LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals

Sep 25, 2025

LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. In the top of the fifth inning, LG Austin hit a three-run home run against Lotte Gamboa. Austin is performing a ceremony. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/



LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. LG Son Joo-young, who is pitching as a starter. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. LG Park Hae-min hit in the third inning. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
The LG Twins, who suffered a shocking 5-10 upset loss against the NC Dinos the previous day with seven consecutive four pitches, reduced the magic number to three and headed to Daejeon, pushing the Lotte Giants to the last cliff of the semifinals.

In an away game against Lotte at Munsu Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th, LG won 11-1 due to starter Son Joo-young's scoreless pitching and Austin's three-run shot explosion.

After overcoming the painful defeat of the previous day, LG ranked first with 84 wins, 3 draws, and 52 losses, and as the second-ranked Hanwha Eagles lost to the Doosan Bears, the magic number was reduced to 3 and the game difference was increased to 3.5.




Even if LG loses all three consecutive games in Daejeon, LG will remain in first place by a half-game.

Lotte, which has lost four consecutive games, has become impossible to advance to the fifth round on its own as fifth-ranked KT beat SSG. Now, the tiebreaker is the only way to reach the semifinals.

If Lotte wins all the remaining games and KT loses all of them, both will be tied with a 50% win rate and will play the 5th place match.




Lotte made up the starting lineup with Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Park Chan-hyung (third baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Reyes (left fielder), Jeon Jun-woo (designated hitter), Ko Seung-min (first baseman), Shin Yoon-hoo (middle fielder), Son Sung-bin (past baseman), Jeon Min-jae (striker), LG's Hong Chang-ki (designated hitter), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Moon Sung-joo (right fielder) - Austin (first baseman) - Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder) - Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman) - Oh Ji-hwan (striker) - Park Dong-won. The central batting line is newly composed of Moon Sung-joo, Austin, and Kim Hyun-soo.

LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. LG Son Joo-young, who is pitching as a starter. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. Lotte's Gamboa, who is pitching as a starter. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
The KBO League game between Lotte and LG at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. Lotte Son Sung-bin is out at first base after hitting an infield grounder in the bottom of the third inning. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
The starting showdown between Lotte's Gamboa and LG's left-handed ace Son Joo-young was a complete victory for Son Joo-young as a result.

Son Joo-young gave the team a victory at the most important time by giving two hits, one walk, seven strikeouts and no runs in seven innings. 11th win of the season. In five games against Lotte this season, he showed his appearance as a Lotte killer with three wins, no losses and an ERA of 1.13.




Gamboa kept a scoreless streak by preventing the crisis well until the fourth inning, but eventually collapsed in the fifth inning because he was not helped by defense. He became a losing pitcher with four hits (one homer) and five walks, four strikeouts and six runs (five earned) in five innings. Seven wins and eight losses this season.

LG beat and beat but failed to score. In the top of the first inning, Hong Chang-ki got on base due to shortstop Jeon Min-jae's catch error, and Shin Min-jae hit a heavy hit to create a chance for the first and second bases with no outs. However, after Moon Sung-joo stepped down with a fly to the shortstop, Austin stepped down with a double play in front of the third baseman, and the opportunity to score first was lost.

LG also made the first and second bases with no outs in the top of the third inning with Park Dong-won's walk and Park Hae-min's heavy hit, but Hong Chang-ki stepped down with a fly to center field, and Shin Min-jae's hit went into pitcher Gamboa's glove and was caught with a pitcher line drive, and the first baseman started, so even the first baseman was unable to return to base, and ended up with a double play.

LG, who had two chances with no outs and runners on first and second bases, faced an attack in the top of the fifth inning without a crisis as starter Son Joo-young clearly blocked Lotte's batters with one hit and one walk until the fourth inning and finally created a big inning with the first run.

LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. In the top of the fifth inning, LG Austin hit a three-run home run against Lotte Gamboa. Austin is performing a ceremony. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. In the top of the fifth inning, LG Austin hit a three-run home run against Lotte Gamboa. Austin is sharing a high-five with manager Yeom Kyung-yeop. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
LG defeated Lotte by 111, Magic Number 3→3.5G car. Even if he loses three consecutive games in Daejeon, he will remain No. 1. Lotte's fourth consecutive victory in the quarterfinals
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th. The bases loaded with one out in the top of the fifth inning. When Shin Min-jae hits an infield ground ball, shortstop Jeon Min-jae makes a throwing error and allows additional runs. Ulsan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.25/
Two runners came in and 2-0. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung immediately replaced Jeon Min-jae with Lee Ho-jun as the first base throw thrown by shortstop Jeon Min-jae fell behind when Shin Min-jae hit a ground ball in front of the slow shortstop in the chance of loading the bases with one out and one out made by Park Dong-won's hits and consecutive walks by Park Hae-min and Hong Chang-ki.

Moon Sung-joo then hit a ground ball with a high bound toward first base and first baseman Ko Seung-min sprayed it home, but the throw was a little high, so it was safe. 3-0.

And Austin hit a high change-up in the middle of Gamboa's 135km first pitch, sending a three-run shot over the left-center fence to make it 6-0 at once.

In the top of the sixth inning, third baseman Park Chan-hyung's throw to the first base fell back one-bound when Austin grounded out in front of the third base in a bases-loaded chance with two walks and one hit after two outs, and two runners came in 8-0. In the top of the eighth inning, Austin scored two more runs with a double on the left-field line with one out. In the top of the ninth inning, Kim Hyun-jong's double and Chun Sung-ho's timely hit made it 11-0 after two outs with a double play.

LG starter Son Joo-young started neatly with three strikeouts from the bottom of the first inning and finished neatly until the seventh inning without much crisis. He pitched 76 pitches in seven innings, allowing two hits, one walk, and seven strikeouts to secure his 11th win.

Austin, the fourth batter, shone in the lineup. A three-run shot and a wedge two-run double swept five RBIs to lead the team to victory.

Lotte self-destructed by committing three errors, and the batters were also blocked by Son Joo-young, so they couldn't do anything. Reyes' timely hit in the bottom of the ninth inning to score one point was the last gift to Ulsan fans.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.