-Lotte 2nd Jung Hoon’s first hit overpowered
-SSG Choi Jeong and Choi Joo-hwan scored 5 runs on home runs
-Only 3 points in the 2nd Lotte home run
-Fading light with Strayley QS
In the first game of the 2021 Professional Baseball Regular League, the’Giant’ was defeated by hitting four home runs. Lotte hit 12 hits, including two home runs, but only scored 3 points, which was a disappointing game.
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| SSG Choo Shin-soo, a runner at first base at the end of the 5th inning, is successfully stealing base in the opening game of the 2021 season between the Lotte Giants and SSG Landers held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 4th. yunhap news |
Korea Professional Baseball (KBO) Lotte Giants lost 3 to 5 in the opening match against Shinhan Bank’s 2021 SOL KBO League SSG Landers held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 4th. Both teams’ bats burst from the second inning. After Lee Dae-ho stepped down with a floating ball in the outfield, Jung-hoon hit a 145 km/h fast ball, making a single base in front of the center fielder. It was Lotte’s first hit this season. Afterwards, Choo Jae-hyun struck a fork ball and hit a double. It was an opportunity to score 1st and 3rd base. However, after Chu Jae-hyun failed to steal base, Kim Joon-tae struck out and did not score any more.
At the end of the second inning, Lotte Starter Dan Straley threw two balls at SSG No. 4 Choi Jeong in a row, and then hit a home run by hitting a 145 km/h fast ball for the third ball. Choi Jung’s home run was also recorded as the SSG club’s first team hit. Immediately after the home run, Strayley seemed to shake a little. Choi Joo-hwan and Hanyu Island attacked the change-up and allowed hits in a row, so they were in danger of unharmed first and third bases. It was a situation in which a mass concession was possible by rushing to the 2nd and 3rd base safely as the battle continued. However, he struck out Otaegon and got out of the crisis by getting a bottle from Lee Jae-won.
Lotte launched a counterattack in the fourth inning. Son Ah-seop retreated with a floating ball in center field, but Jeon Jun-woo made a double by hitting a 144 km/h fastball. Lee Dae-ho struck three fouls and persistently attacked SSG starter Arty LeWiki and struck a slider in the 7th game, bringing Jeon Jun-woo, who was on second base, to the home, making a one-on-one tie. However, the subsequent batter struck out and ended the attack with a floating ball. The crisis came just after. At the end of the 4th inning, Straley was hit by SSG Choi Jeong in the infield on the third base side, and Choi Joo-hwan hit a fastball at 143 km/h and hit a home run. Fortunately, Hanyu Island and Taek-Gon Oh were struck out, and Park Seong-han out with a ground ball passed the second crisis.
In the beginning of the 5th inning, Lotte recorded a home run where lead hitter Kim Joon-tae hit a fast ball at 140 km/h, passing the fence on the right field side. The score was 2 to 3. However, Han Dong-hee struck out with a floating ball and Machado, and An Chi-hong hit a hit and went on base, but Son A-seop ended the attack with a floating ball. In the 7th episode, Lotte Strayley was replaced with Koo Seung-min and SSG LeWiki passed the mound to Kim Tae-hoon.
At the end of the 8th inning, Lotte Choi Jun-yong hit a continuous solo home run by Choi Jung and Choi Joo-hwan, and Lotte started the last attack in the beginning of the 9th, falling behind by 2-5. Leading batter Jung Hoon started off with a solo home run after hitting a fast ball with Kim Sang-soo after a full-count fight. Kim Jae-yu went to first base with an infield hit, and Kim Joon-tae retreated with a floating ball, but Lee Byung-gyu picked a walk and got a chance to get 1 company 1 and 2 base. When Machado’s home-run hitting was caught in front of the fence, the regrets of fans came out. However, Ahn Chi-hong made the second hit with an infield hit. The batter who got to the game was Son Ah-seop, who recorded no hits in 4 at-bats on this day. But hitting the ground ball ended the game.
Lotte Straley cut out five strikeouts in six innings, scored a quality start (QS) with seven hits (two home runs), two walks and three runs, but couldn’t get the help of other players. SSG LeWiki won the victory with 7 hits (1 home run) and 3 strikeouts and 2 runs in 6 innings. Reporter Kwon Yong-hui
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