The walk-off grand slam commander in the 10th inning of extra time threw a relay shot "He threw well and served as a bullpen."
Jul 18, 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.
On this day, 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) came forward.
On this day, Lotte was tied up by Doosan starter Choi Joon-ho's good pitching. He only had one hit in six innings. Lotte starter Aaron Wilkerson pitched well with two runs in six innings, but he had to go down the mound in the face of defeat as the lineup failed to strengthen.
As Choi Joon-ho went down the mound, Lotte took a chance. Reyes hit a double in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Jeon Joon-woo and Jung Hoon made up for a point.
8?Rae tied the game 2-2 with Hwang Sung-bin's hit and foil and Yoon Dong-hee's timely hit after two outs.
In the end, the game went to extra time, and Lotte passed the bases-loaded crisis with two outs. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Park Seung-wook and Lee Ho-joon and Ko Seung-min made the bases loaded with two outs, and Reyes hit Kim Myung-shin and hit a walk-off home run. Reyes' first walk-off bases-loaded walk-off.
Following Wilkerson, Lotte's Lee Min-seok (0 scoreless innings), Han Hyun-hee (1 ⅔ scoreless innings), Jin Hae-soo (0 scoreless innings), Kim Kang-hyun (⅓ scoreless innings), Kim Won-joong (1 ⅓ scoreless innings), and Kim Sang-soo (⅔ scoreless innings) came up one after another to protect the team's victory.
After the game, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said "Wilkerson pitched well as a starting pitcher, and the bullpen pitchers who followed played their role well." "Kim Won-joong was a great help to the team because he did not falter and prevented multiple innings in important situations."
Coach Kim continued, `I want to praise Rayes because his team can win with his walk-off grand slam.'
On this day, 9,354 spectators entered Ulsan Munsu Stadium. Manager Kim thanked Lotte fans for visiting Ulsan Stadium despite the hot weather" he said.
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