myung-joon multi-po + Choi Jeong No. 19 gun SSG laughed.
Sep 05, 2025
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SSG Landers won the 14th game of the season against the Lotte Giants at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th after a battle of six home runs.
With the victory, SSG recorded its 64th win (four draws and 58 losses), gradually widening the gap with the mid-ranked team. However, it is not easy to chase the second place due to the large difference from the second-place Hanwha Eagles.
Lotte, on the other hand, has been mired in a three-game losing streak. He recorded his 62nd loss (62 wins and 5 draws) and returned to square one with a winning percentage of 50%. The ranking dropped to sixth place. Now, even whether or not to enter the fall baseball league is in danger.
For Lotte, Park Chan-hyung (designated hitter), Ko Seung-min (right wing), Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Reyes (left wing), Na Seung-yup (first base), Son Ho-young (third base), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Han Tae-yang (second base), and Park Seung-wook (striker) started. Infielder Kim Se-min was registered in the position of catcher Kang Seung-gu, who was canceled. Velazquez is the first choice.
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It's a showdown between former major leaguers, but Velazquez is overwhelming in career. He played for seven seasons and won a total of 38 games.
But life in Korea is the opposite. While White has successfully established himself as an ace, Velazquez has been sluggish day after day and is being pointed out as the mastermind of the team's fall.
SSG won the first place. After two outs in the second inning, Ryu Jihoon Choi survived with a walk, and Ryu Hyo-seung hit Velazquez's 149km fastball to shoot the first two-run shot.
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Lotte seemed to set the tone with Yoon Dong-hee's solo shot in the top of the fourth inning. However, SSG widened the gap to 5-1 in the fourth inning with Han Yu-sum's hit, Velazquez's balk and Ko Myung-joon's two-run shot.
SSG stopped the bases-loaded crisis with one run in the top of the fifth inning with Reyes' timely hit, and lowered Velazquez with Choi Jeong's solo shot in the bottom of the fifth inning. Choi Jung-eun's 19th home run of the season left only one home run for the first 10 years in a row. Ko Myung-joon then hit his first multi-home run against Park Jin to secure his victory.
Lotte chased Park Chan-hyung 5-7 in the top of the sixth inning with a three-run shot of a reversal, but that was it. SSG's solid bullpen went scoreless, failing to reverse the game and losing three consecutive games.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.