The Lotte Giants, led by head coach Kim Tae-hyung, swept the opening two games of an exhibition series against the SSG Landers. Lotte won 13-5 at home on Tuesday at Sajik Stadium. Jeon Jun-woo and Jeong Hoon led the offense with home runs.
Lotte’s batting order was shortstop Park Seung-wook, right fielder Go Seung-min, center fielder Reyes, designated hitter Jeon Jun-woo, third baseman Han Dong-hee, first baseman Jeong-hoon, second baseman Choi Hang, catcher Kang Tae-yul, and left fielder Hwang Sung-bin. The starting pitcher is Lee In-bok.
SSG’s starting lineup was Choi Ji-hoon, center fielder, Eredia, left fielder, Choi Jeong, third baseman, Han Yoo-seom, right fielder, Go Myung-joon, shortstop, Park Sung-sung, designated hitter Jeon Eui-san, second baseman Ahn Sang-hyun, and catcher Cho Hyung-woo. Submarine pitcher Park Jong-hoon got the start.
SSG opened the scoring in the first inning with Choi Jung-jeong’s solo arch. Choi Ji-hoon and Heredia followed with a grounder to second and a swinging strikeout, respectively, 안전놀이터 before Choi stepped to the plate two batters later. With a 3B-0S count against Lotte starter Lee In-bok, Choi pulled a four-pitch two-seam fastball over the left-field fence. The pitch traveled 110 meters.
Lotte cut the deficit to 3-1 with a three-run arch to left field by Jeon Jun-woo.
After leadoff hitter Park Seung-wook grounded out to shortstop, Go Seung-min singled to center, stole second and Reyes walked to put runners on first and second. On a 1B-1S pitch count, Joon-woo Jeon hit a three-pitch curveball (134 mph) into the left-field stands. 3-1.
LOTTE loaded the bases in the bottom of the third on back-to-back singles by Ko Seung-min and Reyes and a ball hit to the body of Jeon Jun-woo, but the next three batters were stranded on a pop fly to shortstop, an infield fly to center field, and a strikeout.
Lotte added one more run in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead. Leadoff hitter Go Seung-min was hit by a pitch. Reyes hit a long fly ball down the left field line, and Ko advanced to third. The third base umpire called him out. The LOTTE bench reviewed the call on video and it was overturned as a save. With nobody out and two on, Noh Jin-hyuk, who came to bat for Jeon Jun-woo, hit a single to left field to bring home Ko Seung-min from third base. 4-1.
Lee Hak-joo, who took the bat for Han Dong-hee, who felt pain in his side while batting, drew a walk. Jung-Hoon grounded to the pitcher, and Lee was thrown out at home. Choi Hang-hang’s sacrifice fly to left field and Hwang Sung-bin’s RBI double made it 7-1.
LOTTE added one more run in the sixth inning
When Park Seung-wook and Ko Seung-min singled to put runners on first and second with two outs. SSG scored three runs in the seventh on RBI singles by Choi Ji-hoon and Oh Tae-gon and one more in the eighth on Ahn Sang-hyun’s push bunt, but nothing dramatic happened. Lotte continued to pound the mound in the eighth with an RBI single by Noh Jin-hyuk and a two-run home run by Jeong Hoon.
Right-hander Lee In-bok started for Lotte and pitched four innings of one-run ball. He gave up a solo arch to Choi Jung with two outs in the first inning. He walked none and struck out two. 바카라사이트 Joon-woo Jeon hit a three-run arch in the first inning and Jung hit a grand slam in the eighth. Go Seung-min had four hits and drove in three runs. Reyes also had a two-hit multi-hit game. Second pitcher Han Hyun-hee, a fifth-round pick, allowed three runs on four hits with one walk and two strikeouts in 2⅔ innings.
SSG starter Park Jong-hoon was tagged for six runs on seven hits (one home run) with three walks and three strikeouts in four innings. Go Myung-joon was the only other SSG hitter to record a multi-hit game.