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Lotte fell too fifth place in the standings after suffering a 1-4 defeat against NC in Changwon on Aug. 23, marking their 12th consecutive loss.
The loss dropped Lotte’s record to 58 wins, 5 draws, and 57 losses, falling behind NC, whose record now stands at 54 wins, 6 draws, and 53 losses.This marks the frist time in 130 days, since April 15, that Lotte has slipped out of fourth place.
Simultaneously occurring, KT, which had been tied with NC, secured a 6-2 victory.
The team with the most defeats in professional baseball (2898) has endured a 14-game winless stretch, previously occurring in 2002 and 2003. The team also matched Samsung’s 12-game losing streak from June 30 to July 23, 2022.
This season also marks the second consecutive year that professional baseball has drawn over 10 million spectators,with a total of 10,131,700 fans attending games in five stadiums. If current attendance trends continue, the total number of spectators could surpass 12.37 million by the end of the season.
The league’s total entry revenue has already reached approximately 16.9 billion won, exceeding last year’s record of 159.3 billion won. lotte has contributed significantly
