After a 4 hour and 22 minute battle, heading to Seoul… Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung: “If we win, we’ll be less tired”

Hanwha match ends at 00:07 on the 29th

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Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyung expressed satisfaction with the victory after a fierce battle in the rain the day before.

Lotte won 14-11 in a fierce battle against Kiwoom Heroes in the 2024 Shinhan Sol Bank KBO League game held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 29th.

The game took a whopping 4 hours and 22 minutes. It started 7 minutes late due to rain before the game, and was suspended for 68 minutes due to rain again before the bottom of the 3rd inning. It ended at 0:07 a.m., becoming the 8th game in KBO League history to end after midnight.

Lotte was scheduled to play against Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 30th, so they left right after the game ended. They arrived in Seoul around 5 AM.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, who we met in the dugout ahead of the game against Kiwoom, looked back on the previous day’s game and said, “We just need to win. If we win, we’ll be less tired, but if we lose, the damage will be greater.”

Lotte came close to victory with a 14-5 lead through the 6th inning, but gave up 5 runs in the 7th inning, forcing them to deploy key bullpen pitchers like Koo Seung-min and Kim Won-joong in the final minutes of the game.

Director Kim stated, “The situation was like that, so (putting in the winning combination) was unavoidable. But I had to use it anyway.”

Lotte, aiming for a second consecutive win, excluded Yoon Dong-hee, who had a hot streak the day before with 4 hits and 2 RBIs in 6 at-bats, from the starting lineup. The lineup consists of Hwang Seong-bin (center fielder) – Ko Seung-min (second baseman) – Son Ho-young (third baseman) – Victor Reyes (right fielder) – Jeon Jun-woo (left fielder) – Na Seung-yeop (first baseman) – Jeong Hoon (designated hitter) – Park Seung-wook (shortstop) – Son Seong-bin (catcher). The starting pitcher is Jeong Hyun-soo.

Manager Kim said, “I like Jeong Hoon so much that I plan to alternate between using Yoon Dong Hee and Hwang Seong Bin. Hwang Seong Bin needs to play a role such as hitting, but his batting pace has dropped a lot. He needs to get hits to survive,” and explained, “I will watch today’s game and reconsider the lineup.”

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