First on-base in his rookie career → Reyes Finishing Manrupo Lotte, 'First QS of the Second Half' beat Doosan 'Securing 2 consecutive wins & Winning Series'
Jul 17, 2024
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Lotte won the home game against the Lotte Giants 6-2 at Munsu Stadium in Ulsan on the 17th. Lotte won its 39th game (two draws and 49 losses) of the season by winning two consecutive games. Doosan has lost three games in a row. The record was 48 wins, 2 draws and 44 losses.
Lotte's Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Victor Reyes (right fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Junghoon Lee (designated hitter), Noh Jin-hyuk (third baseman), Park Seung-wook (striker), and Son Sung-bin (catcher) stepped up.
Doosan made the starting lineup in the order of Jung Soo-bin (center fielder), Heo Kyung-min (third baseman), Henry Ramos (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (designated hitter), Kim Jae-hwan (left fielder), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Kang Seung-ho (second baseman), Kim Ki-yeon (fosu), and Jeon Min-jae (striker).
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The starting pitcher's salty pitching continued, leading to a point game.
Doosan scored the first run in the top of the fourth inning. After one out, Yang Seok-hwan hit a hit, and Kang Seung-ho's infield hit came out. Later, Kim Ki-yeon's walk-through and Jeon Min-jae's two-run timely hit took a 2-0 lead.
Lotte's silence was broken after Choi Joon-ho went down. Following Choi Joon-ho in the bottom of the seventh inning, Lee Byung-hun took the mound. Reyes' double and Jeon Jun-woo's double came out. With one out and third base, Lotte gave up a pinch hitter Jeong Hoon, and Doosan put up Hong Gun-hee. As Jung Hoon hit a ground ball to the second base, third baseman Reyes homered.
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In the top of the ninth inning, Doosan got on base with Yang Eui-ji's infield hit after one out. Lee Yoo-chan stepped up as a pinch runner, and Cho Soo-haeng launched a surprise bunt. In the process, Lotte's defense error came out, and runners were on the first and third bases. Cho Sang-soo stole the second base and created chances for the second and third base, but Yang Seok-hwan's ground ball caught the third baseman at home, and Kang Seung-ho struck out.
In the end, the game went to extra time. In the top of the 10th inning of extra time, Doosan had a chance with two outs and runners on the second and third bases with Jeon Min-jae's double, Jung Soo-bin's walk, and Huh Kyung-min's walk. Ramos intentionally went out on four pitches, but pinch-hitter Jeon Da-min struck out and failed to score.
Lotte, who had a chance to finish, succeeded in ending the game, and leadoff hitter Park Seung-wook drew a walk in the bottom of the 10th inning. After two outs, rookie Lee Ho-joon made his first career on-base with a walk, and became a chance for runners on the first and second bases. Ko Seung-min, who took the batter's box, drew a walk again, and Reyes targeted the changed pitcher Kim Myung-shin and Lotte won with a walk-off home run.
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