Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte

Sep 23, 2025

Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
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Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
사진=SBS스포츠, Tving 캡쳐
Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
NC-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Kim Hwi-jip is delighted after hitting an RBI timely hit in the top of the fifth inning with one out and runners on the first and second bases. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.3/
No outs, first and second base. The batter's bunt attempt has emerged as a fly ball in front of the catcher. However, the batter did not start and collided with the catcher who tried to catch the ball.

Was it a mistake, or was it a momentary 'genius' play. As a result, one defensive obstruction play divided the victory or defeat between the NC Dinos and the Lotte Giants.

NC won 4-2 against the Lotte Giants at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 23rd with Kim Hui-jip's two-run final hit in the top of the eighth inning. More than 9,600 Lotte fans filled the Ulsan site threw up a jangtan ceremony.




With this victory, NC recorded its 64th win (six draws and 67 losses). He is three games behind KT Wiz, who is in fifth place.

However, while KT won the Kiwoom Heroes, Lotte lost. The gap between sixth-ranked Lotte and fifth-ranked KT (69 wins, 4 draws, 66 losses) widened to two and a half games. It's a gap that looks pretty big to overturn in the remaining six games for Lotte.

Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
A game between the Doosan Bears and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. Coach Lee Ho-joon is lost in thought. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.14/
On this day, NC played in the lineup of Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Oh Young-soo (designated hitter), Park Gun-woo (right wing), Davison (first base), Lee Woo-sung (left wing), Seo Ho-cheol (second base), Kim Hwi-jip (third base), Kim Hyung-joon (catcher) and Kim Han-byeol (striker). The first choice is Shin Minhyuk.




Lotte faced off with Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Reyes (left wing), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Son Ho-young (third base), Jeon Min-jae (striker) and Son Sung-bin (catcher). It is noteworthy that Ko Seung-min, who was playing in the outfield and first base recently, came back to second base. The first choice is Park Se-woong.

NC is an injured ward. There are many injuries to the main players, including captain Park Min-woo and Kim Joo-won, Kwon Hee-dong, Park Gun-woo and Choi Won-joon. Park Min-woo has been out of the first team for two weeks, but he is now in the beginning of training. Other players have to manage their participation. In particular, coach Lee Ho-joon said of Park Min-woo's back injury, `His back is a part that coach Kim Sung-geun also tells him to rest. I'll play the rest of the season thinking there's nothing."

Before the game, Lotte excluded Lee Min-seok from the first team with '154km monster'. Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `It's not an injury, but I can't control it at all right now. I was excluded from the first team because it was so difficult to take the mound", he explained. Lee Min-seok, who can be used in both the cliff-edge team, the starter and the bullpen, may be even more important. However, it has been in a deep slump since September.




Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
A game between Kiwoom and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th, and Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung staring at the ground before the game. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.20/
Tickets were sold out on this day. As it is at the end of the season, Ulsan's atmosphere is different from before.

However, Lotte explained that it opened only 9,655 of the 12,000 seats announced by Ulsan City due to safety concerns, considering that Munsu Baseball Stadium's outfield was treated as a lawn. Therefore, it is not recorded as an official sell-out.

NC scored the first point first. After two outs in the top of the third inning, Oh Young-soo got on base with a hit, and Park Gun-woo's double to right-center hit home.

Lotte had Yoon Dong-hee's bat on the day. After one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Yoon Dong-hee got on base with a hit, and Captain Jeon Joon-woo's timely hit for three oil came out in the second base with two outs.

NC removed Shin Min-hyuk and posted Logan after the fifth inning. Yoon Dong-hee fired a come-from-behind solo shot over the right-center fence in the bottom of the sixth inning against Logan with two outs and no runners.

Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Lotte took out Park Se-woong with one out in the sixth inning and put in Choi Jun-yong. But there was Kim Hwi-jip in NC. Immediately in the top of the seventh inning, he brought the game to square one. Leadoff hitter Kim Hwi-jip got on base with a hit, and Choi Won-joon's timely hit was hit in the second base with two outs.

Before the game, Lotte excluded Lee Min-seok from the first team with '154km monster'. Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `It's not an injury, but I can't control it at all right now. I was excluded from the first team because it was so difficult to take the mound", he explained. Lee Min-seok, who can be used in both the cliff-edge team, the starter and the bullpen, may be even more important. However, it has been in a deep slump since September.




And the beginning of the eighth inning of controversy. Jung Cheol-won took the mound for Lotte. NC's leadoff hitter Park Gun-woo walked and the next batter Davison hit a hit to get on base, making it the first and second bases with no outs. They were replaced by pinch runners Ko Seung-wan and Hong Jong-pyo, respectively.

Here, NC Chun Jae-hwan's sending bunt appeared in the air. However, Chun Jae-hwan did not move while looking at the ball that emerged, and Lotte catcher Cho In-geun rushed to catch the ball and collided with Chun Jae-hwan.

Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
사진=SBS스포츠, Tving 캡쳐
The referee declared Chun's obstruction of defense and listened to the runners who went to second and third bases. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung immediately went to the ground, but the decision did not change. It wasn't even a situation to ask for a video review.

In the context of Chun Jae-hwan's bunt, the referee regarded the movement of the information root as a fly ball treatment. However, this is a ball that was able to handle double play with a ground ball in front of the catcher. Realizing this, Lotte players tagged the runners in advance before the referee's decision was made.

However, the referee only declared the batter out due to obstruction of defense. Seo Ho-chul's ground ball to the first base continued the situation with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. And NC ran away 4-2 as Kim Hwi-jip hit a two-run timely hit that exceeded the shortstop's height. Perhaps the defensive inning has already ended, and the situation has changed to two runs.

Mistake or intentional obstruction of defense → Lotte Wollin final hit! ...Can't we see Busan's fall this year. NC wins 42 games against Lotte
In a match between Samsung and NC held at Changwon NC Park on the 18th, NC Kim Hui-jip is conducting batting training. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/
At the time of Chun Jae-hwan's bunt, the ball came up in front of the pitcher accurately, not in the foul area. Therefore, there was no reason for Chun to stop at that moment. Should I say it's a clever play. The nickname 'GeniusHwan' that fans jokingly said seems to have become a reality.

NC secured the victory by mobilizing Kim Young-kyu, Bae Jae-hwan in the eighth inning, and Kim Jin-ho in the ninth inning.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.