"I'm looking forward to it again."' Lotte, the winner LG, 0:3 → 5:3 come from behind to win! Han Tae-yang + Son Ho-young Home Run + Jung Cheol-won's bases-loaded crisis deleted [KBO Exhibition Game Review]

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It makes me look forward to it again. Lotte Giants topped the exhibition game with a come-from-behind victory over the winning team LG Twins.

Lotte won 5-3 against LG in the 2026 KBO exhibition game held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 14th.

With two wins and one draw, Lotte became the only unbeaten team among the 10 teams. On the other hand, LG, which experienced its first loss, recorded one win, one draw and one loss.

The match was in the top of the seventh inning when Lotte led 4-3. Hong Min-ki, who took the mound, grounded out Lee Joo-heon to shortstop. However, he allowed a walk after a full count match with Lee Jae-won, and he was on the verge of being on the first and third bases with one out due to his mistake in throwing the second baseman.

When Song Chan-ui was hit and the bases were loaded with one out, Lotte boldly put in Jung Cheol-won, a must-win team. Here, Jung Cheol-won drew a double play to Kim Sung-jin with a persistent body match. Catcher Park Jae-yeop calmly stepped home and threw to first base to end the inning.

The process was as impressive as the result. Lotte was dragged 0-3 as starting pitcher Elvin Rodriguez allowed three runs in the beginning.

However, starting with a large double over veteran Kim Min-sung's center fielder height with one out in the bottom of the third inning, Jang Doo-sung's timely RBI in left-center and Han Tae-yang's three-run home run to left-center made it 3-3 at once.

Rodriguez, who has stabilized, ended the game with six hits, one walk, three strikeouts and three runs (two earned) in the final five innings with no runs.

The bullpen pitchers' performance was also brilliant. Park Joon-woo showed a stable performance with one hit and no outs in one inning.

In the batting lineup, a focused shot stood out. Han Tae-yang made one hit (one home run) and two RBIs in three times at bat, and Son Ho-young made two hits in four times at bat (one home run) and one RBI.

Son Ho-young hit Jang Hyun-sik's first pitch with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning when the score was 3-3 and hit it wide over the left fence. Veteran Kim Min-sung sealed the scoring with a sacrifice fly to right field with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning.

LG also showed not bad performance. Starting pitcher Lim Chan-kyu allowed five hits (one homer) with no outs, two strikeouts, and three runs in five innings. Woo Kang-hoon, who appeared for the first time in a long time, pitched a fast ball of more than 150 kilometers per hour and tied the inning with a perfect ⅔ inning.

In the lineup, Austin Dean played multi-hit games with two hits and two runs from three times at bat, and Koo Bon-hyuk played two hits from two times at bat, one RBI and one walk.

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