"My head hurts because I'm a foreigner of Lotte." Agreed again. One-two punch is already hitting 153km! →4 scoreless innings against Seibu → 3-3 draw

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It was like a right-handed one-two punch that emerged as the No. 1 target for KBO clubs. Lotte Giants' new foreign one-two punch Jeremy Bisley (31) and Yelvin Rodriguez (28) have already thrown 153km fastballs, making fans excited.

Lotte's team drew 3-3 against the Seibu Lions (Japan) in the 2026 spring camp practice game held at Nango Stadium in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan on the 22nd.

Seibu was the fifth-ranked team in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Pacific League last year. Lotte won two consecutive games against the Taiwan Professional Baseball (CPBL) Taigang Hawks and came to Japan to continue its unbeaten record.

Lotte foreign pitchers showed impressive performances. Visley, who started, combined for four scoreless innings with one hit and two walks, and Rodriguez struck out two innings with one hit and no outs. Even though there is still more than a month left until the opening, both Bisley and Rodriguez threw fastballs up to 153 kilometers per hour. Bisley's strike rate reached 63.2% and Rodriguez's 68.2% due to less ball control anxiety.

Pitching, which has no choice but to acknowledge the early checks of other clubs. Bissley is a pitcher who throws fastballs up to 158 kilometers per hour and Rodriguez 157 kilometers per hour. Regarding the two, KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul said in an interview with reporters before leaving the spring camp, "It hurts my head to see foreign pitchers on other teams. In particular, Lotte pitchers have come with really good players."

The Korean pitchers who threw afterwards also gave hope. In turn, Kim Jin-wook, Kim Kang-hyun and Park Jung-min took the mound and played an equal game, taking responsibility for one scoreless inning each.

Kim Jin-wook threw out the fifth inning with 16 balls. Kim Kang-hyun finished the sixth inning with 12 balls despite giving up a walk. Rookie Park Jung-min pitched scoreless pitching by drawing a double play even though he was hit by the leadoff hitter. In the batting lineup, Han Dong-hee gave hope with two hits in three at-bats and Jeon Jun-woo with two hits in four at-bats. In particular, veteran Kim Min-sung came in as a pinch hitter with one out in the top of the ninth inning when he was losing 0-2, and hit a three-run timely double to save the team from defeat.

I didn't get the win. Chung Hyun-soo hit two consecutive hits after catching one out count, causing a crisis. Yoon Sung-bin, who took the mound in relief with one out and runners on the first and third bases, ended the inning with two walks and one strikeout and two runs. Lee Young-jae, who came out in the ninth inning, was also replaced by Park Joon-woo after receiving consecutive hits. Park Joon-woo gave up the score with a ground ball RBI, but ended the game with 10 balls.

On the same day, Lotte formed a lineup of Victor Reyes (left fielder), Son Ho-young (center fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Han Dong-hee (first baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Park Jin-hyung (third baseman), Jeon Min-jae (striker), and Han Tae-yang (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Beasley.

Against this, Seibu formed the batting lineup of Takuya Hiruma (left-winger), Taiga Kojima (possession), Manaya Nishikawa (middle fielder), Lin Yanker (designated hitter), Alexander Kanario (right fielder), Ishii Issei (second baseman), Takizawa Natsuo (striker), Seiya Watabe (third baseman), and Leon Murata (first baseman). The starting pitcher is Suga Shin.

Beasley overwhelmed Japanese batters with fastballs from the start. In the first inning, he struck out Kojima with a fly ball to shortstop and Nishikawa and Canario despite a walk to the leadoff batter. In the second inning, Watabe allowed a double to left field after two outs, but Murata was caught with a fly ball to center field to end the inning without a run.

Rodriguez was a little more overwhelmed. He received a heavy hit from Hiruma, the first batter, but showed off his strong ball power with six consecutive hitters. Even though he faced the center lineup from No. 2 to No. 7, the ball did not deviate from the infield.

When Kim Jin-wook made three, he continued his momentum with a full inning. Kim Kang-hyun and Park Jung-min allowed both the first batters to get on base, but they did not lose a point by dealing with subsequent batters.

In the meantime, the batters were unable to score points due to the failure of follow-up hits even though they got on base in every inning. In the end, he gave up the first run. After that, Jung Hyun-soo and Yoon Sung-bin shook, and Lotte was dragged 0-2.

However, with the bases loaded with one out, pinch hitter Kim Min-sung came from behind with a three-run timely double in the ninth inning. Although he did not win by giving one more point in the bottom of the ninth inning, it was a performance that erased the nightmare in Taiwan.

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