That's why Lotte waited so long... No. 1 hit, DH 3 hits, 3 RBIs, and 'strong performance' after returning from the 'headshot aftermath'
That's why Lotte waited so long... No. 1 hit, DH 3 hits, 3 RBIs, and 'strong performance' after returning from the 'headshot aftermath'
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Lotte Giants' Jeon Min-jae, who had been out of the lineup for more than two weeks in the aftermath of a headshot injury, swung his bat as soon as he returned to the first team.
Jeon Min-jae replaced the Samsung Lions in the first game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 17th and made his first return to the first team in 18 days.
He was leading the league in batting with a batting average of 0.387 at the beginning of the season, but collapsed after being hit by a head shot against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 29th of last month. At the time, Jeon Min-jae, who continued the count of two strikes unfavorable in the top of the seventh inning with his team leading 6-1, was unable to get up on his own, complaining of pain after being hit in the head by opponent pitcher Yang Ji-yul's third 140km/h two-seam fastball, and was eventually transferred to Korea University Guro Hospital in an emergency car.
Fortunately, no abnormalities or fractures were found in the eye, but the examination showed that he needed to rest for seven days due to minor abrasions and bleeding in the front of the right eye. Jeon Min-jae was removed from the first team entry the very next day (30th).
Jeon Min-jae scored a valuable RBI from his first at-bat in his return.
Lotte, which was dragging the game to 0-5, narrowed the gap to 4-5 in the sixth inning, taking advantage of Victor Reyes' three-run home run and opponent's error. However, the third base runner was out of the home due to Son Ho-young's ground ball, which led to Yoo Kang-nam's walk. Jeon Min-jae, who entered as Lee Ho-joon's pinch hitter, sent his opponent Baek Jeong-hyun's second fastball to the outfield, recording a sacrifice fly that brought the game back to square one.
At the end of the eighth inning, when Bo Ji-geun and Son Ho-young were still tied, Jeon Min-jae reported his first hit back to the lineup while the attack was about to end. Follow-up hitters Jang Doo-sung and Ko Seung-min walked consecutively to fill the base, and Jeon Min-jae and Jang Doo-sung homered on Reyes' right-handed hit, and Lotte succeeded in turning the tables. 온라인바카라
Jeon Min-jae was responsible for Lotte's tiebreaking RBI and come-from-behind score in Game 1, leading his team to a thrilling 7-5 come-from-behind victory.
In the second game of the following doubleheader, Jeon started as the sixth batter and shortstop, and made two hits, two RBIs and one run from four times at bat. In the bottom of the third inning, when Lotte succeeded in reversing the score 3-2 with timely hits by Reyes and Yoon Dong-hee, Jeon hit a low fastball from the opponent team's starter Choi Won-tae, making it a heavy hit that brought in all the runners. With Jeon's timely hit, Lotte completed a five-point big inning.
Jeon's next hit came in the bottom of the seventh inning, when the score tied 7-7. Taking the batter's box with two outs and no runners on, Jeon pushed Yang Chang-seop's fourth pitch, a high fastball, to center-right hit. Taking advantage of the luck of the next batter, Information-geun, and his opponent's mistake, he dug into the home base and scored a valuable run that brought back the momentum.
Lotte added Park Jin and Kim Won-joong in the eighth and ninth innings to finish two scoreless innings, bringing its second consecutive doubleheader win against Samsung.
With the victory, Lotte eclipsed the second-ranked Hanwha Eagles by one game and the first-ranked LG Twins by two games, fueling competition for the top spot. On the other hand, Samsung, which was ranking fourth in the league by a narrow margin, instantly dropped to eighth.
Jeon Min-jae, who still showed off his hot batting performance in the two consecutive games after his return, marked a batting average of 0.398 for the season.