'How come' Jamsil home run king Lee Jeok → Unexpected home run '0' silent in Incheon... Ko Myung-jun's 'homer + home run' hit back-to-back! "No. 1 in the trial game is Lotte."

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SSG Landers overpowered the Lotte Giants with Ko Myung-joon's consecutive at-bats home run.

SSG won 6-3 in the final match of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League exhibition game against the Lotte Giants at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 24th.

With this, SSG finished the exhibition game schedule with 5 wins and 7 losses. On the other hand, despite the loss on the day, Lotte ranked first in the exhibition game by marking eight wins, two draws and two losses (winning rate of 0.800). It is the first time in four years that Lotte has ranked first in the exhibition game since 2022.

SSG formed the starting lineup in the order of Park Sung-han (striker), Herredia (left fielder), Choi Jung (third baseman), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Ko Myung-joon (first baseman), Kim Jihoon Choi (center fielder), Kim Sung-wook (right fielder), Cho Hyung-woo (catcher), and Jung Joon-jae (second baseman). The starting pitcher was left-hander Beniziano.

In response, Lotte set up its starting lineup in the order of Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Kim Min-sung (first baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (posu), Shin Yoon-hoo (left fielder), Jeon Min-jae (striker), and Jang Doo-sung (middle fielder). The starting pitcher was right-hander Park Se-woong.

Lotte picked the first point. a situation in which there is no runner with one out. Lotte's Yoo Kang-nam hit a fastball (147km) in the fourth pitch at the ball count 2-1 and hit a preemptive solo shot over the left-center fence.

SSG then scored three points in the bottom of the fourth inning to turn the game around. After leadoff hitter Herredia got on base with a double in right-center, Kim Jae-hwan hit a timely double that fell inside the right-field line after one out. Ko Myung-joon, who entered the next at-bat, then fired a two-run shot over the left fence to make it 3-1.

In the sixth inning, the two teams exchanged a point each. In the top of the sixth inning, Lotte scored a solo shot against Noh Kyung-eun by Yoon Dong-hee after one out. Then, Lotte immediately responded with a superior solo home run against Park Se-woong by leading hitter Ko Myung-joon in the bottom of the sixth inning. The moment Ko Myung-joon hit back-to-back home runs. The score was 4-2.

In the seventh inning, SSG added two more points, effectively sealing the game. Choi Jung shot a two-run shot over the fence in the middle to run 6-2 with two outs and a runner on second base. Lotte recovered one run in the eighth inning with Roh Jin-hyuk's timely hit, but that was it.

SSG starter Beniziano became the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and one run (one earned run) on three hits and one hit in five innings. The total number of pitches is 74. Kim Noh Kyung-eun (one hit and no walks in one inning), Kim Min (one perfect inning), Lee Ro-woon (two hits and one walk in two ⅔ innings), Park Si-hoo (no hit and one strikeout in two ⅓ innings), and Cho Byung-hyun (no hit and one strikeout in one inning) pitched in turn. Beniziano pitched four innings of two hits, one walk and six strikeouts against the Samsung Lions on the 17th, and succeeded in two consecutive games.

Lotte became a losing pitcher with starter Park Se-woong marking seven hits, one walk, five strikeouts and four runs (four earned) in five ⅔ innings. The total number of pitches is 81. Yoon Sung-bin (no hit and no strikeouts in ⅓ innings), Kim Won-joong (two hits and two strikeouts in one inning), and Park Jung-min (no hit, two walks and one strikeout in one inning) threw the ball in turn.

In the SSG lineup, which had a total of nine hits, Ko Myung-joon made three hits in three at-bats (two home runs) with three RBIs and two runs. Park Sung-han and Herredia then made multi-hit performances. Lotte had only six scattered hits, including Yoo Kang-nam's multi-hitters.

Ko Myung-joon became the home run king of the exhibition game with a whopping six home runs in 11 exhibition games. On the other hand, Kim Jae-hwan, a former "Jamsil Home Run King" who was recruited for a total of 2.2 billion won for two years ahead of this season, unexpectedly failed to hit a single home run in a batter-friendly home ground. It was the only home run in this year's exhibition game that he hit against KIA in Gwangju on the 13th. Of course, it's still only an exhibition game.

Meanwhile, while all 10 clubs have completed their exhibition games, SSG will play the regular season opener against the KIA Tigers in Incheon at 2 p.m. on the 28th. Lotte will hold the opening two consecutive games against the Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu.

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