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[Taipei (Taiwan) = Sports Chosun Reporter Kim Young-rok] From Park Se-woong to Jeong Cheol-won, he sprayed 147-8km fastballs. The movements of the fielders were also cheerful. Even though it was the first practice game held more than a week earlier than usual, the head coach also expressed satisfaction with the well-prepared players.
The Lotte Giants lost 3-4 in the first friendly match against the Taiwanese WBC national team at Taipei Dome on the 12th.
It was an unexpectedly fierce game. Taiwan's national team was a team that gathered the essence of the CPBL (Chinese Baseball Federation) although overseas players were absent. The fire, which burned down due to the Premier 12 victory, heated up Taipei Dome on the same day. Out of 40,000 seats, the organizers sold 20,000 seats, excluding the outfield, the third and fourth floors. More than 35,000 out of 40,000 seats were sold in two days."
Lotte's cheering squad is all about a small number of fan observers and local Lotte fans. Lotte players were not intimidated by overwhelming cheering inferiority that they would not be familiar with. Hwang Sung-bin, Yoon Dong-hee's multi-hit and Information Geun Reyes' timely hit made 10 hits and three runs, not falling behind Taiwan with six hits and four runs. There was a big gap of 2-11 on the dandas, leading to defeat.
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Park Se-woong, who started, allowed two hits, one walk, and one run in two innings. He threw a total of 31 balls, boasting a powerful pitch of up to 147km and an average of 145km. He used a variety of fastballs (18), sliders (7), curves (5), and folk balls (1).
Park Joon-woo, who took the mound as the second pitcher, also surprised Lotte officials by using a maximum 145km fastball. His ball power and speed, which are better than last year, stood out.
Na Kyun-an showed off his robustness with a fastball of up to 148km, but he was disappointed by the disturbance that caused three runs in the sixth inning. Chung Hyun-soo, Song Jae-young, Han Hyun-hee, Jung Chul-won, and Koo Seung-min also made impressive pitches.
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Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, who met after the game, said "Usually, it's after February 20th, but this year it's a little early. Still, the players did a good job even though it was their first game", expressing satisfaction.
It was also impressive that newcomers such as Han Tae-yang, Baekdusan, and Park Geon-woo were actively hired in the second half of the game. The result was disappointing. Yoon Dong-hee's hit and Jeon Joon-woo's pitch created chances for first and second bases with no outs, but Han Tae-yang hit a double play and Park Gun-woo struck out.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `I didn't do that to catch the game. I wanted to see how young players were taking things" he explained.
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As for the pitchers "Arrest is okay, but I tried to show something, so I put a lot of strength into it."," he said with a smile. Then "The batters did well by their friends, who were also good, but they were in better physical condition than they thought. Overall, you did a good job"I promised the second game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
