'10 hits and 5 runs' New foreigners are on the verge of losing → The youngest catcher at 21 years old blocked it! KT Draws 6-6 Rainfall Cold with Lotte [KBO Exhibition Game Review]

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KT Wiz catcher Kim Min-seok (21), the youngest member of KT Wiz's catcher team, prevented his fellow foreigners from becoming a losing pitcher with a dramatic equalizer.

KT won a 6-6 rainfall cold draw due to rain in the top of the eighth inning in the 2026 KBO League exhibition game held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Sajik-dong, Busan on the 13th.

While both teams put forward foreign starters, there was an unexpected slugfest in which they exchanged 13 hits each. The mound was disappointing. In particular, Caleb Boschley, a new foreigner who was consistently well-received in KT's spring camp, failed to beat Lotte's batters with 10 hits, one walk, four strikeouts and five runs in three ⅔ innings.

Lotte starter Masaya Kyoyama showed relatively good performance with five hits, two walks, two strikeouts and two runs in three innings. KT, which showed a frustrating trend the previous day, awakened the atmosphere by successfully hitting all starting batters except Sam Hilliard and Kim Sang-soo. Choi Won-joon, a transfer player, came out as a leadoff and scored two hits and one point in two at-bats. Kim Min-seok, the starting catcher, saved the team from defeat by hitting a dramatic tying solo shot to Chung Hyun-soo in the top of the seventh inning.

While Lotte also had regular hits overall, Son Ho-young succeeded in the only multi-hit game with two hits and two RBIs in three at-bats.

On this day, Lotte formed the lineup of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Victor Reyes (left fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Park Seung-wook (first baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Jeon Min-jae (striker), and Son Sung-bin (catcher). The starting pitcher is Masaya Kyoyama.

Against this, KT formed a lineup of Choi Won-joon (center fielder), Yoo Jun-kyu (right wing), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Sam Hilliard (first baseman), Huh Kyung-min (third baseman), Kim Sang-soo (second baseman), Jang Jin-hyuk (left wing), Kim Min-seok (possession), and Lee Kang-min (striker). The starting pitcher is Caleb Boschley.

I got a score from the start. In the top of the first inning, Choi Won-joon hit a heavy hit and Yoo Jun-kyu hit a double to left-center to make the second and third bases with no outs, and Kim Hyun-soo scored the first run with a timely two-run hit in the right field. It was a pity that the follow-up hit did not go off. When Hilliard picked up a walk and Huh Kyung-min's ground ball, chances were created with one out and runners on second and third bases. However, Kim Sang-soo and Jang Jin-hyuk both grounded out and finished without scoring.

Lotte also made first and third bases with no outs in the bottom of the first inning with consecutive hits by Hwang Sung-bin and Reyes. Jeon Joon-woo and Park Seung-wook stepped down without hits, but Yoon Dong-hee and Son Ho-young made up for one point with consecutive hits. Lotte succeeded in turning the tables with a concentrated shot. In the bottom of the third inning, with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, Son Ho-young scored two runs on an opponent's wild pitch following an RBI double on the left field line.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Jeon Min-jae and Park Jae-yeop made consecutive hits to create opportunities. Hwang Sung-bin, who got on base with a ground ball, stole the second base, making the second and third bases with one out, and Jeon Joon-woo made it 5-2 with a timely two-run hit.

KT, which recovered one point in the top of the fourth inning, followed each point steadily. Jang Jin-hyuk made a timely double with an RBI in the right field line in the top of the fifth inning, and Oh Yoon-seok made a timely RBI hit in the top of the sixth inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases to prevent the game from being known until the end. However, it was regrettable that Son Min-seok failed to score an additional point against Chung Hyun-soo, who took the mound instead of Lee Min-seok, even though he got a walk and had a bases-loaded chance with two outs.

KT Kim Min-seok eventually tied the game. Kim Min-seok came out as a leadoff hitter in the top of the seventh inning when his team was losing 5-6 and hit Chung Hyun-soo's high fastball. The ball went over the left-center fence and became a tiebreaking solo shot. Since then, the game has been suspended from Kwon Dong-jin's at-bat in the top of the eighth inning due to continued rain, and the cold game was declared soon.

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