Lotte Mart won 12-6 in the home Kyonggi against lg in the 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on July 7.
Lotte Mart, who finished 49 wins, 1 draw and 47 losses on the day, continued his hopes of entering the postseason. The gap between kt wiz and Doosan Bears, which are the fourth-ranked, narrowed the ride with the sixth-ranked KIA Tigers to 2.5 Kyonggi.
On the other hand, lg, which had a close chase with the leading NC Dynos by 1Kyonggi with the last seven consecutive wins, was downed by the defeat. Still, he kept second place ahead of the winning rate without riding to third place Kiwoom Heroes.
The game was split early: Lotte Mart scored a large number of six runs in the first inning, batting straight against lg rookie starter Lee Min-ho. Lee Dae-ho's right fielder's one-run double and Dixon Machado's two-run double over the center fielder's key made the big inning with three consecutive timely hits by Kim Joon-tae, An Chi-hong and Son A-seop.
The lg defense also failed to help Lee Min-ho. Lee Dae-ho's right-hand timely hit was able to stop right fielder Lee Hyung-jong with a short shot, but he tried to make a diving catch and dropped it back and became a big score.
Manny Machado's batting average was also disappointing because center fielder Lee Chun-woong could not play the fence properly due to a misjudgment.
Lotte Mart scored four points in the second inning with a 6-1 lead in the second inning, Han Dong-hee's left-handed double, Manny Machado's left-handed two-run homer and Lee Byung-gyu's solo shot. Lotte Mart shortstop Manny Machado, who won the most votes in the All-Star fan vote, was the winner of the season with four RBIs including the 10th two-run homer.
Lotte Mart starter Park Se-woong allowed four runs in five innings, but thanks to the solid support of the batting line, he won his seventh win (6 losses) of the season. lg starter Lee Min-ho, on the other hand, experienced the worst slump since his professional debut, giving up 11 hits and 10 runs, including two Fishers in 113 innings.
lg still had to comfort the Foreign hitter Roberto Jordi Alba with a 31st homer in the third inning with a right-handed two-run. With this homer, Jordi Alba set the record for the most homer in a season with lg batters; the previous record was 30 homer recorded by Lee Byung-kyu, current batting coach in 1999.
Park Yong-taik, who started as a No. 5 designated hitter, set a record of 2200 Kyonggi for the second time ever. Park Yong-taik will change the record of most batters in the future with Jung Sung-hoon (2223 Kyonggi and retirement) if he plays only 24 more Kyonggi.
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