When I meet a tiger, I feel energized... '3G 32 points bombarded' Lotte, the leader of KIA, has been held back again
When I meet a tiger, I feel energized... '3G 32 points bombarded' Lotte, the leader of KIA, has been held back again
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Does it feel energized when it meets a tiger? Lotte Giants took the winning series by defeating the leading KIA Tigers again.
At a home game against Kia in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Sunday, the team won a landslide victory of 11-2 at home. Having secured the Winning Series with two wins and one draw, the Lotte Giants secured four consecutive wins, laying the groundwork for its mid-ranking leap forward.
Unlike Na Kyun-an (8 runs in one ⅔) and Kim Jin-wook (4 runs in three ⅔) in the previous two games, Park Se-woong, an "eye-glasses ace," did his part as a starting pitcher for the first time in a long time by recording a quality start with five hits, four walks, four strikeouts and one run in six innings.
When the starting pitcher persisted on the mound, the batters responded with strong attack strength. Lotte, which gave up the first run in the top of the fourth inning, tied the game with Victor Reyes' walk and Na Seung-yeop's double after one out in the bottom of the fourth inning. Choi Hang's timely hit, made the come-from-behind 2-1 turnaround, and Park Seung-wook's double continued the chance with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. Lotte, whose two-run double and Hwang Sung-bin's double (one RBI) continued to score runs, took the big five runs in the fourth inning alone, to take a 5-1 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Lotte easily added one run with Reyes' walk and Na Seung-yeop's double, just like in the fourth inning after one out. With Jung Hoon's extra-base hit to make it to third base with two outs, Choi Hang hit an RBI triple, which widened the score to 7-1.
Lotte's bat, which caught fire once, did not cool down even in the sixth inning. Following consecutive hits by Son and Hwang, Yoon Dong-hee's fly ball to center field created a chance with one out and runners at first and third base, and returning captain Jeon Joon-woo sent all of his runners home with a two-run double. Then, Lotte, which completed the double-digit score thanks to Na Seung-yeop's hit, made first and third base, and garnered 11th point with Jung Hoon's sacrifice fly.
Lotte's mound was played by Lee Min-seok (one run in two innings), who took the mound after Park Se-woong, giving up a solo home run to Kim Do-young in the top of the seventh inning, but otherwise neutralized the KIA lineup without any other crises. Jung Woo-joon, who took the mound in the ninth inning, was hit by Lee Chang-jin after one out, but he handled Choi Won-joon with a double play to keep the 11-2 victory.
In the first three consecutive games on Saturday, Lotte blanked the match 1-14, which was effectively tilted to 15-15 with strong enthusiasm. In the second game on Sunday, Lotte also upset the game, which was losing 1-4, to 6-4 and displayed frightening hindsight for the second consecutive game. In the third game, Lotte overwhelmed the Kia mound with overwhelming enthusiasm. He made the tiger in fear by scoring a whopping 46 hits and 32 points during the three games. 룸알바
In this season, Lotte has faced Kia 11 times, continuing its overwhelming lead with seven wins, one draw and three losses. In the three consecutive away games in Gwangju (March 26-28), it lost two games (one game was canceled due to rain), but in the third consecutive game in Sajik, Lotte, which was at the bottom of the list at the time, successfully swept the game against Kia, the leader of the team, on May 21-23. It was the first time for a 10th-ranked team to sweep the top spot since the 10-team system.
Lotte, which gained momentum, also had two wins and one loss in three consecutive away games in Gwangju from June 4-6. In the three consecutive games at home, the Lotte Giants had an advantage in terms of firepower, and had two wins and one draw against Kia, which boasts the strongest offense in the league. On the other hand, the leading Kia Tigers (45 wins, two draws, 32 losses, 0.584 wins), suffered a fatal losing series at a time when it had to run further, allowing the runner-up Samsung Lions (44 wins, one draw, 34 losses, 0.564 wins), to trail the latter by 1.5 games.