"Losing, losing, losing." Lotte was really mean to home fans... Peach clock violation walk → wild pitch → wild pitch → wild pitch → self-destruction of walks 'shock' defeat

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It was really too much for the fans who filled their home stadium for three consecutive days. Lotte Giants disappointed fans by losing six consecutive games in a more disappointing process than the result.

Lotte lost to SSG Landers 3-4 in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season home game held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 5th.

As a result, Lotte, which lost all three consecutive home games and lost six consecutive games, tied for eighth with the KIA Tigers and the Kiwoom Heroes with two wins and six losses. It's the lowest.

Expectations for catching both the first place in the exhibition game and the favorite Samsung Lions have already disappeared. With 23,200 full-capacity spectators filling Sajik Baseball Stadium in three consecutive home games, the Lotte team failed to give its first victory with a disappointing performance.

The match was held at the top of the ninth inning when the two teams were 3-3 against each other. Choi Jun-yong took the mound, and Guillermo Herredia, the first batter, hit a ground ball to second base. In the ensuing match with Choi Jung, he gave a walk in vain. The timing was too long from the 6th ball to the 7th ball. The referee declared Choi Jun-yong's pitch clock violation and Choi Jeong-eun was replaced by runner Jung Joon-jae.

Lotte Bench changed its home turf from Yoo Kang-nam to Son Sung-bin. However, Son Sung-bin sent Jung Joon-jae to third base by failing to catch a back-to-back fork falling from Kim Jae-hwan's at-bat. In the end, even Kim Jae-hwan walked on base, making the first and third bases. Here, Ko Myung-joon's timely RBI hit in the middle made the winning run of the day.

The process was as unfortunate as the result. An ordinary shortstop ground ball became on base, and a single hit became a double. The pitchers' failure to check was a bonus. As a result, their efforts disappeared. Starting pitcher Park Se-woong's pitch of three strikeouts and three runs in five innings with six hits and five outs (three walks).

In the batting lineup, Victor Reyes made three hits in five at-bats, Hwang Sung-bin made two hits in four at-bats and an RBI, and Yoon Dong-hee made one hit in four at-bats (one home run) with two RBIs and one walk. He scored three runs on just 10 hits, but was buried in some errors.

On the other hand, SSG, which played intensively, such as foreign hitters hitting the fence and catching balls, got reasonable results. Starting pitcher Anthony Beniziano was sluggish with eight hits (one homer) in five innings, two walks, four strikeouts and three runs.

However, the bullpen, which led to Jeon Young-joon, Lee Eui-woon, Kim Min, and Cho Byung-hyun, set the stage for a come-from-behind victory by allowing no runs in one inning each. There was only one outfield allowed by these four bullpens. SSG, which swept all three consecutive away games in Busan, rose to first place in the league alone with 7 wins and 1 loss.

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