Na Seung-yeop, who frustrated Ryu Hyun-jin, predicted 'automatic intentional throwing'…"Stop Hanwha's winning streak. Good"

Na Seung-yeop, who frustrated Ryu Hyun-jin, predicted 'automatic intentional throwing'…"Stop Hanwha's winning streak. Good"

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Lotte Giants infielder Na Seung-yeop defeated "Korean Monster" Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles). He hit a decisive shot at the final destination, stopping Hanwha from winning its ninth consecutive game.카지노

Lotte defeated Hanwha 5-3 in the fourth game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on Sunday. After avenging its 4-6 defeat the previous day, Lotte maintained a 3-1 advantage over Hanwha in its 2025 season match.

The first team to score was Hanwha. Hanwha had a chance to load the bases with no outs thanks to Roh Si-hwan's hit and consecutive walks by Chae Eun-seong and Lee Jin-young at the top of the second inning. Im Jong-chan struck out and Choi Jae-hoon was caught by an infield fly ball, but Shim Woo-joon's infield hit and An Chi-hong's two-run timely hit earned three runs.

However, Lotte chased after Yoon Dong-hee with a solo home run in the fourth inning. In the sixth inning, Hwang Sung-bin and Yoon Dong-hee made consecutive hits, followed by Ko Seung-min's sacrifice bunt, making it one out and runners on the second and third bases.

At that time, Hanwha starter Ryu Hyun-jin sent Victor Reyes to the mound on purpose. With the bases loaded with one out, however, Na hit a timely two-run homer to tie the game, and Jeon's infield grounder led the game to a come-from-behind score of 4-3.

Lotte scored another run in the bottom of the eighth inning to secure its victory.

Na Seung-yeop's performance stood out. He started the game as the fifth batter and first baseman, and posted one hit and two RBIs in four times at bat. One hit was more than a multi-hit ball.
Early in the game, Na had difficulty targeting Hanwha starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin. At his first at bat in the bottom of the first inning, he struck out three batters with two outs and no runners. With no ball to strike, Ryu's three pitches were completely controlled to a low course outside the strike zone, and he couldn't get a bat and bowed his head to strikeout.

Na was also struck out by Ryu at his second at-bat. With no runners on with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning when Lotte was trailing 1-3, it was regrettable that he had struck out against Ryu after a full count match. As Ryu's 139km/h cut fastball on the sixth pitch went out of the strike zone, he couldn't get a bat.

Instead, Na broke his silence at the final destination. When the team was losing 1-3, the Hanwha bench and Ryu threw an automatic fastball to Victor Reyes, one out, at the second and third bases in the bottom of the sixth inning. He chose to take on Na, who had difficulty targeting Ryu.

Na made Hanwha regret its choice. He hit Ryu Hyun-jin's first-pitch changeup of 134km/h and hit a two-run timely hit that penetrated the side of the first baseman to tie the score 3-3.

Lotte succeeded in turning the game around with a run scored by a third baseman when Jeon Joon-woo grounded out to shortstop with one out and runners on first and third bases. Na Seung-yeop's two-run timely hit completely changed the game.
After the game ended, Na appeared resolutely in an interview with an official instructor. He said he had fully anticipated Hanwha's choice of skipping Reyes due to automatic pitches and choosing to compete with him.

"When I was at bat in the bottom of the sixth inning, I thought I could skip Reyes because the first base was empty," Na said. "I was expecting it because I was weak against Ryu Hyun-jin. I decided to turn the bat aggressively from the first pitch and went to bat."

"I tried to spin the bat if it was similar from the first pitch. Ryu Hyun-jin was such a good pitcher and pitched well that I wanted to hit the ball aggressively if the count was not good enough. I didn't get angry or anything when I chose to win after skipping Reyes, but I had confidence," he said.
When the Hanwha Eagles allowed Na to make a timely two-run hit, the team's nine consecutive wins as well as its nine consecutive wins as starting pitcher disappeared. "I didn't want to fall victim to Hanwha's own record," Na said in a frank statement.

Na Seung-yeop said, "Lotte has not lost consecutive games recently. Even before today's game, the players said that they should never lose consecutive games," adding, "The Hanwha Eagles have been on the rise recently, and it was good to prevent the Hanwha Eagles from winning consecutive games."

Lotte will play three consecutive away games against Doosan in Jamsil. Depending on the result of the weekend series against Doosan, it is also possible to regain the second place.