Oh no! Lotte, 'No. 1 pilot,' swept all two consecutive games in March for the first time in 11 years since 2015→Samsung has lost 2 consecutive home games [Daegu Field Review]

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Lotte Giants won the opening two consecutive games on the road in Daegu with a fire-fighting show that produced four home runs alone. The momentum of the first place in the exhibition game (8 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws, 0.800 winning percentage) seems to continue until the opening of the regular season. He swept all of the opening two consecutive games held in March for the first time in 11 years since the 2015 season.

Lotte beat Samsung 6-2 in the final game of the opening two consecutive games of the "2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 29th. Leading 6-0 until the seventh inning, he shook off Samsung's pursuit well.

With this victory, Lotte caught both the opening games held on the road after the opening game against Samsung on the 28th. It is the first time since the 2015 season as of the opening of March. Due to COVID-19, there is a victory in the opening two consecutive games of the 2020 season, which opened in May, but it is the first time in 11 seasons in a normal season. On the other hand, Samsung lost two consecutive games at home.

On this day, Lotte formed the lineup in the order of Reyes (designated hitter), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Noh Jin-hyuk (first baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (possession), Han Tae-yang (second baseman), Jeon Min-jae (striker), and Hwang Sung-bin (middle fielder). The starting pitcher was right-hander Jeremy Beasley.

Against this, Samsung formed a starting lineup of Lee Jae-hyun (striker), Kim Sung-yoon (right wing), Koo Ja-wook (left wing), Diaz (first baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Kim Young-woong (third baseman), Ryu Ji-hyuk (second baseman), Kang Min-ho (fosu), and Kim Ji-chan (middle fielder). Choi Won-tae came forward as the starting pitcher.

In the beginning of the game, it was a pitching match. A march of zero continued until the third inning. The team that broke the balance first here was Lotte. With one out and no runner in the top of the fourth inning, Son Ho-young hit Choi Won-tae's three pitches (145 km/h fastball) in a 1 ball-1 strike to hit the wall in the middle of the right. With this home run, Lotte took the lead first.

Lotte also cheered up in the fifth inning. Leadoff hitter Roh Jin-hyuk hit Choi Won-tae's 5 pitches (122 km curve) in 1 ball-2 strike to create a superior solo shot. Lotte widened the gap to 2-0.

But Samsung didn't stay put. In the bottom of the fifth inning, leadoff hitter Choi Hyung-woo succeeded in getting on base with a left-handed hit. Next, Kim Young-woong stepped down with a fly ball to right field, but Ryu Ji-hyuk's ground ball to first base led to Roh Jin-hyuk's throwing error. Kang Min-ho bowed his head with a strikeout, but Kim Ji-chan's walk loaded the bases. Next, Lee Jae-hyun scored a pushback score with a ball that hit Lee Jae-hyun's body, making a 1-2, one-point difference.

In the top of the seventh inning, however, Lotte won the game by scoring four runs with two home runs. After one out, Taeyang's walk against Yura Miyaji and Hwang Sung-bin's heavy hit created a chance for first and second base, and Reyes hit the changed pitcher Bae Chan-seung's first pitch (149km/h fastball) to explode a three-run shot behind left field. The next batter, Son Ho-young, hit a 151km fastball in the middle of Bae Chan-seung on two balls and crossed the left fence. In an instant, the score was 6-1, and Lotte ran away more.

Samsung made up for one run with Kim Ji-chan's timely double in the bottom of the seventh inning with one out and second base, but that was it. He bowed his head in the eighth and ninth innings, failing to score against Park Jung-min and Kim Won-joong.

Starting pitcher Beasley became the winning pitcher with two hits, one walk, five strikeouts and one run (non-earned) in five innings. Kyoyama, Jung Chul-won, Park Jung-min and Kim Won-joong, who took the mound, continued to throw to keep the lead intact. In the lineup, Son Ho-young hit hard with two hits (two home runs) and two RBIs in five at-bats, and Reyes also added fire with one hit (one home run) and three RBIs and three walks in two at-bats. On top of that, Yoon Dong-hee, Jeon Joon-woo and Hwang Sung-bin also contributed to the victory with multi-hits.

Samsung starter Choi Won-tae did his part by allowing seven hits (two home runs), two walks, five strikeouts and two runs in six innings, but Miyaji and Bae Chan-seung, who took the mound, gave up two runs side by side, failing to avoid their second consecutive loss. Among Samsung hitters, Ryu Ji-hyuk was the only multi-hit with two hits, but it was not enough to change the win or loss.

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