'It's spring.' Lotte wins, wins, wins, wins, wins, wins in exhibition games → Runs to first place alone! Kim Jin-wook, KKKK, power pitching '10-3 win over Doosan' [Busan Field Review]

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Lotte Giants, the No. 1 team in the exhibition game, even beat the second-place Doosan Bears to solidify their lead.

Lotte won 10-3 against Doosan in the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League exhibition game (a total of 2,368 players) held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 19th.

With this, Lotte, which has won five consecutive games, has led the exhibition game with five wins and two draws. On the other hand, Doosan remained in second place with its second loss (five wins).

The balance of pitching and hitting was perfect. Lotte starter Kim Jin-wook became the winning pitcher with two hits, two walks, five strikeouts and two runs in five ⅓ innings. He threw a total of 83 pitches, including 40 fastball balls, 21 sliders, 16 change-up balls and 6 curves, and the maximum speed was 148 kilometers per hour. Although Park Joon-woo was disappointed with one hit (one homer) and one walk in ⅔ innings, Choi Joon-yong (1 inning), Lee Joon-seo (1 inning), and Lee Jin-ha (1 inning) kept the victory with scoreless pitching.

In the batting lineup, Yoon Dong-hee gave a stable lead with two hits (one home run) in four at-bats, Han Tae-yang made two hits, one RBI and two runs in four at-bats, and Son Ho-young made two hits and two RBIs in four at-bats.

On the other hand, Doosan struggled with starting pitcher Jack Rogue's poor performance with eight hits (one homer) and seven strikeouts and seven runs in four innings. It was comforting for Yang Jae-hoon to pitch two innings without hitting and walking two and striking out four. While the batters were silent with a total of three hits, it was comforting to avoid defeat with Daz Cameron's three-run home run.

On this day, Lotte formed the lineup of Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Son Ho-young (center fielder), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jeon Jun-woo (left fielder), Yoo Kang-nam (designated hitter), Jeon Min-jae (striker), Noh Jin-hyuk (first baseman), Son Sung-bin (catcher), and Lee Seo-jun (third baseman). The starting pitcher is Kim Jin-wook.

Against this, Doosan formed a lineup of Park Chan-ho (striker), Jung Soo-bin (center fielder), Dodds Cameron (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (catcher), Kang Seung-ho (designated hitter), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), Ahn Jae-seok (third baseman), Park Jun-soon (second baseman), and Park Ji-hoon (left fielder). The starting pitcher is Jack Rogue.

The home team Lotte scored the first point. In the bottom of the first inning, leadoff hitter Han Tae-yang got on base with a double on the right wing line, and Son Ho-young called home with an RBI double on the right wing line. Son Ho-young homered following third base on consecutive ground balls by Yoon Dong-hee and Jeon Jun-woo. Lotte's 2-0 lead.

The gap was widened by big innings in the second inning. Lotte's leadoff hitter Jeon Min-jae got on base with a heavy hit in the bottom of the second inning. Roh Jin-hyuk added one more point with a timely triple on the right field line. Son Sung-bin and Lee Seo-joon struck out, but leadoff Han Tae-yang ignited the lineup again. Han Tae-yang made a timely RBI single in the middle, and Son Ho-young made it 5-0 with an RBI double to right-center for the first pitch. Yoon Dong-hee also hit the left fence wide for Jack Rogue's first pitch of 144 kilometers per hour. It was a large two-run gun with a distance of 125 meters. Lotte's 7-0 lead.

In the meantime, Lotte starter Kim Jin-wook continued his scoreless pitching. Kim Jin-wook, who pitched perfectly by striking out three until the second inning, was in crisis by allowing a hit to Ahn Jae-seok and a walk to Park Ji-hoon in the third inning.

However, Park Chan-ho was treated with a fly ball to left field and Jeong Su-bin did not lose a point. Kim Jin-wook has settled down again. In the top of the fourth inning, Cameron and Yang Eui-ji struck out consecutive swings and misses with changeups and sliders. Three outs in the fifth inning and leadoff hitter Park Ji-hoon in the sixth inning also turned a fly ball to center field, continuing his six-batter streak.

The last inning was a shame. In the top of the sixth inning, he was replaced by Park Joon-woo after a walk to Park Chan-ho and a double to right field by Jung Soo-bin. Park Joon-woo, who took the mound in relief, allowed Cameron a three-run home run to left-center, increasing his earned run to two.

Lotte won the game by adding three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Leading hitter Son Ho-young headed to second base due to the opponent's third baseman's throwing error. Yoon Dong-hee and Jeon Joon-woo added one run with consecutive hits, and Jeon Min-jae hit a timely RBI single on the left field line. In Son Seong-bin's at-bat, Lee In-han stole the home and scored 10 points.

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