I forgot how to lose the 'single best' Lotte, but... Dream's '160km fireballer' relief appearance in the 8th inning → Fatal tie allowed

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Although the back door collapsed, the Lotte Giants continued their unbeaten streak in exhibition games.

Lotte drew 4-4 against the Kiwoom Heroes at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 17th in the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League exhibition game.

With the draw, Lotte maintained its sole lead with four wins and two draws in the exhibition game. On the other hand, Kiwoom remained at the bottom of the exhibition game rankings with one win, one draw and four losses.

Lotte formed the starting lineup in the order of Jang Doo-sung (center fielder), Jeon Min-jae (striker), Son Ho-young (designated hitter), Noh Jin-hyuk (first baseman), Cho Se-jin (left fielder), Lee Seo-joon (third baseman), Kim Han-hole (right fielder), Park Jae-yeop (catcher), and Lee Ho-joon (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Park Se-woong.

In response, Kiwoom made the starting lineup in the order of Lee Joo-hyung (center fielder), An Chi-hong (designated hitter), Brooks (first baseman), Park Chan-hyuk (right fielder), Choi Joo-hwan (third baseman), Park Joo-hong (left fielder), Eo Jun-seo (striker), Kim Dong-heon (catcher), and Park Han-gyeol (second baseman). The starting pitcher was Ha Young-min.

The game attracted attention as a showdown between Park Se-woong and Ha Young-min and native starting pitchers representing both teams.

Park Se-woong pitched four innings, seven hits, no four outs, four strikeouts, and two runs (two earned) in four ⅔. The total number of pitches was 77. Lee Young-jae (⅔ innings), Jung Chul-won (one ⅔ inning), Yoon Sung-bin (three hits, two walks, two runs in one inning), Park Joon-woo (⅔ innings), and Park Jung-min (⅓ innings) pitched in turn.

For Lotte, it was painful that "160km fireballer" Yoon Sung-bin allowed a tie in the eighth inning with a 4-2 lead. Yoon's maximum fastball speed on the day was 154 kilometers.

In Kiwoom, Ha Young-min pitched well in four innings, five hits, one walk, six strikeouts, and one run (one earned run). The total number of pitches is 62. Park Jung-hoon (1 run in 2 innings), Park Joo-sung (2 runs in 1 inning), Cho Young-gun (1 inning), and Park Jin-hyung (1 inning) took the mound in turn.

In Lotte's nine-hit lineup, leadoff Jang Doo-sung worked hard with multiple hits. In the Kiwoom lineup, which had 12 hits, Brooks swung three hits in three at-bats, and An Chi-hong also helped with multiple hits.

Lotte scored the first run with Son Ho-young's hit and Roh Jin-hyuk's timely hit following a stolen base after two outs in the bottom of the first inning. Then, in the top of the second inning, Eo Jun-seo hit a timely double, and when Park Han-yeol grounded out to the second base with one out and runners on the first and third bases, Kiwoom turned the game 2-1 home.

Lotte settled on third base when Jeon Min-jae grounded out in front of the pitcher after leadoff hitter Jang Doo-sung got on base with a double in the bottom of the fifth inning. He then scored when Son Ho-young grounded out to third base. 2-2 origin.

Lotte ran to 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Park Seung-wook hit a two-run timely hit with no outs and runners on the first and third bases.

However, Yoon Sung-bin, who took over the mound in the eighth inning, was shaken. Choo Jae-hyun, the leadoff hitter, got on base with a right-handed hit and settled on second base when Yoon Sung-bin threw wildly. Choo Jae-hyun, who went to third base after tag-up when Kim Ji-seok's fly ball to center field, took advantage of Yoon Sung-bin's wild pitch during the subsequent Lim Ji-yeol at-bat.

Kiwoom continued to put the runner in the scoring position with Lim Ji-yeol's walk and Choi Jae-young's hit to the right-center, and one out later, Kim Gun-hee hit a timely hit to tie the game to square one. Kiwoom failed to turn the game around as An Chi-hong struck out three pitches in a continuous two-out bases-loaded opportunity.

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