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Lotte Giants Reyes' first 「200 foreign hits」 in professional baseball history will be postponed to the next game.
Lotte won 13-5 against the NC Dinos at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th with the bat of Ko Seung-min and Na Seung-yup, who combined for seven hits, four RBIs and four runs, including three-run home runs, and starter Han Hyun-hee's five-inning all-out pitching.
Both Lotte and NC are achieving a successful conclusion in a frustrated situation. Regarding the milestone challenge such as Reyes' 200 hits and Kim Do-young's 40 (homerun)-40 (stealing), both coaches 'I won't avoid it', 'I'll do my best to challenge myself.'"
On this day, Lotte was joined by Hwang Sung-bin (left fielder), Reyes (right wing), Ko Seung-min (second base), Son Ho-young (third base), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Yoon Dong-hee (middle fielder), Park Seung-wook (striker) and Information-geun (catcher). The first choice is veteran Han Hyun-hee. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `I don't think it's right to throw Han Hyun-hee after the gap between young pitchers is wide. I think it's right to use Han Hyun-hee as a starter and use pitchers according to the next situation."
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NC faced Choi Jung-won (middle fielder), Kim Joo-won (striker), Seo Ho-cheol (second base), Davison (designated hitter), Kim Hui-jip (third base), Do Tae-hoon (first base), Han Seok-hyun (left wing), Park Si-won (right wing), and Ahn Jung-yeol (catcher) in the lineup. Rookie Lim Sang-hyun is selected. Acting NC manager Gong Pil-sung said of new pitchers such as Shin Young-woo and Kim Hwi-gun, "(I'm) not ready to throw in the first team yet." The pitching in the second and first teams is almost the same. There is no sign of being intimidated."
Lotte took the lead in the bottom of the first inning with the first run. Hwang Sung-bin and Reyes' consecutive hits led to the bases loaded with no outs, and Son Ho-young and Jeon Joon-woo's sacrifice fly and Na Seung-yeop's timely hit earned three runs first. It was Reyes' 199th hit of the season.
NC followed Ahn Jung-yeol's home run in the top of the third inning and Do Tae-hoon's sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth inning.
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However, Lotte ran one run in the bottom of the fourth inning with Reyes' sacrifice fly to center field with one out and a bases loaded with Yoon Dong-hee's hit, Park Seung-wook's walk, and Hwang Sung-bin's hit, and Ko Seung-min's three-run home run widened the gap to 7-2. In the fifth inning, while first baseman Park Seung-wook was threatened with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Na Seung-yeop homered with a deal steel and scored the eighth point.
NC added one point each with timely hits by Park Si-won in the top of the sixth inning, Seo Ho-cheol in the top of the seventh inning, and Ahn Jung-yeol in the top of the eighth inning. However, Lotte had a chance to get on the second and third bases with one out due to a hit, a walk, and a wild pitch by NC's Jeon Sa-min, and Park Seung-wook's two-run timely hit made two runs, and Hwang Sung-bin's hit made one more run. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Lee In-han's pushing dune and Lee Ho-joon's infield ground ball added two more points, widening the gap to 13-5.
Lotte finished the game with Han Hyun-hee, who pitched five innings with two runs and 6K, followed by Kim Sang-soo (1 inning), Jin Seung-hyun, Song Jae-young, Koo Seung-min (⅓ innings), Jung Hyun-soo (1 inning) and Lee Min-seok (1 inning).
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