Lotte lost to KT Wiz in Game 15 of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Sajik Stadium on Sunday local time by a score of 2-12. The loss widened its gap with KT, which advanced to the postseason, to three. At the same time, the team returned to eighth place in the league after a single day behind SSG Landers (VS Jamsil LG Twins/4-2 win). The team posted 57 wins, three draws and 64 losses overall during the season.토토사이트
The starting pitcher Chung Hyeon-su was on the mound amid high expectations. However, he failed to meet the expectations and had to leave the mound early on, allowing three runs in one ⅔ inning.
Lotte pitcher Chung Hyeon-su started in the 15th game between the KT and the team of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Sajik Stadium on Sunday. He showed poor pitching by allowing three runs in one ⅔ inning, becoming the losing pitcher for the first time since his debut. Lotte Giants
The pitching was not satisfactory either. Rather than struggling with KT’s batting lineup, he failed to throw his own ball, and collapsed on his own. Chung got off to a shaky start in the top of the first inning, allowing consecutive walks to leadoff hitters Mel Rojas Jr. and Kim Min-hyuk. Later, he handled Moon with a strikeout with runners on the second and third bases with one out, and gave up a sacrifice bunt to Jang, but gave up a walk to Kang, getting the bases loaded with two outs. He didn’t hit a single runner on the fence to produce a result. Chung just shook himself.
The price of his ball control was huge. Chung dedicated the first run to Bae Jeong-dae with a timely two-run hit. In the top of the second inning, he was hit hard on the other side. He allowed a double to leadoff hitter Yoon Joon-hyuk. Afterwards, he gave up a timely RBI single to Rojas with one out and one on the third base, which handled Shim Woo-joon with a sacrifice bunt, widening the gap to 0-3. Later, he handled Kim with a ground ball to the second baseman, but Ko Seung-min, the second baseman, caught the ball well and managed to secure the out count.
In the end, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung’s patience has stopped. He replaced Chung with relief pitcher Han Hyun-hee. Chung was pulled out early, allowing three hits, two walks, and three strikeouts in one ⅔ of his final performance. At the same time, his team’s loss marked the first loss in the KBO league.
Throughout the season, Lotte has not been able to come up with a clear answer in its five-star selection concerns. Na Kyun-an came out in the early and mid-season of the season, but he was seen drinking until early morning on the day of his start, so he left the club under disciplinary action. Starting with Lee In-bok, Lee Min-seok and others appeared in the vacancy, but they did not produce a clear result.
Lotte pitcher Chung Hyeon-su started in the 15th game between the KT and the team of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Sajik Stadium on Sunday. He showed poor pitching by allowing three runs in one ⅔ inning, becoming the losing pitcher for the first time since his debut. Lotte Giants
In the meantime, Chung Hyeon-soo led his team’s 8-2 victory with five scoreless innings of clean pitching against the Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes on the 30th of last month. He wanted to fill a spot in the starting lineup by taking his first victory in his life, but he struggled on the mound and left a regret.
Lotte, which has played 124 league games and the fewest among the 10 clubs, has to operate until the end of the season under a five-starter system due to the tight remaining game schedule. Amid the sluggishness of the five starters, attention is focusing on what kind of pitcher Lotte will make in the fifth starting position next time.
Will Chung Hyun-soo remain the same? Or will new pitchers appear? Lotte recently joined the first team after Na Kyun-an finished disciplinary action by the club itself. In the match against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 1st, he pitched cleanly with two scoreless innings in relief in the second half of the game and became the winning pitcher by setting up a brilliant ball to his team’s 4-3 victory.
It is expected that Lotte, which needs to start five times, will continue to think about how to fill the vacancy for the time being.