LOTTE KEEPS FALL BASEBALL HOPES ALIVE WITH JEON JUN-WOO, SON SUNG-BIN ‘BANG’

The Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) rode a pair of home runs and a strong performance from starter Charlie Barnes to victory .Lotte swept the Hanwha Eagles of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League 3-0 on Monday at Sajik Stadium in Busan. Riding a two-game winning streak, the seventh-place Lotte (61-67) kept their postseason hopes alive until the end of the season .LOTTE starter Barnes pitched six innings of 100-pitch, four-hit ball with two walks and nine strikeouts to improve to 10-0 on the season .It’s his second straight year of double-digit wins after last season (12).Barnes extended his win streak against Hanwha to five, dating back to May 13 last year in Daejeon .At the plate, two home runs led Lotte to victory. Jeon Jun-woo, the most senior member of the Lotte Beast, hit the game-winning two-run homer off Hanwha starter Ricardo Sanchez in the fourth inning .It was his 15th home run of the season and his fifth against a former club in the league this seasonJun-woo, who reached 1,600 career plate appearances on the day, celebrated the milestone .In the seventh inning, Son Sung-bin hit his first career home run With the bases loaded and no outs, Son hit a two-run shot over the left field wall .Son, Lotte’s first-round catching prospect in the 2021 draft, tasted his first home run in his third season and 55th game in the first team. In the ninth inning, LOTTE closer Kim Won-joong retired the side in order with two strikeouts to end the game with 카지노사이트킹 three batters on base and earn his 28th save of the season.

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