Lotte’s batting lineup, the lowest in the team’s batting average, exploded in a hot way for the first time in a long time and won a landslide 9-2 victory. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung’s change in the starting lineup was right.핑크알바
The game between Lotte and LG was held at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th.
Lotte put forward the starting lineup of Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Reyes (designated hitter), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Jung Hoon (first baseman), Son Ho-young (second baseman), Kim Min-sung (third baseman), Information-geun (catcher), and Park Seung-wook (striker), who were excluded from the game the previous day. Yoon Dong-hee, who was excluded from the game the previous day, came out as a top hitter again. Hwang Sung-bin was listed in the starting lineup two weeks after the match against Hanwha on the 4th.
When asked before the match that “the batting line has changed a lot,” Kim Tae-hyung said, “Right now (Kim) Min-seok is not right and (Yoon) Dong-hee is not right. I’ll try (Hwang) Sung-bin, too. Except for Sung-bin, there’s a special change…. Reyes changed his defense to the designated hitter because it was a little too much today,” he explained.
Coach Kim gave brief advice to Lee Hak-joo, who had started the previous day but had no hits in four times at bat and was out with four strikeouts, during training before the game, but he excluded Lee from the starting lineup on the day, saying, “I’m trying to make a contact, but I think my rhythm is disappearing.” Veteran Kim Min-sung played as third baseman, and Park Seung-wook played as shortstop.
Hwang Sung-bin, who started as a starter, got on base with a hit in the first inning and stole second base. When Reyes had an infield single towards the second base, he was astute and bold, penetrating from the second base to score the first run. He had two hits, one base and two runs in the second batting order, revitalizing the team.
As a cleanup hitter, Yoon grounded out to an infield grounder in his first two at-bats, but he hit a single with one out and runners on first base in the fifth inning, and as a leadoff hitter in the seventh inning, he hit a two-base hit to start the big inning. The batting order turned around and hit another two-base hit with two outs and the bases loaded, resulting in a two-run homer. It was a wedge two-run homerun to make a 9-2 run.
Yoon Dong-hee, who played as a table setter, led the attack with three hits and two RBIs, and Hwang Sung-bin scored two hits and two runs.
Starting pitcher Park Se-woong in the seventh inning with a 9-2 lead, the team deployed Jeon Mir and Choi Jun-yong in succession to sever LG’s willingness to fight back. Despite taking a seven-point lead, the team managed its bullpen session on a tight schedule.
After the press briefing before the game, he said, “Have a good game,” and Kim smiled and said, “I’ll tell you to play a winning game, not a good game.” Coach Kim experienced eight consecutive losses for the first time in his manager’s career, and he went to Busan home after playing a “good game” to break the losing streak.