2 home runs ‘deleted’ Lotte leads 3-2 over SSG, top of 5th inning ‘cancelled due to rain’
Entered: 2024-04-23 20:40:26
Lotte Giants Jeon Jun-woo is giving a high five to Reyes after hitting a two-run shot to level the score at 2-2 in the third game of the season against SSG Landers on the 23rd. Provided by Lotte Giants
Lotte Giants Jeon Jun-woo is receiving congratulations from Jeong Jeong-geun as he walks home after hitting a solo shot to go 3-2 in the third game of the season against SSG Landers on the 23rd. Provided by Lotte Giants
The professional baseball Lotte Giants were unable to continue their recent three-game winning streak as the third game of the season against SSG Landers was canceled due to rain. Han Hyun-hee, who became a first-team starting pitcher for the first time this season after staying in the second team for a while, pitched well and allowed two runs in four innings, but missed the opportunity to win.
In the third game of the 2024 KBO League season against SSG held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the afternoon of the 23rd, Lotte was ahead 3-2 until the fourth inning, but suffered the misfortune of having the game canceled due to rain.
On this day, Lotte gave up the first run to SSG, but successfully fought back with a home run, raising expectations of a 4th consecutive win. Starter Han Hyun-hee was shaken after one out in the top of the first inning. After sending out second hitter Choo Shin-soo with a walk, he gave up two runs on a double and a timely hit to Choi Jeong and Han Yu-seom. He faced seven batters and threw 34 pitches in the first inning alone.
Lotte launched a counterattack by attacking SSG starter Elias immediately in the bottom of the first inning. With 2 outs and runners on first base, Jeon Jun-woo’s two-run shot balanced the score at 2-2. It was his 200th arch in his career, going over the left wall in a high parabola.
Lotte, riding the momentum, succeeded in coming back in the bottom of the second inning. 8th batter Kim Min-seong, who came to bat with 2 outs, hit a dominant solo shot (his 2nd of the season) to take the lead 3-2.
Amid the steady flow, raindrops began to fall on Sajik Stadium from the 4th inning. In the top of the 5th inning, Lotte players entered the ground for defense, but the referee, who was watching the raindrops thickening, stopped the game. In the end, the game was canceled due to rain, and the home run records of Jeon Jun-woo and Kim Min-seong were also deleted.
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