They allowed a whopping 20 base runners, but held them to just two runs. The Lotte Giants took the game to extra innings, and Reyes' dramatic walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th clinched the midweek series early.
Lotte won 6-2 on July 17 against the Doosan Bears in Ulsan, South Korea. Lotte remained in eighth place in the league with 38 wins, three ties and 47 losses on the season.
In the top of the first inning, Wilkerson's throwing error and a hit allowed runners on first and second, but Kim Jae-hwan struck out the side to end the threat.
Lotte had runners on first and third with no outs in the bottom of the first after Hwang Sung-bin singled and Na Seung-yeop doubled to right. However, after Go Seung-min hit a foul ball to third base, Reyes grounded out to the first baseman to load the bases. Jeon Jun-woo followed with a fly ball to center field, but the inning remained scoreless.
Doosan rallied back in the top of the fourth inning with back-to-back singles by Yang Seok-hwan and Kang Seung-ho. With two outs and runners on second and third, Doosan took the lead when Jeon Min-jae lined a double to center field.
Choi continued his steady pitching, retiring four straight batters from the second through the fifth innings. He returned to the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning and gave up a walk to Na Seung-yup with two outs, but got Ko Seung-min to ground out to first base to complete his first team quality start of the second half. Choi threw a total of 91 pitches on the day, tying his personal record 메이저사이트 for most pitches in a game (previously 90, set on May 2, 2024 against SSG).
Lotte didn't stand still either. In the bottom of the seventh inning, after Reyes doubled to right-center, the leadoff hitter walked and pinch-hitter Jung Hoon hit a grounder to second base to pull within one run.
In the bottom of the eighth, Lotte rekindled the flames with two outs when Hwang Sung-bin singled to center field. Pinch-hitter Yoon Dong-hee faced Doosan closer Kim Taek-yeon. With Hwang advancing to second on a wild pitch, Yoon hit a dramatic single to right-center to tie the game.
After surviving a rally in the bottom of the eighth inning, Doosan had a chance to score in the top of the ninth. An infield single by Yang Ji-hyeon and a throwing error by the opposing pitcher put runners on second and third, but Yang Seok-hwan grounded out to shortstop, leaving the runner at third and sending the game into extra innings. Doosan missed another scoring opportunity in the top of the 10th inning when pinch-hitter Jeon Damin struck out looking.
Lotte rallied back in the bottom of the 10th, with Park Seung-wook, Lee Ho-joon, and Ko Seung-min all drawing walks to load the bases. Reyes took a two-pitch 128 km/h slider from reliever Kim Myung-shin for a grand slam that traveled 115 meters to end the game.