The Lotte Giants are in the midst of their season-opening tune-up, and they have two long-hitting table-setters in Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung was delighted with the thunderous swings of No. 2 hitter Go Seung-min, who led off the game with a bold swing in his first at-bat, and No. 1 hitter Yoon Dong-hee, who hit a solo shot in his second at-bat.
An exhibition game between Samsung and Lotte in the KBO League at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Friday. Manager Kim Tae-hyung set the table with Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min.
Kim Min-seok, the most likely leadoff candidate this season, was injured during fielding practice on the 7th, and Han Dong-hee, who was supposed to be the center fielder, was injured during the exhibition game. Both Kim Min-seok and Han Dong-hee will need about a month to rehabilitate.
While their absence is significant, Lotte’s batting lineup has been cohesive with Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min, who have been hitting hot in the exhibition games.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung was full of praise for Go Seung-min, 바카라사이트 who was batting .545 with 11 hits, six RBIs, one home run, four runs scored and two stolen bases before the game. “His pace is the best right now. His batting speed and power are both excellent,” Kim said of Go Seung-min’s hitting.
Go, who started as the No. 2 hitter, responded to Kim’s praise with a home run from his first at-bat.
In the top of the first inning, Lotte’s Go Seung-min faced Samsung left-hander Lee Seung-hyun. He chose his pitches well and swung confidently at a two-strike count.
After three foul cuts, LOTTE’s Ko Seung-min saw a 132-kilometer slider from Samsung’s Lee Seung-hyun in the abdomen.
He hit it right down the center of the plate and it sailed over the right-field wall at Lions Park for his first home run of the tournament. Go Seung-min’s bat was hot on this day, as his hot batting made him a favorite of manager Kim Tae-hyung.
“His swing is light and smooth,” commentator Lee Taek-geun said of his home run,
Leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee, who watched Go Seung-min’s leadoff solo shot in the second inning, was also impressed.
With a 1-0 lead, Yoon came to bat in the top of the third inning and faced Samsung left-hander Lee Seung-hyun, and when a 2B 2S five-pitch 115-kilometer curveball was in the strike zone, he pulled hard and sent it over the left field fence.
The tablesetters’ two home runs in Game 1 surprised even the commentators, 토토사이트 추천 who said, “Lotte batters definitely come to the plate with data. It’s impressive to see them attack with such boldness.”
With Kim Min-seok and Han Dong-hee, who are expected to lead off and bat in the middle of the order, injured during the exhibition game, LOTTE coach Kim Tae-hyung was pleased with the hot hitting of table-setters Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min.