 KBO Playoffs: Doosan Stays Alive With Game Three Win 32 weeks 21 hours ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- The Doosan Bears managed to avoid a first round sweep with a 7-2 win over Lotte in Game 3 of the best-of-five first round series.
Choi Joon-suk's two-run homerun in the first inning got Doosan off to a quick start, as the Bears chased Lotte starter Ryan Sadowski after only facing seven batters. After Lotte closed the gap to one run with a two-run second inning, Doosan exploded for four runs in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
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 Lotte Lose Finale, But Take Two of Three From Nexen 50 weeks 5 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants finished off the week on a losing note, but still took two of the three games at home versus Nexen this weekend at Sajik Stadium.
On Friday night, Sohn Ah-seop hit his first homer of the year as the Giants scored seven runs early to beat Nexen 7-3. Starter Ryan Sadowski could only make it through three innings, giving up three runs and three hits, while reliever Lee Seung-ho (1-0) picked up his first win of the year.
On Saturday, Shane... |
 Lotte Moves Back Into Second 51 weeks 4 days ago
SEOUL, South Korea - The Lotte Giants swept the Doosan Bears over the weekend, allowing them to jump Nexen in the standings and remain a half game behind first place SK.
On Friday, Lotte scored two runs in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings to power past Doosan 8-4. Park Jong-woon hit a two run homer and knocked in four, while Song Seung-joon (4-4) pitched 5 1/3 innings for the win.
On Saturday, Ryan Sadowski (2-2) pitched a masterful three hit complete game as... |
 Lotte Sweeps KIA at Home 1 year 3 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants got back on track this weekend, sweeping all three games against the KIA Tigers at home.
Lotte hung on in the ninth to beat KIA 5-4 in the opener, led by Park Joon-suh’s three for three game at the plate with an RBI. Lotte almost blew Lee Yong-hoon’’s (5-0) fifth win, but Kim Sa-yeol finished off the game for his ninth save.
Saturday saw an easier time for the Giants as Park Joon-suh hit a solo shot, and Kang Min-ho hit a... |
 Giants Swept at Home By Nexen 1 year 6 days ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants had a horrible homestand this week, getting swept by Nexen and looking awful while doing it. The Giants were outscored 26 - 3 in the series, and were blown out in every game.
Ryan Sadowski’s (0-2) struggles continued as he is nursing a stomach virus, and was rocked for six runs and two homers in four innings in the opener as the Giants lost 9-2. Son Ah-seop was the lone bright spot going 3-4 at the plate.
Things didn’t get much... |
 Shane Youman Tosses One Hitter as Giants Stay on Top in the Standings 1 year 3 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea -- American pitcher Shane Youman tossed a one hitter Sunday, leading the Lotte Giants to a 5-0 win while taking two of three games at home this week against the LG Twins.
Youman (3-0) pitched his first nine-inning shutout of his career, striking out seven in a dominating performance from the mound. Giants catcher Kang Min-ho hit a two-run homer in the eighth to seal the win for Lotte, who are at the top of the standings early on in the 2012 season.
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 Lotte Wins Lone Game of KIA Series 1 year 4 weeks ago
GWANGJU, South Korea - The Lotte Giants finished the week on top of the standings, despite two games being postponed by the terrible rains that hit the peninsula this weekend.
Friday nights game was the only one that managed to play, with Lotte taking the game 11-7. The Giants pounded 16 hits and managed to survive some early struggles from starter Ryan Sadowski. Sadowski lasted only 4 1/3 innings, as his early season struggles with control hit once again, allowing five hits and nine walks, while... |
 Lotte Splits Three Game Series With Doosan 1 year 5 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants split a three game series with the Doosan Bears this weekend, by losing the opener, tying the second game and winning the rubber match.
On Friday, Lotte’s batters only managed to muster four hits, as they lost 6-1. Hong Seung-hoon gave Lotte an early lead with his first homerun of the season, but Song Seung-joon (1-1) was tagged for four runs in 6 ⅔ innings.
Lotte blew a chance to win Saturday, as closer Kim Sa-yeol gave up a... |
 Lotte Sweeps Hanwha to Start the Season 1 year 6 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants, traditional slow starters, got off to a great start by sweeping the Hanwha Eagles in a two game series at home on the weekend.
On Saturday, Cho Seung-hwan hit a homer in his first at-bat of the season, and added runs in the third, fifth and eighth inning to win their home opener 4-1. Song Seung-joon (1-0) pitched 5 ⅓ innings while striking out three, and Kim Sa-yeol finished off Hanwha in the ninth for his first save.
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 Preseason Baseball - Lotte Loses Spring Finale 1 year 7 weeks ago
BUSAN, South Korea - The Lotte Giants finished off a disappointing spring season, losing their sixth game in a row, 9-2 to SK.
Ryan Sadowski (1-2) was tagged for four runs in six innings of work, most of the damage coming in a five run seventh inning for SK. He also struck out two, while giving up seven hits. Ahn Jung-gwan cracked a grand slam off of Lee Seung-ho in the seventh to break the game wide open.
Kim Ju-chan led Lotte with two hits.
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