 KBO Playoffs: Giants Take Commanding 2-0 Lead Over Doosan 32 weeks 3 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- For the second game in a row, Lotte's bottom three hitters came through in the clutch again. Yong Duk-han's one out homer in the ninth was the difference as Lotte took Game 2 of the series 2-1 at Jamsil Stadium. Lotte now takes a commanding 2-0 series lead home for Game 3 Thursday night.
Lotte starter Shane Youman produced another strong outing, pitching six innings of six hit ball, while giving up Doosan's only run in the first. He struck out four,... |
 KBO Playoffs: Lotte Wins Series Opener 8-5 32 weeks 4 days ago
 SEOUL, South Korea -- If Game 1 was any indication of what's to come in the KBO's first round series between Lotte and Doosan, there's going to be a lot of drama that will give heart attacks to coaches, players and fans... |
 Lotte Looks to Break Their Playoff Jinx 32 weeks 5 days ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- The Lotte Giants' second half slump dropped them from a bye in the opening round of the Korean Baseball Organization playoffs to a first round matchup with Doosan, with the Bears having home field advantage. The best-of-five series... |
 Lotte Tie Once in Rained Out Weekend Series 44 weeks 5 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants and Hanwha tied 1-1 on Friday after rain halted the series opener after five innings. Shane Youman pitched five innings for Lotte, allowing only four hits and one run, while Son Ah-seop's third inning double scored Moon Kyu-hyun in the third after walking off Hanwha starter Park Chan-ho.
Saturday and Sunday's games were both washed out due to the heavy rains which hit the city all weekend.
Lotte next hit the road for a three game... |
 Lotte Giants Team Named All Star Starters 45 weeks 4 days ago
 BUSAN, South Korea -- Ten Lotte Giants have been named starters for the KBO All-Star game, which is set to take place in Daejeon on July 21. The Giants, along with Samsung, SK and Doosan make up the Eastern League stars.
Catcher Kang Min-... |
 Lotte Splits Series With Samsung 45 weeks 5 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants split the weekend series after Friday night's rainout with Samsung at home.
Shane Youman (7-3) was masterful on the mound again Saturday, pitching 6 2/3 shutout ball. He limited the Lions to five hits while striking out three in Lotte's 7-0 win. Hong Seung-hoon was 3-3 with three RBI's.
On Sunday, Song Seung-joon (4-8) lasted only four innings in Samsung's 7-2 win. Kim Ju-chan's fourth homer of theyear, a solo shot in... |
 Late Inning Heroics Spark Lotte to Sweep LG 47 weeks 5 days ago
SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Yong-hoon went 7 ⅓ perfect innings Sunday, to lead the Lotte Giants to a three game sweep of LG over the weekend. Lee finished pitching eight innings of three hit ball while striking out seven in their 7-1 win on Sunday.
Lee retired the first batter in the seventh before LG rattled off consecutive hits, and added a third later to score on a close play at the plate. Lotte added four insurance runs in the ninth to complete the sweep.
On Friday, Lotte... |
 Lotte Takes Two of Three From SK 48 weeks 20 hours ago
INCHEON, South Korea - The Lotte Giants took two of three games this week against SK, to move them back into second place in the KBO standings.
The Giants won the opener 5-1 thanks to Park Jong-yoon's eighth homer of the season. Lee Yong-hoon (6-2) got back on track after a few miserable performances to win his sixth game of the year, pitching six innings while giving up seven hits and striking out five.
Lee Sang-hwa (0-1) got the nod on Wednesday, but only lasted 3 1/3... |
 Lotte Splits Series With Nexen 48 weeks 5 days ago
MOKDONG, South Kroea - The Lotte Giants won, lost and tied games in their three game weekend series in Mokdong over the weekend.
Nexen finished out the series by winning Sunday's game on a walk-off single to take the finale 4-3. After seven strong innings from Song Seung-joon, Lotte reliever Lee Seung-ho (1-1) got in trouble in the bottom of the ninth and allowed Jang Gi-young to drive in the winning run.
On Saturday, Ryan Sadowski gave up a two run shot in the bottom of... |
 Lotte Avoids Sweep in Daejon 50 weeks 1 day ago
DAEJON, South Korea - The Lotte Giants avoided being swept by the Hanwha Eagles with a come-from-behind 9-7 win Thursday night.
Down 5-0 after the second, Lotte regrouped after Kang Min-ho's 7th homer of the year, a two run shot in the fourth, to cut the lead to three. Lotte scored three runs in the top of the ninth after trailing 7-6 to take the final game of the series. Lee Myung-woo (1-0) pitched the eighth inning for the win, while Kim Sa-yeol pitched a perfect ninth for his... |
